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AwealthyfamilyfromCalcuttaisonthelastdayoftheirvacationinDarjeeling,ahillstationatthefootofMountKanchenjungha,thesecondhighestpeakoftheHimalayas.Untilnow,theyhavebeenunabletocatchaglimpseofthepeakKanchenjungha.Thefamilymembersaredominatedbythefather,Indranath(ChhabiBiswas),anindustrialist.Hewantshisdaughtertomarryamanofhischoiceandhopesthatthemanwillproposeiftheyarelefttogetheraloneforsometime.<br/> Severallongwalksandlongconversationsformthemainbodyofthefilm.Thereal-timedramaunfoldsthedaughter'sfeelingsaboutherfather'sidea,andthenegativereactionstothisbyhermotherandothers.<br/> Byaccident,shemeetsanoutsider,Ashoke,ayoungstudentwhohasrefusedajobofferfromIndranath.Thoughnothingdevelopsbetweenthem,hispresencecoupledwiththesettingofmountainsandthefailureofhersister'smarriage,prompthertorejecttheproposedsuitor.<br/> Attheendofhiswalk,theindustrialistarrivesatarendezvouspoint,expectingtomeethisfamilyandthesuccessfulsuitor.Noneofthemispresenttogreethim.Asthemistclears,thepeakofKanchenjunghaisrevealedinitsfullglory.ButIndranathistoopre-occupiedtoadmireit.<br/> KanchenjunghawasRay'sfirstoriginalscreenplayandforthefirsttime,hewasshootingincolor.Thefilmshowsabout100minutes(inrealtime)inthelifeofagroupofrichBengalisonvacation.UnliketheusualRayfilms,ithasafragmentednarrativewithnocentralcharacters,andnostraightnarrativeintheclassicalsense.<br/> Itisaverystructuredandcomposedfilmthatusescolorandnaturetoheightenthedrama.RaytoldhisbiographerAndrewRobinson:"Theideawastohavethefilmstartingwithsunlight.Thencloudscoming,thenmistrising,andthenmistdisappearing,theclouddisappearing,andthenthesunshiningonthesnow-peaks.ThereisanindependentprogressiontoNatureitself,andthestoryreflectsthis."<br/> Astheweatherbecomesmisty-theyoungdaughterandthesuitorpartatthatpoint,IndranathmeetsAshoke,andtheelderdaughter,Aminaandherhusbandhaveabittermomentbetweenthem.Andthenwhenthesunappearsagain-Amina'sdaughtercomesbacktoherparentsandtheyaccepther,themisunderstandingisclearedup,andtheyoungerdaughterandAshokedevelopatentativerelationshipwithahintoffutureprospects.<br/> ThecharactersandtheNatureareinterrelatedinmood.InhislaterfilmAsaniSanket(DistantThunder,1973),Rayattemptedquitetheopposite.WhiletheNatureisshowninitsfullgloryandlushness,incontrast,thecharactersstarveanddoinhumanthings.<br/> Asthecharactersdonotchangetheclothesduringthefilm(itbeingdepictionofarealtimeeventthathappensin100oddminutes),thecolorsofclothestooaddadimensiontothecharacters.<br/> AboutKanchenjungha,RaytoldinaninterviewtoCineastemagazine,"(Itwas)averypersonalfilm.Itwasagoodtentofifteenyearsaheadofitstime...Kanchenjunghatoldthestoryofseveralgroupsofcharactersanditwentbackandforth....It'saverymusicalform,butitwasn'tliked.Thereactionwasstupid.Eventhereviewswerenotinteresting.But,lookingbacknow,Ifindthatitisaveryinterestingfilm."
