| Satyajit Ray (4476 words) |
 | On the eve of the festival, Umaprasad ("Uma") (Soumitra Chatterjee) brings his shy and beautiful wife, Doyamoyee ("Doya") (Sharmila Tagore) and nephew, Khoka (Arpan Chowdhury) to watch the fireworks display, and at dawn, follow the conclusion of the ceremonial procession to the river bank as the statue is cast into the waters. |
| In Uma's absence, Doya passes the time by doting on young Khoka and attending to her pampered father-in-law, Kalikinkar Roy (Chhabi Biswas), who often calls her "mother" as a term of endearment. |
| From the opening sequence illustrating the adornment of the Kali statue, Ray presents a figurative analogy for the inevitable fate of the naive and trusting Doya as she, too, is manipulated and transformed into the image of the reincarnated goddess. |
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