Charulata 1964

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Film masterpieces, like our heart's desire, shouldn't elude us forever; Charulata is an experience every movie-lover should share. Read more

Howard Thompson, New York Times: To put it baldly, as the Ray camera could never do, the picture is an artistic masterpiece, impeccably performed, but diluted in impact and power by a stately, inchworm pace that accentuates a plot as old and familiar as the hills. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: You shouldn't miss this. Read more

Michael Sragow, New Yorker: Ray recognizes the paradox that reformers are insulated from the people for whom they toil, but the movie is too stately and attenuated. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Certainly one of Ray's best films, with a superb music score of his own composition. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Possibly more relaxed and leisurely than most Satyajit Ray films, Charulata nevertheless has a graciousness and dignity which impart an added sincerity to the simple, yet thoroughly acceptable story. Read more