Fresh
Ray at his best.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Three Daughters
1961 · 2h 53m · PASSED
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Satyajit Ray
Overview
Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
Director and cast
- Satyajit Ray Director
- Anil Chatterjee as Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
- Chandana Banerjee as Ratan (segment "The Postmaster")
- Nripati Chatterjee as Bishey (segment "The Postmaster")
- Khagen Pathak as Khagen (segment "The Postmaster")
- Kali Banerjee as Phanibhusan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Gopay Roy as Bilash (segment "The Postmaster")
- Kanika Majumdar as Manimalika (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Kali Bannerjee as Phanibhushan Saha (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Kumar Roy as Madhusudhan (segment "The Lost Jewels")
- Gobinda Chakravarti Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The script, the direction and the music, all created by Mr. Ray, make a blend of poetic creation that is almost majestic.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Each exemplifies, in its modest way, the quiet wisdom and the subtle craftsmanship of [Ray's] films.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Satyajit Ray's 1961 film displays his customary limpid realism and penetrating sense of character.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Two Daughters, a two-part film based on short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, is so filled with the basic stuff of humanity that with minor changes of script it could have been made in rural Louisiana.
TIME Magazine
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