Ghare Baire (film)

Ghare Baire (transl.The Home and the World) is a 1984 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed and written by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel of the same name, starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee, Jennifer Kendal and Swatilekha Chatterjee. The film has a complex portrayal of several themes including nationalism, women emancipation, spiritual and materialistic take on life, tradition versus modernism, and others.

Ghare Baire
Theatrical release poster
The Home and the World
Directed bySatyajit Ray
Written bySatyajit Ray, from the novel by Rabindranath Tagore
Produced byNFDC
StarringSwatilekha Chatterjee (Sengupta)
Victor Banerjee
Jennifer Kendal
Soumitra Chatterjee
CinematographySoumendu Roy
Edited byDulal Dutta
Music bySatyajit Ray
Release date
  • 22 May 1984 (1984-05-22)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali/English

Ray prepared a script for it in the 1940s, long before he made his first film Pather Panchali. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. At the 32nd National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.

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