Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar

The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)

• Release date
• October 22, 1982
• Runtime
• 130 min
• Director
• Dilip Roy

Cast

Aparna Sen Subhendu Chatterjee Ruma Guha Thakurta Bhanu Banerjee Sumitra Mukherjee Samit Bhanja Lily Chakravarty Gita Dey