Banhishikha
| Banhisikha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pijush Bose |
| Written by | Pijush Bose (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Pijush Bose |
| Story by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Produced by | Bharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Supriya Devi Ranjit Mullick Olivia Lopej |
| Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh |
| Edited by | Baidyanath Chatterjee |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
Production company | Shree R.S Productions |
| Distributed by | Chandimata Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Banhisikha[1] is a Bengali drama film directed by Pijush Bose. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Ranjit Mullick and Bangladeshi actress Olivia Lopej in lead. This the debut film in India of Olivia and she is only actress from Bangladesh who act with Kumar. The film show a big success at the box office and huge acclaimed of Uttam Kumar performance.[2]
Plot
[edit]Latika and Bilash love each other. Bilash is about to go abroad to study to become a barrister. Latika's parents want them to get married before he leaves. However once Bilash reveals the truth about his parentage, Latika's parents cancel the wedding. Bilash asks Latika to wait for a year till he returns but on returning finds that Latika is already married and has a little daughter, Ranu. Bilash is very disappointed and decides to take a revenge against society and also on Latika who has betrayed him. He kidnaps Ranu and guides her to become an antisocial. He becomes a criminal and operates under the name of Mr. Sinha. Meanwhile, Ranu's father brings Pradut, a village boy home after he thinks that his only daughter is dead. Pradut grows up to be a police officer and decides to destroy all antisocial elements in Kolkata. He finds a partner called Captain Human. They came to know that Mr Sinha is the biggest antisocial and start searching for him. In the meantime Pradut finds a girl, Banhi, who is actually Ranu and falls in love with her. Mr Sinha does not want both Banhi and Pradut to get married and hence tries to kill them. On interacting with pradut, Mr. Sinha finds out that Latika was forcibly married off by her family. He realises his mistake and surrenders to the police. He is given the death sentence but before he is hanged he reveals banhi's true identity. Banhi and Pradut finally get married.
Cast
[edit]- Uttam Kumar as Bilash a lawyer
- Supriya Devi as Latika
- Ranjit Mallick as Pradyut Ghosh a COP
- Olivia Lopej as Banhi
- Asim Kumar as Latika's husband
- Tarun Kumar as Ahmed Dulari
- Sambhu Bhattachariya
- Shibani Bose
Soundtrack
[edit]| Banhisikha | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Shree R.S Production | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 0:13:01 | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | |||
| Hemanta Mukherjee chronology | ||||
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Hemanta Mukherjee composed the music of the film. All the lyrics were penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder.
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "E Jwala Je Tari Jwala" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 1:30 |
| 2. | "Aayre Sona Aay" | Ranu Mukherjee | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Life Is Just A Gamble" | Miss Marian | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Janhapana Dher Hoyeche" | Sipra Bose | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 13:01 | ||
Reception
[edit]This film is remembered as Uttam Kumar's one of the best film and best performance. His negative character was huge praised by the critics and audiences. Ultimately the film become hit at the box office.[2]
Awards
[edit]- BFJA Awards 1977
- BFJA Award for Best Actor - Uttam Kumar
References
[edit]- ^ "Banhisikha 1976".
- ^ a b বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, শুভদীপ (2023-09-03). "Article on villain Uttam Kumar খলনায়ক উত্তম কুমার". Retrieved 2024-10-24.
External links
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