Charulata *** My first Satyajit Ray movie. This movie, set in 19th century India, explores the emotions of a married woman and her feelings towards her husband's brother. Being in a traditional society, she cannot express her feelings openly, and there in lies the complexity of the emotions. The director uses the ambient sound very well and in most cases the noise made by hawkers in the street or someone singing in the house becomes the background for the conversations. He also uses the ambient lighting and this makes it realistic, but tough to watch. The subtitles are pretty bad in the dvd, as they miss out on a lot of dialogue. Recommended.
