The Hero

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The Hero is the English title of the acclaimed 1966 Bengali film "Nayak," directed by Satyajit Ray and starring Uttam Kumar as a matinee idol reflecting on his life during a train journey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
acclaimed yes
castMember Bireswar Sen NERFINISHED
Sharmila Tagore NERFINISHED
Somen Bose NERFINISHED
Sumita Sanyal NERFINISHED
Uttam Kumar NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Subrata Mitra NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin India
director Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED
distributor R.D. Bansal & Co. NERFINISHED
editedBy Dulal Dutta NERFINISHED
filmingLocation India NERFINISHED
filmMovement Indian parallel cinema NERFINISHED
genre drama film
psychological drama
hasBengaliTitle Nayak NERFINISHED
hasEnglishTitle The Hero NERFINISHED
leadActor Uttam Kumar NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Arindam Mukherjee NERFINISHED
medium black-and-white film
musicBy Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED
narrativeDevice flashback
notableFor portrayal of an introspective film star
train-journey narrative structure
originalLanguage Bengali
originalTitle Nayak NERFINISHED
partOfFilmographyOf Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED
Uttam Kumar NERFINISHED
productionCompany R.D. Bansal & Co. NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation film star
matinee idol
releaseYear 1966
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED
setting train journey
subjectMatter inner life of a movie star
theme celebrity culture
fame
guilt
public image versus private self
regret
self-reflection
timePeriodDepicted 1960s India
translatedTitle The Hero NERFINISHED
writer Satyajit Ray NERFINISHED

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Nayak translatedTitle The Hero