Satyajit Ray's Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama, is still popular and well read around the world for his universal appeal and relevance. It must have been a great challenge for Satyajit Ray, legendary Indian film maker, to adapt Ibsen's play for the film medium for a completely different people with a different culture. This transformation has brought a new outlook in the film Ganashatru. Ganashatru is a strong critique of religion and the corrupt practices emerging out of this institution. I became interested in Ray's interventions and adjustments that he brought in his film to expose hypocrisy and religious corruption. I was also very much interested in showing how Ray relates the evils to his contemporary time and place to make it a local experience.

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Md Sarwar Jahan, presently working as Assistant Professor of English at Khulna University, was borne in 1973 at Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He did his BA(Hon) and MA in English from Aligarh Muslim University,India. From the University of Oslo, Norway he did his M.Phil in 2010. His interest lies in Film, Cultural Studies and Post colonial literature.