A few days ago, we ran an essay here by
Pico Iyer on Satyajit Ray’s
The Hero (1966), followed by
Meheli Sen’s comments on Uttam Kumar’s performance within the context of his stardom.
Iyer has more to say and, writing for the
New York Review of . . .
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