The Hero (1966)
May 6, 1966Release Date
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Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Currently The Hero is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
![Uttam Kumar](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79382-uttam-kumar.webp)
Uttam Kumar
Arindam Mukherjee
![Sharmila Tagore](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21528-sharmila-tagore.webp)
Sharmila Tagore
Aditi
![Bireswar Sen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79383-bireswar-sen.webp)
Bireswar Sen
Mukunda Lahiri
![Somen Bose](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Somen Bose
Sankar
![Nirmal Ghosh](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nirmal Ghosh
Jyoti
![Premangshu Bose](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/317810-premangshu-bose.webp)
Premangshu Bose
Biresh
![Sumita Sanyal](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29929-sumita-sanyal.webp)
Sumita Sanyal
Promila Chatterjee
![Ranjit Sen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ranjit Sen
Haren Bose
![Bharati Devi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79384-bharati-devi.webp)
Bharati Devi
Manorama (Mr. Bose's wife)
![Lali Chowdhury](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lali Chowdhury
Bulbul (Mr. Bose's daughter)
![Kamu Mukherjee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79385-kamu-mukherjee.webp)
Kamu Mukherjee
Pritish Sarkar
![Susmita Mukherjee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Susmita Mukherjee
Molly (Mr. Sarkar's wife)
![Subrata Sensharma](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/317814-subrata-sensharma.webp)
Subrata Sensharma
Ajoy
![Jamuna Sinha](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/317815-jamuna-sinha.webp)
Jamuna Sinha
Sefalika (Ajoy's wife)
![Hiralal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hiralal
Kamal Misra
![Jogesh Chatterjee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/317817-jogesh-chatterjee.webp)
Jogesh Chatterjee
Aghore, elderly journalist
Media.
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Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Nayak (also released under the translated title The Hero, and as Nayak: The Hero) is a 1966 Indian Bengali-language drama film composed, written, and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay, after Kanchenjungha (1962). The story revolves around a matinee idol on a 24-hour train journey from Kolkata to Delhi to receive a national award. However, he ends up revealing his mistakes, insecurities and regrets to a young journalist, who realises that behind all his arrogant facade lies a deeply troubled man as his life's story is gradually revealed through seven flashbacks and two dreams. The film stars Uttam Kumar as the titular 'nayak' (hero), and Sharmila Tagore as second lead.
In Nayak, Uttam Kumar plays Arindam Mukherjee with such poise and ease that it appears as if he is portraying his own life on the celluloid. Ray gives us a vulnerable hero hiding behind his cocky, larger-than-life façade. And, Kumar, to his credit, never misses a note during his challenging portrayal. He is well complemented by Sharmila Tagore who plays the character of Aditi to a tee. Aditi is the only person Arindam opens up to; the tantalizing conversations between the two characters offer some great food for thought. Ray uses the various interactions between the co-passengers to make us realize that the hypocrisies and follies of a star are not much different from that of an ordinary man. A few other characters in the movie merely provide a morality check.
Satyajit Ray often used to say that he did not like making grand films, and that he would rather tell the story of the ordinary man, the man on the street. Like his films, his short stories too mirrored this preference of his – most of them describing the lives of ordinary men – all of whom were, without exception, very lonely. Why, then, did Ray decide to make Nayak (The Hero) – a film on the life of an insanely popular matinee idol, a brash, haughty young superstar riding the waves of popularity and enjoying it to the hilt? The answer is hidden in the many layers of the film itself – a film that is so rich, so deep and yet, told in such simple language that perhaps it would not be a mistake to claim that it featured among the best works of Satyajit Ray's illustrious career.
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