Sharmila Tagore speaks about Satyajit Ray's ‘Nayak’, re-released in theatres
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Sharmila Tagore speaks about Satyajit Ray's ‘Nayak’, re-released in theatres

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Satyajit Ray’s 1966 film Nayak is about a superstar taking a train to collect a National Award. The film feels both timeless and strikingly modern—the opening credits pull out from the back of the hero’s head, for starters—and Nayak, along with Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika, deconstructs movie stardom like few films can. “Everyone on the train is affected by the stardom of the hero," says Tagore, herself a rare star who was massive in Hindi cinema at the same time as she was thoughtful in Ray’s films. “And here I was privileged to see him acting out that last scene where Uttam’s character says ‘Ask that girl from the chair-car to come and see me.’ He’s inebriated, and the compartment door is open, and you can see the railway track passing.

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