简介：In1932,ontheoccasionofTagore's70thbirthanniversary,NewTheatres,oneoftheprominentfilmmakingstudios,arrangedthefilmingofNatirPuja-anadaptationofTagore'spoemPujarini,whichthepoethadstagedin1927.ThiswastheonlytimethatTagorewassocloselyassociatedwithcinemawiththescreenplaybeingwrittenunderhisguidancebynephewDinendranath'Dinu'Tagoreandthemastercomposingthebackgroundmusic,withstudentsofSantiniketanactinginthefilm.Tagorenotonlydirectedthisdance-dramashotoverfourdays,butalsoplayedanimportantroleinthefilm.Thoughthefilminitsentiretyhasbeenlost,aportionhasbeenfoundandrestored. Overtheyears,closetoa100films,morethanhalfinBengali,havebeenmadeonTagore'sworks,makinghimoneofthemostadaptedwritersofalltimes.Thisnumberwouldhavebeenbiggerifmanyfilmshadnotbeenlostforever.Alsomanydon'tevenmentionTagore.AdaptationsofTagore'sworkjustdon'tseemtostopwithmanymoreprojectsbeingannouncedinthelastfewyears,eversinceTagore'sworkcameintopublicdomain. RabindranathTagore'scontributiontocinemathusscreamsforamoreseriousattentionfromscholarsofcinema,literatureandhistoryitself. DVD…