Parosh Pathar (1958)
1h 51m
Running Time
January 17, 1958Release Date
Plot.
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tulsi Chakraborty
Paresh Chandra Dutta
Ranibala
Giribala Dutta
Kali Bannerjee
Priyotosh Henry Biswas
Rani Bala
Giribala Dutta
Haridhan Mukhopadhyay
Police Inspector
Gangapada Basu
Kachalu (Businessman)
Satyajit Ray
Director
Jahar Roy
Bhajahari
Rajshekhar 'Parashuram' Basu
Writer
Bireswar Sen
Police Officer
Promod Lahiri
Producer
Mani Srimani
Dr. Nandi
Santosh Dutta
Atanu / The Announcer (uncredited)
Ravi Shankar
Composer
Subrata Mitra
Cinematographer
Chhabi Biswas
Guest at Cocktail Party
Dulal Dutta
Editor
Bharati Devi
Guest at Cocktail Party
Chandrabati Devi
Guest at Cocktail Party
Jahar Ganguli
Guest at Cocktail Party
Subodh Ganguli
Guest at Cocktail Party
Tulsi Lahiri
Guest at Cocktail Party
Kamal Mitra
Guest at Cocktail Party
Nitish Mukherjee
Guest at Cocktail Party
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 17, 1958
Original Nameপরশ পাথর
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Genres
Wiki.
Parash Pathar (Bengali: পরশ পাথর Porosh Pathor; English: The Philosopher's Stone; French: La Pierre Philosophale) is a 1958 Bengali language Indian fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film outside of The Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film. Adapted from a short story of the same name by Parasuram (Rajsekhar Basu), the film offered an early glimpse of Ray's sense of humour, centered on a middle-class clerk who accidentally discovers a stone that can turn other objects into gold.