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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Nishi Padma<br />
| image = Nishi Padma (1970) film poster.jpeg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| native_name = <br />
| director = [[Arabinda Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes<br />
| label1= Based on<br />
| data1 = ''Hinger Kochuri''<br />by [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]<br />
}}<br />
| producer = Shantimoy Banerjee<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Arabinda Mukhopadhyay<br />
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes<br />
| label1= Dialogues by<br />
| data1 = Arabinda Mukhopadhyay<br />
}}<br />
| story = Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />[[Sabitri Chatterjee]]<br />[[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]]<br />
| music = [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]<br />
| cinematography = Sailaja Chatterjee<br />
| editing = Amiyo Mukherjee<br />
| studio = Chirantan Chitra<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1970|10|23}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Nishi Padma''''' ({{IPA|bn|ˈniʃi ˈpəd̪ma}} {{Translation|'''''The Night-Lotus'''''}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] co-written and directed by [[Arabinda Mukhopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nishi Padma |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/nishi-padma/movieshow/67346807.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250630114807/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/nishi-padma/movieshow/67346807.cms |archive-date=2025-06-30 |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Produced by Shantimoy Banerjee under the banner of Chirantan Chitra, the film is based on [[Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay]]'s short story ''Hinger Kochuri.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goswami |first=Jaideva C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHHXEAAAQBAJ&dq=nishi+padma+Hinger+Kochuri&pg=PT389 |title=Glimpses of India |date=1970 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=979-8-89067-973-4 |language=en}}</ref> The film portrays the decline of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood [[tawaif]] (courtesan).<br />
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The film stars [[Sabitri Chatterjee]] playing a [[hooker with a heart of gold]], with [[Uttam Kumar]] in the role of a lonely businessman and [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]] as adult Nanda, the young child, who they both come to care for. It also stars [[Jahor Roy|Jahar Roy]], [[Gangapada Basu]], [[Gita Dey]] and [[Nripati Chattopadhyay|Nripati Chatterjee]] in other supporting roles. Music of the film is composed by [[Nachiketa Ghosh]], with lyrics penned by [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder]] and Mukhopadhyay himself. The cinematography of the film is handled by Sailaja Chatterjee, while Amiyo Mukherjee edited the film. The film marks the first collaboration between Mukhopadhyay and Kumar and the 30th film of the lead pair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gole |first=Aditya |date=2024-03-26 |title=Timeless social phenomenon |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/features/timeless-social-phenomenon-557384 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703155452/https://www.millenniumpost.in/pageview_candidate.html?id=617199 |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Millennium Post |language=en}}</ref><br />
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''Nishi Padma'' theatrically released on 23 October 1970, opening to a critical and commercial success, running for over 250 days in theatres. It emerged as the [[List of Indian Bengali films of 1970|highest-grossing Bengali film of the year]] and gained a cult status among the audiences. At the [[18th National Film Awards]], the film won two awards – [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] ([[Manna Dey]]) for "Ja Khushi Ora Bole Boluk" and [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]] ([[Sandhya Mukherjee]]) for "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo".<br />
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''Nishi Padma'' was remade into [[Hindi]] in 1972 as ''[[Amar Prem]]'' by [[Shakti Samanta]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ray Chaudhuri |first=Shantanu |date=2023-07-23 |title=6 best remakes of Uttam Kumar's Bengali hits with Hindi filmstars filling in for him |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/6-best-remakes-of-uttam-kumars-bengali-hits-with-hindi-filmstars-filling-in-for-him/cid/1954194 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703154849/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/6-best-remakes-of-uttam-kumars-bengali-hits-with-hindi-filmstars-filling-in-for-him/cid/1954194 |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> starring [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Sharmila Tagore]] and [[Vinod Mehra]], where Mukhopadhyay served as its screenwriter, in his debut in [[Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-06 |title=When Shakti Samanta asked 'Amar Prem' actor Rajesh Khanna to copy Uttam Kumar from the original Bengali film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/when-shakti-samanta-asked-amar-prem-actor-rajesh-khanna-to-copy-uttam-kumar-from-the-original-bengali-film/articleshow/100790428.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250630130559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/when-shakti-samanta-asked-amar-prem-actor-rajesh-khanna-to-copy-uttam-kumar-from-the-original-bengali-film/articleshow/100790428.cms |archive-date=2025-06-30 |access-date=2025-06-30 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |quote=Rajesh Khanna did exactly what he was advised! Such was the popularity Uttam Kumar had in Bollywood in those days when filmmakers were literally in a race to cast the Mahanayak of Bengal in his Bollywood debut.}}</ref> It is included in India Today's "100 greatest Indian films of all time".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-24 |title=Remembering Uttam Kumar with 7 cult films |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/visualstories/entertainment/remembering-uttam-kumar-with-7-cult-films-157152-24-07-2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250630124513/https://www.indiatoday.in/visualstories/entertainment/remembering-uttam-kumar-with-7-cult-films-157152-24-07-2024 |archive-date=2025-06-30 |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Pushpo is expelled from her house by her husband and his new wife. When she refuses to leave, her husband beats her and throws her out. She goes to her mother for help, but her mother too disowns her. When she tries to commit suicide, she is sold to a brothel in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] by her village-uncle, Nepal Babu. On her audition there, Ananga Dutta, a businessman seeking love, is attracted by her singing. Ananga is unhappily married and lonely and becomes her regular and exclusive visitor as love blossoms.<br />
