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Parash Pathar: (The Philosopher's Stone)
| Year | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Producer | Pramod Lahiri |
| Screenplay | Satyajit Ray |
| Based on | The short story Parash Pathar by Parasuram |
| Photography | Subrata Mitra |
| Editor | Dulal Dutta |
| Art Director | Bansi Chandragupta |
| Music | Ravi Shankar |
| Sound | Durgadas Mitra |
| Length | 95 min. |
| Black & White |
Cast:
| Paresh Chandra Dutta | Tulsi Chakravarty |
|---|---|
| Paresh's wife | Ranibala |
| Priyatosh Henry Biswas | Kali Banerjee |
| Kachalu | Gangapada Bose |
| Inspector Chatterjee | Haridhan Chatterjee |
| Servant | Jahar Roy |
| Police Officer | Bireswar Sen |
| Doctor Nandi | Moni Srimani |
| Cocktail party guests | Chhabi Biswas, Jahar Ganguli, Pahari Sanyal, Kamal Mitra, Nitish Mukherjee, Subodh Ganguli, Tulsi Lahiri, Amar Mullick, Chandrabati Devi, Renuka Roy, Bharati Devi |
In this satirical film, Paresh, an unimportant clerk at a bank, sees his life transformed one day when a neighbor child shows him a stone which he claims is capable of instantly changing any piece of metal into gold. Incredulous at first, Paresh becomes convinced by a demonstration of the stone's power and manages to make off with it. Soon he is wealthy and takes pains to preserve the secret of his riches until, drunkenly loquacious, he reveals it during a party at the home of an industrial magnate. The industrialist covets the stone and demands to be let in on its magic formula. This causes a series of calamities that make Paresh regret his acquisition.
