Abhijan (The Expedition)
Directed by	Satyajit Ray
Produced by	Abhijatrik
Written by	Satyajit Ray,adapted novel “Abhijan” by Tarasankar Banerjee
Starring	Wahida Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Ganesh Mukherjee, Charuprasash Ghosh, Rabi Ghosh
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Released	1962
Running time	150 min.
Language	Bangla
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Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the Bengali language. ...

Plot

Soumitra Chatterjee plays Narsingh, a taxi driver. Narsingh is a proud and hot-tempered Rajput with a passion for his car, a vintage 1930 Chrysler. He recklessly passes the car of a powerful, local policeman and has his permit taken away. It forces him to take refuge in a small town on the borders of the states of West Bengal and Bihar. The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based automobile manufacturer, since 1998 merged with Daimler_Benz into DaimlerChrysler. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... Bihar ( िबहार in Devanagari) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ...

Sukhanram, a shady merchant, offers him a handsome fee to transport some merchandise, and soon he finds himself into trafficking in opium. The two main women characters Neeli and Gulabi form a contrast. Narsingh is attracted to Neeli, a reserved Catholic schoolteacher. She has no interest in Narsingh. The other female character is warm, demonstrative and beautiful prostitute Gulabi. Gulabi has an instinctive liking towards Narsingh.

A scene from the film depicting Soumitra Chatterjee (right), Rabi Ghosh

Unaware that Neeli has already committed herself to another man, a cripple, for Neeli’s sake, Narsingh begins to reform himself and even takes interest in her religion. But soon finds himself helping Neeli elope with her cripple lover. Soumitra Chatterjee (born 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. ...

He also is seduced by Sukhram and his lawyer friends to enter into a partnership and is even willing to sell off of his car to invest in the smuggling venture. Confronted by Gulabi, his assistant Rama and finally by Neeli’s brother Joseph, Narsingh realizes his mistake. Despite the romantic disillusion, he finds spiritual redemption when in climatic sequence of events he splits with his smuggler associates and rescues Gulabi from them. Narsingh is united with the woman he truly loves.

A scene from the film depicting Wahida Rehman (left), Rabi Ghosh

External links

UCSC on the film

satyajitray.org on thr film