The Hero (Nayak)

One of Satyajit Ray’s rare films set in the film industry. The Hero follows silver screen idol Arindam who, during a long train journey, encounters the intelligent editor of a women’s magazine who has set her sights on interviewing him. The lonely film star, an orphan with no lovers, is overjoyed to meet someone not blinded by his celebrity status. He confides in her and is candid about his life and the compromises he has had to make, like giving up on the theatre and acting in films he didn’t really like much.