AESTHETIC SENSIBILITY seems to me the ideal means for approaching the complex emotional situation portrayed in Satyajit Ray's "Devi" (pronounced Debi in Bengali), especially since the film is a work of art in which a variety of elements are interwoven by aesthetic means. In Indian terms, in order to understand any work of art the audience has to be one of sensitive connoisseurs, educated tasters of experience. As an Indologist, I shall discuss Indian cultural aspects of the film that seem essential background for an "educated taster" who would enter the world of the film and respond to its contents (stated and suggested).1