Past Present Future: Indian Cinema at 100: Charulata (1964)

• Event Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2013
• Time: 7:00 pm–9:30 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Film

In observance of the centenary of Indian cinema, the University of Illinois Library presents "Past, Present, Future: Indian Cinema at 100,” a forum dedicated to examining the origins, evolution, and future of Indian cinema in both local and global contexts. This landmark event, marking one hundred years of innovation, growth, and productivity by the world’s largest, most prolific, and most culturally diverse film industry provides a unique opportunity for the University of Illinois—home of nearly one thousand students who hail from the subcontinent, and more than forty South Asian specialists from across the disciplinary spectrum—to recognize the artistic, cultural, and historical contributions Indian cinema has made over the last century.

Charulata (1964)
Not Rated, 117 min.

Charulata is a 1964 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the 1901 novella Nastanirh (The Broken Nest) by Rabindranath Tagore. It features Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee and Sailen Mukherjee.The film tells the story of a lonely housewife, known as Charu (Madhabi Mukherjee), who lives a wealthy, secluded and idle life in 1870′s Calcutta.

Several films will be shown at the Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium in conjunction with "Past, Present, Future: Indian Cinema at 100” throughout September, October, November, and December.

This event is co-sponsored by the University of Illinois Library, the Spurlock Museum, the Center for Advanced Study, the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the University of Illinois Office of Public Engagement, the Program in Gender and Women's Studies, the LGBT Resource Center, the Program in Comparative and World Literatures, the Department of English, and the School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics at the University of Illinois.