Under the Blue Sky (নীল আকাশের নিচে) 65 years old

Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: “I wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorse”. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.

Credits

Under the Blue Sky Cast

Name Character
Kali Bannerjee as Wang Lu

Under the Blue Sky Crew

Name Department
Hemanta Mukherjee as Music. Sound
Mrinal Sen as Director. He was 35 (95) years old when He died Directing
Mrinal Sen as Screenplay. He was 35 (95) years old when He died Writing
Under the Blue Sky poster
Under the Blue Sky (65 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 20, 1959
  • Runtime: 133 minutes