Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb. 20, 2018
Price: DVD $20.74, Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Criterion
In the psychologically rich 1966 character study The Hero, written and directed by Satyajit Ray (The Apu Trilogy), Bengali film star Uttam Kumar draws on his real-world celebrity to play Arindam Mukherjee, a matinee idol on the brink of his first flop.
When Mukherjee boards an overnight train to Delhi to accept an award, a journalist (Sharmila Tagore, Apur Sansar) approaches him seeking an exclusive interview, which initiates a conversation that sends the actor reeling down a path of self-examination.
Integrating rueful flashbacks and surreal dream sequences with the quietly revelatory stories of the train’s other passengers, The Hero is a graceful meditative drama on art, fame, and regret from one of world cinema’s most keenly perceptive filmmakers.
Presented in Bengali with English subtitles, Criterion’s editions of the foreign film include the following:
* New, restored 2K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
* Interview from 2008 with actor Sharmila Tagore
* New program featuring film scholar Meheli Sen
* New English subtitle translation
* An essay by author Pico Iyer and a 1980 tribute to Kumar by Ray
Buy or Rent The Hero (1966)
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