Ganguly ... Tridib Mukherjee Ajit Bandyopadhyay ... Sital Sarkar Production Agantuk was to become Satyajit Ray's last film. He died on 23 April 1992, at the age of 70. The film was a joint Indian-French production with financial backing from Gérard Depardieu's DD Productions, Canal+ and a couple of other French companies. Depardieu is credited as executive producer. Reception The film was critically acclaimed upon its release. The film ranked 2nd on Cahiers du Cinéma's Top 10 Films of the Year List in 1992. Leah Garchik of San Francisco Chronicle wrote the film "is a fitting ending to Ray's 30-film career -- it was Film of the Year in India in 1992 -- a strong and underlined summing- up statement about capital-M Man and capital-C Civilization." Hal Hinson of Washington Post wrote the film "shows all the virtues of a master artist in full maturity." Vincent Canby of New York Times wrote about the film "A small, gentle, exquisitely realized comedy about, among other things, family loyalties and trust in a world in which traditions have been devalued." Awards At the 1992 Indian National Film Awards, Agantuk won the awards for Best Feature Film and Best Directing, and the Special Jury Award went to Mamata Shankar for her portrayal of Anila. At the Ritwik Ghatak awards, it was named the Best Film, while Ray was named the Best Scenario Writer. Sequel A stand-alone sequel named Agantuker Pore was supposed to be in production, but has been shelved. Mamata Shankar, Deepankar De and Dhritiman Chatterjee were to reprise their roles from this film. Actor Abir Chatterjee was to play the role of the adult Satyaki. Payel Sarkar and Tridha Chowdhury were to be seen in important roles. It was supposed to be directed by Orko Sinha, who said the story would be completely different from the previous film. References External links Satyajitray.org on Agantuk UCSC on Agantuk Reviews of all of Ray's film including Agantuk 1991 films Films directed by Satyajit Ray Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award Films scored by Satyajit Ray Best Feature Film National Film Award winners Films based on short fiction Films with screenplays by Satyajit Ray 1990s Bengali-language films National Film Development Corporation of India films