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	\| director = [[Prabhat Mukherjee]]		\| director = [[Prabhat Mukherjee]]
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	\| writer = [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]		\| writer = [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]
	\| based_on = ''Bicharak'' novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay		\| based_on = ''Bicharak'' novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
	\| starring = [[Sisir Bhaduri]]~~<~~br~~>~~[[Uttam Kumar]]~~<~~br~~>~~ [[Arundhati Devi]]~~<~~br~~>~~ [[Chhabi Biswas]]		\| starring = [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<br>[[Uttam Kumar]]<br> [[Arundhati Devi]]<br> [[Chhabi Biswas]]
	\| music = [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Timir Baran Bhattachariya]]		\| music = [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Timir Baran Bhattachariya]]
	\| cinematography = [[Ajoy Mitra]]		\| cinematography = [[Ajoy Mitra]]
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	'''''Bicharak''''' (English: The Judge) is a [[Bengali language\|Bengali-language]] [[Psychological thriller\|psychological thriller film]] directed by Prabhat Mukherjee. Based on a novel of the same name by [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the film was produced by [[Arundhati Devi]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.300056\|title=Bicharak\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar\|access-date=15 December 2018}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web\|url=http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/\|title=Bicharak-Bengali Movie\|access-date=15 December 2018\|archive-date=16 October 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165425/http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/\|url-status=live}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ This film was released in 1959~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web\|url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html\|title=Aspects of Film Festival\|access-date=14 December 2018\|archive-date=28 January 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212540/http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html\|url-status=live}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 1960.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards\|title=Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards\|publisher=nettv4u.com\|access-date=15 March 2019\|archive-date=25 October 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025024840/http://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards\|url-status=live}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The film stars [[Uttam Kumar]] in the titular role alongside Arundhati Devi in the lead, while [[Chhabi Biswas]], [[Pahari Sanyal\|Pahadi Sanyal]] and [[Chandrabati Devi]] play other pivotal roles. The film showed Uttam Kumar one of the best performance ever as a [[Judge]]. This is also remembered as one of the best films in his career and best ever in [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali Cinema]] history.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-24 \|title=Once Upon a Cinema: Uttam Kumar's Last Bow \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html \|access-date=2023-04-11 \|website=Firstpost \|language=en \|archive-date=5 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405133113/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html \|url-status=live }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The film also received huge critical acclamation and saw the commercial success.		'''''Bicharak''''' (English: The Judge) is a [[Bengali language\|Bengali-language]] [[Psychological thriller\|psychological thriller film]] directed by Prabhat Mukherjee. Based on a novel of the same name by [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the film was produced by [[Arundhati Devi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.300056\|title=Bicharak\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar\|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/\|title=Bicharak-Bengali Movie\|access-date=15 December 2018\|archive-date=16 October 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165425/http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/\|url-status=live}}</ref> This film was released in 1959<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html\|title=Aspects of Film Festival\|access-date=14 December 2018\|archive-date=28 January 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212540/http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards\|title=Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards\|publisher=nettv4u.com\|access-date=15 March 2019\|archive-date=25 October 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025024840/http://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards\|url-status=live}}</ref> The film stars [[Uttam Kumar]] in the titular role alongside Arundhati Devi in the lead, while [[Chhabi Biswas]], [[Pahari Sanyal\|Pahadi Sanyal]] and [[Chandrabati Devi]] play other pivotal roles. The film showed Uttam Kumar one of the best performance ever as a [[Judge]]. This is also remembered as one of the best films in his career and best ever in [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali Cinema]] history.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-24 \|title=Once Upon a Cinema: Uttam Kumar's Last Bow \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html \|access-date=2023-04-11 \|website=Firstpost \|language=en \|archive-date=5 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405133113/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> The film also received huge critical acclamation and saw the commercial success.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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-'''''Bicharak''''' (English: The Judge) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[psychological]] [[Drama Film|drama film]] directed by Pravat Mukhopadhyay and produced by [[Arundhati Devi]] based on a same name novel of [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.300056|title=Bicharak|last=Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/|title=Bicharak-Bengali Movie|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> This film was released in 1959<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html|title=Aspects of Film Festival|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards|title=Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards|publisher=nettv4u.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
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 ==Plot==
-The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveals a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti dies. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge, but realizes his crime and the past haunts him much.
+The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveal a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge, lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti died. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable to bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge, but realizes his crime and the past haunts him much.
 ==Cast==
 * [[Uttam Kumar]] as Gyanendra
 * [[Chhabi Biswas]] as Lawyer
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 * Bani Hazra
 * Atanu Ghosh
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
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 [[Category:1959 films]]
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+[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
 [[Category:1950s psychological drama films]]
 [[Category:Indian psychological drama films]]
 [[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
 [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
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{{short description|1959 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Italics title}}
'''''Bicharak''''' (English: The Judge) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] [[psychological]] [[Drama Film|drama film]] directed by Pravat Mukhopadhyay and produced by [[Arundhati Devi]] based on a same name novel of [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.300056|title=Bicharak|last=Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/|title=Bicharak-Bengali Movie|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> This film was released in 1959<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html|title=Aspects of Film Festival|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards|title=Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards|publisher=nettv4u.com|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>

==Plot==
The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveals a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti dies. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge, but realizes his crime and the past haunts him much.

==Cast==
* [[Uttam Kumar]] as Gyanendra
* [[Chhabi Biswas]] as Lawyer
* [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Professor
* [[Arundhati Devi]] as Sarama
* Dipti Roy as Sumati
* [[Chandrabati Devi]]
* Bani Hazra
* Atanu Ghosh

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1920854}}

[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:1950s psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1950s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:1959 drama films]]

{{1950s-Bengali-film-stub}}