Film

Distant Thunder

1973 · 1h 41m · Drama

IMDb

7.9

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Soumitra Chatterjee

Gangacharan Chakravarti

Bobita

Ananga, Gangacharan's wife

Sandhya Roy

Chutki

Chitra Banerjee

Moti

Paritosh Banerjee

Sachin Chakraborty

Govinda Chakravarti

Dinabandhu

Shrikumar Dutta

Subal Dutta

Tapan Dutta

Anil Ganguly

Nibaran

Noni Ganguly

'Scarface' Jadu

Debatosh Ghosh

Adhar

Gobardhan Ghosh

Dalim Guha

Manojit Lahiri

• Satyajit RayDirector · Screenplay · Original Music Composer
• Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayNovel
• Sharbani BhattacharyaProducer
• Soumendu RoyDirector of Photography
• Dulal DuttaEditor

Release date

August 16, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

Bangla

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

KN

Genres

Drama