Conceived as a trilogy to honor the centenary of the birth of writer Rabindranath Tagore, Teen Kanya features: The Postmaster, a rural fable about what happens when a mailman from Calcutta sets up shop in a remote, monsoon-slashed village; Monihara, in which a woman becomes fixated on not parting with her precious jewels, even when tragedy strikes; and the closing chapter Samapti, a raucous tale about arranged marriage between urbane lawyer Amulya (Soumitra Chatterjee) and tomboy Mrinmoyee (future director Aparna Sen in an early acting role). 

Please note: We will be screening the international version of the film, which only has two of its intended chapters, followed by the chapter that was cut for this release: Monihara (The Lost Jewels).

Director: Satyajit Ray. Cast: Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Bannerjee, Kanika Majumdar, Soumitra Chatterjee. 1961. 160 minutes. India. B&W. Bengali. 35mm. 

Teen Kanya
Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant-Ivory Foundation, the Film Foundation, and the Packard Humanities Institute. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

Monihara
Restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project at the Academy Film Archive.

All film screenings of Satyajit Ray: 1955-1968 are available here.