Capital Celluloid 2022 — Day 181: Sat Jul 2

The Zoo (Ray, 1967): BFI Southbank, NFT, 12pm


This rarely screened film is part of the Satyajit Ray season at BFI Southbank (details here). The 35mm presentation is also being shown on July 10th.

BFI introduction:
This crime thriller, adapted from Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s popular detective series, sees matinee idol Uttam Kumar play detective Byomkesh Bakshy – offering a perfect bonanza for the Bengali audience. When a new client, an ex-judge, is murdered, the detective investigates and stumbles upon a menagerie of criminals, singing stars and suspects camouflaged in a rose colony.

Here (and above) is the opening.

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