Nayak (The Hero)

The rare Satyajit Ray film to focus on the film industry, and only his second original screenplay to this point, Nayak follows matinee idol Arindam Mukherjee as he’s forced to take a lengthy train trip to accept an award in Delhi. Encountering a journalist interested in profiling him, he unravels his life’s stories, told as vivid flashbacks and eerie dreams.