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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Pikoor Diary is referenced by 76 other articles, and connects out to Piku, Bangla and International Standard Book Number.
It is catalogued under topics including 1980 films, 1980 short films and Bengali-language Indian films.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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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
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Credits
- Cast
- Crew
- Restoration
- References
- External links
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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