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Pikoor Diary
Sign in to savePikoo is a 1980 Indian Bengali-language short film directed by Satyajit Ray for French television channel France 3. The film is based on a short story named Pikoor Diary (''Pikoo's Diary''), written by Ray. The film showcases a day in the life of a six-year-old child, Pikoo, in the backdrop of his mother's extramarital affair.
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5.1A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.
Cast
- Aparna Sen as Pikoo's Mother
- Soven Lahiri as Pikoo's Grandfather
- Victor Banerjee as The Lover
- Arjun Guha-Thakurta as Pikoo
Themes
- illicit affair
- mother son relationship
- short film
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Bangla
- Director
- Satyajit Ray
- Screenwriter
- Satyajit Ray
- Cast member
- Victor Banerjee
- Composer
- Satyajit Ray
- Producer
- France 3
- Cinematographer
- Soumendu Roy
- Duration
- 26
- FilmAffinity ID
- 336712
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- publication date
- 1980-01-01
- title
- পিকু
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Crew
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Pikoo is a 1980 Indian Bengali-language short film directed by Satyajit Ray for French television channel France 3. The film is based on a short story named Pikoor Diary (''Pikoo's Diary''), written by Ray. The film showcases a day in the life of a six-year-old child, Pikoo, in the backdrop of his mother's extramarital affair.
Satyajit Ray was approached by the freelance producer Henri Fraise to make a film. Ray said in his biography that, when Henri Fraise approached him to make a film, he briefed Ray by saying "[...] you can place your camera at your window and shoot the house next-door—we will accept that." In an interview in Cineaste, Ray stated that Pikoo is "a very complex film".
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