he speaks of how "all at once my heart was full with the thought that my Eternal Love was steadfastly waiting for me through the ages, behind the veil of material things" (Tagore 66). This shows that Nikhil does not live morally just for the sake of trying to be good, but that it is grounded in his religious views. Sandip reiterates the fact that in their country, they have both "religion and also our nationalism" and that "the result is that both of them suffer" (Tagore 80). Film, TV or theatrical adaptations The film Ghare Baire was first released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on 22 May 1984, under the direction of Satyajit Ray. It was also nominated for the Golden Palm award, one of the highest awards received at the Cannes Film Festival. It was later released in the United States on 21 June 1985. The scriptwriters were Satyajit Ray (writer) and Rabindranath Tagore (novel). Sandip was played by Soumitra Chatterjee, Nikhilesh was played by Victor Banerjee and Bimala was played by Swatilekha Sengupta. Gandhi controversy There is much controversy over whether or not Tagore was attempting to represent Gandhi with Sandip. This is owing to Gyorgy Lukacs's 1922 review of the novel in the Berlin periodical, Die rote Fahne (that is typically translated into English as "Tagore's Gandhi Novel") where he makes this mistaken suggestion. The novel could not have been based on Gandhi as it was published in 1916 (and written before) when Gandhi had just moved to India from South Africa (1915) and was not a known political figure. Gandhi gained political prominence in India in the context of the Khilafat movement of 1919, which was long after the novel's publication, and took over the leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1920. See also Bengali Renaissance References Datta, Sandip Kumar. Rabindranath Tagore's The Home and the World: A Critical Companion. Anthem Press, 2005 . Tagore, Rabindrana. The Home and the World Penguin Group, 2005. Gaines, Luan. "The Home & the World." 2005. curledup, Web. 25 Oct 2009. . "Ghare-Baire." The Internet Movie Database. 2009. Amazon.com, Web. 25 Oct 2009. . "Rabindranath Tagore." Nobel Prize. 2009. Nobel Prize, Web. 27 Oct 2009. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1913/tagore-bio.html. "Rabindranath Tagore Classes." School of Wisdom. 2009. School of Wisdom, Web. 27 Oct 2009. http://www.schoolofwisdom.com/tagore-bio.html . "Rabindranath Tagore." The Literature Network. 2009. The Literature Network, Web. 27 Oct 2009. http://www.online-literature.com/tagore-rabindranath.