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• The Satyjit Ray Collection Vol.2 | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Satyajit Ray's artistic legacy is one of the most formidable in all of film history. Exceptionally versatile his films covered almost every conceivable genre winning him nearly every major cinema award including an Oscar for lifetime achievement. Titles Comprise: Kapurush (a.k.a The Coward) (1965): Stranded in a small town screenwriter Amitabha Roy is astonished to encounter a former lover who is now married to the owner of a tea plantation. Recalling his inability to commit to her and the relationship's resultant breakdown Roy decides to make amends for the past. Mahapurush (a.k.a The Holy Man) (1965): Ray's rarely-seen gem is a comedy-drama in which a gullible and religiously devout retiree is completely taken in by a bogus holy man and enlists the charlatan's help in finding his daughter a husband. But she is being courted by a young man who determines to expose the fraudster. Joi Baba Felunath (1978): Set in the holy city of Benares where Ray had shot Aparajito over 20 years previously this adventure story adapted from Ray's own novel stars Soumitra Chatterjee as a detective investigating the theft of a priceless gold icon.

• 36 Chowringhee Lane | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £16.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (15.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Violet Stoneham (Jennifer Kendall) is an elderly school-teacher whose life consists of a series of little routines - her walk in the park church on Sundays feeding her beloved cat Sir Toby visiting her brother in an old-age home and teaching Shakespeare to generations of insensitive students. When a new principal takes over in school she is relegated to drilling younger students in the elements of English grammar as the new incumbent considers Miss Stoneham's views outdated. Her bewilderment and grief leave her especially vulnerable on Christmas Eve as she walks back from church. A chance meeting with a former student Nandita Roy (Debashree Roy) and her jovial fianc'' Samaresh Moitra (Dhritiman Chatterjee) cheers her up and she feels she has found friends at last. But this young couple is like all middle-class lovers in an Indian city - looking for a place to be alone. Miss Stoneham's apartment seems ideal. The story winds to its poignant heart-rending finale as Miss Stoneham realizes the true nature of love friendship and exploitation.