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Durga Puja Portrayal in Bengali Cinema
Published Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · Updated October 20
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- Satyajit Ray's film Devi (1960) features Sharmila Tagore in the role of Doyamoyee, a young woman declared an incarnation of the Mother Goddess.
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- The Hindu
The article emphasizes how the image of Durga in Bengali cinema serves as a powerful, silent presence that reveals human complexities, societal pressures, and the paradoxes of feminine power and subjugation.
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