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Saudha with Director Goutam Ghose | Screening of 'In the Forest Again' | Leeds University
12 Cavendish Road, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 3AR
Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 17:30
The Screening of an internationally acclaimed Indian film IN THE FOREST AGAIN ( ABAR ARANYE) + A Q/A session with the director Goutam Ghose at Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1) of Leeds University Music School.
Curated by Associate Professor of World Cinemas Dr Christopher Homewood and lecturer of music aesthetics of school of music at University of Leeds Dr Matt Pritchard and the director of Saudha poet Ahmed Kaysher, this session is featuring a screening of internationally acclaimed Indian Bengali film In The Forest Again, a unique interpretation of Satyajit Ray's Days and Nights in the Forest by a leading interpreter of Post-Satyajit Indian cinema Goutam Ghose ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goutam_Ghose), a critically acclaimed director of Padmanodir Majhi, Moner Manush, Antarjali Jatra, Raahgir and many more.
The film ( Abar Aranye - Wikipedia ) features the characters from Satyajit Ray 's Aranyer Din Ratri , returning to the forest over thirty years later. Asim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Asim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.
The film starred Soumitra Chatterjee as Asim
- Sharmila Tagore as Aparna (wife of Asim)
- Subhendu Chatterjee as Sanjoy
- Gulshan Ara Akter Champa As Champa (wife of Sanjoy)
- Tabu as Amrita (daughter of Ashim & Aparna
The session is being hosted by Saudha in collaboration with The Centre for World Cinema and the School of Music of University of Leeds.
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Venue: From May 20, 2025 to May 20, 2025 in 12 Cavendish Road, Woodhouse, Leeds LS2 3AR
