

'His mortal remains perished, but he left behind him a heritage which no fire could consume.'
July 21, 1961
54m
EN
Satyajit Ray
Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art, becoming in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film was released during Tagore's birth centenary year.

Satyajit Ray
Narrator (voice)

Rabindranath Tagore
Self (Archive footage)

Raya Chatterjee
Cast

Sovanlal Ganguli
Cast


Satyajit Ray
11

Smaran Ghosal
Cast

Purnendu Mukherjee
Cast

Kallol Bose
Cast

Subir Bose
Cast

Phani Nan
Cast

Norman Ellis
Cast

Films Division of India
IN