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From: rajeev@sfmag.UUCP (S.Rajeev)
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Subject: Re: Mrinal Sen at FilmUtsav
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Date: Thu, 19-Dec-85 20:46:33 EST
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In reference to "Akaler Sandhane":
> >landscape seems much more green than in Ray's subdued, moody "Ashani
> >Sanket". (Sonar Bangla, really: makes me wish Ray had done his
> >				Sri Rajeev
> 
> 	As you have yourself pointed out, Ray's "Ashani Sanket" is set
> during the great '43 famine of Bengal. You can hardly expect him to
> show the lush green landscape of Bengal while trying to depict a famine.
> 
> --Ambrish Mathur

Au contraire, one of the points Ray tries to make is that the famine was
man-made and that the famine happened despite that fact that Bengal is so
fertile and lush. There was no drought; so I would imagine that the 
greenery was just as green then as it is now. Unfortunately, people 
cannot eat grass and shrubs (though they did try).
				Sri Rajeev.