Under the Blue Sky
7.6
Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: “I wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorse”. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.
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Cast
38 people
Kali Bannerjee
Wang Lu
Known for
Aparajito
Manju Dey
Basanti
Also in
Kabuliwala
Kalyani
Mrinal Sen
Also in
Cinématon XII
Talking Head
Subodh Roy
Gauri Prasanna Mazumder
Bela Mukherjee
Smriti Biswas
Also in
Jagte Raho
Lakhon Mein Ek
Hemanta Mukherjee
Suniti Mitra
Bikash Roy
Basanti's Husband
Also in
Arogya Niketan
Sandhya Deeper Sikha
Sailaja Chatterjee
Mahadevi Verma
Mrinal Sen Director · Mahadevi Varma Author Hemanta Mukherjee Composer
First release February 20, 1959 · Produced in India · Languages Bangla, Hindi
Production
Hemanta Bela Productions
Production
India
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Original title
নীল আকাশের নিচে
Original language
Bangla
Spoken on screen
Bangla · Hindi
Release dates
India · February 20, 1959
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No release date listed for United States.
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