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Restored version of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ to get India screening in November

The 4K restored print of the 1970 classic was screened at 78th Cannes Film Festival in May

Entertainment Web Desk Published 27.10.25, 09:46 AM
A still from ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’

A still from ‘Aranyer Din Ratri’ File picture

A new 4K restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri, which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May, will have its India screening in November, theatre-owner Arijit Dutta announced on Monday.

The film will be screened in select theatres and multiplexes nationally November 7 onwards, Dutta added.

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“A must see again... From 7.11.25 onwards ..... and yes its a national release at select theatres and plex's,” Dutta wrote on Facebook.

Adapted from Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay’s eponymous novel, the film follows a group of urban men from Calcutta — played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Subhendu Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja, and Rabi Ghosh — as they head out for a weekend in the wilderness. Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose and Simi Garewal were also part of the ensemble.

Aranyer Din Ratri was also screened at Italy’s Il Cinema Ritrovato in June.

Aranyer Din Ratri was nominated for Best Film at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival in 1970. A sequel, Abar Aranye, directed by Goutam Ghose, was released in 2003. The film continued the story of the four friends and their families who return to the wilderness.

The Cannes screening of the restored classic was attended by Tagore and Garewal, the only living members of the cast. Filmmaker Wes Anderson and Purnima Dutta, the head of Piyali Films and producer of Aranyer Din Ratri, also attended the screening.

The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

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