The use of images and symbols in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Gupi Gain Bagha Bain’: A comprehensive study

Abstract

Film is a powerful medium that plays an important role in establishing communication and providing entertainment. Satyajit Ray is one of the directors of Bengali films. The movie ‘Gupi Gain Bagha Bain’ is an outstanding creation of the time-honored Bengali film director Satyajit Ray. Made in 1969, the film revolves around the simplicity of human behavior, love of nature, war strategy, politics, music, etc. The film revolves around two male characters – Gupi-Bagha. Both of them are passionate and addicted to music and music, but have been dismissed as inexperienced. This movie is the story of the world victory of two outcast characters. This article attempts to explain / analyze the symbols used in the movie in the light of film studies. According to modern archaeologists, we are actually living in a sign world, where each of the symbols has a message.

Keywords

• symbolism
• imagism
• film theory