Exploring The Portrayal Of Goddess Durga In Bengali Cinema

Bengali filmmakers have frequently utilized the image of Goddess Durga as a narrative motif to explore female agency, patriarchal structures, and family tensions in cinematic works.

In Satyajit Ray's 1960 film 'Devi' and Aparna Sen's 1985 film 'Parama', the goddess's iconography serves as a visual counterpoint to the domestic restrictions and societal judgments placed on women.

Similarly, Rituparno Ghosh's 'Utsab' uses the ancestral Durga Puja celebration as a backdrop to examine underlying family fractures, financial anxieties, and generational disconnects.