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Later, a widowed man with his family, from the same village as her, moves in close to Pushpo's place. The new neighbour's son, Nanda, does not get any love at home, as his father works all the time and his stepmother does not care about him. Nanda's father learns about Pushpo's new life and forbids her from interacting with him and his family as he fears what people would say. However, Pushpo starts treating Nanda as her own son when she realises that he is mistreated at home, and often goes hungry. Nanda also comes to love Pushpo and starts to regard her as his mother. He visits her every day and comes upon Ananga, who also becomes fond of him becoming a father figure, calling him Pushpo's son, seeing the way Pushpo loves the child.<br />
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One day, Ananga's brother-in-law comes to see Pushpo and demands that she tell Ananga to stop visiting her. With great reluctance, Pushpo agrees and she turns Ananga away when he comes to see her. It is then that the businessman realises that he is in love with Pushpo. When Nanda suffers from fever and his treatment is too expensive, Pushpo asks Ananga for help and he secretly finances the treatment and does not let anybody know. When the doctor asks him why is he so keen on helping Nanda, he replies some relationships have no names. However, when Nanda's father asks the doctor who paid for the treatment, the doctor says that his mother did. Then Nanda's father discovers that it was Pushpo who saved her son's life and he thanks her and gives her the sari that he had bought for his wife, telling her that it was a gift from a brother to a sister. A touched Pushpo accepts.<br />
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Nanda's family has to move to the village and Nanda plants a sapling of [[Nyctanthes arbor-tristis|night-flowering jasmine]] (''Jnuyee'' or ''Parijat'') at Pushpo's home, making her promise to always take care of it. Pushpo cries and agrees.<br />
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Several years later, Nanda grows up to become a government engineer posted in the same town. Ananga meets Pushpo, now working as a maidservant who is ill-treated and they both reconcile. Nanda unsuccessfully searches for her and gives up after inquiring in the neighbourhood. Nanda's son gets sick and they go to the same doctor. Meanwhile, having met Pushpo, Ananga decides to catch up with all his old friends and meets the doctor. During the conversation, he reveals that he has stopped drinking and visiting brothels once he left Pushpo. He also tells him that he is now divorced/separated due to his wife's partying ways, but is finally at peace and is happy with Pushpo's love and affection in his heart. They talk about Nanda and the Doctor informs him that Nanda is in town. Nanda meets Ananga when he comes to meet the doctor to ask regarding the medicine, who takes him to meet Pushpo. Both of them, unable to see Pushpo ill-treated, stand up for her and in the end Nanda takes Pushpo home with him, like a son who is reunited with his long lost mother with Ananga looking on, crying happily.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
* [[Uttam Kumar]] as Ananga Dutta<br />
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]] as Pushpo<br />
* [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]] as Nanda<br />
** Master Malay as child Nanda<br />
* [[Nripati Chattopadhyay]]<br />
* [[Jahor Roy]] as Natabar<br />
* [[Gita Dey]]<br />
* [[Gangapada Basu]]<br />
* Asha Devi<br />
* Rajlakshmi Devi<br />
* Premangshu Bose<br />
}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Nishi Padma<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]<br />
| cover = <br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 1970<br />
| recorded = 1970<br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = Chirantan Chitra<br />
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 13:00<br />
| label = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa<br />
| producer = [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]<br />
| prev_title = Chirodiner<br />
| prev_year = 1969<br />
| next_title = [[Bilambita Loy]]<br />
| next_year = 1970<br />
| chronology = [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]<br />
}}<br />
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The songs and score of the film is composed by [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]; it marks his second collaboration with Mukhopadhyay after ''Kichhukkhon'' (1959), and ninth collaboration with Kumar after ''[[Trijama]]'' (1956), ''Nabajanma'' (1956), ''Prithibi Amare Chay'' (1957), ''[[Indrani (film)|Indrani]]'' (1958), ''Bondhu'' (1958), ''Haat Baralei Bondhu'' (1960) and ''Chirodiner'' (1969).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deb Chowdhury |first=Sayan |date=2021-07-24 |title=Why Bengali cinema's colossus Uttam Kumar had a rough time in the Hindi film industry |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1000964/why-bengali-cinemas-colossus-uttam-kumar-had-a-rough-time-in-the-hindi-film-industry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703163739/https://www.youtube.com/embed/JbCwz-1OHWE?modestbranding=1&rel=0&controls=2&showinfo=0&autoplay=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fscroll.in&widgetid=5&forigin=https%3A%2F%2Fscroll.in%2Freel%2F1000964%2Fwhy-bengali-cinemas-colossus-uttam-kumar-had-a-rough-time-in-the-hindi-film-industry&aoriginsup=1&vf=1 |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> The lyrics are provided by [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder]], Chandidas Basu and Mukhopadhyay himself.<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Rajar Pankhi Uyira Gele<br />
| extra1 = [[Shyamal Mitra]]<br />
| length1 = 3:15<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Arabinda Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
| title2 = Ja Khushi Ora Bole Boluk<br />
| extra2 = [[Manna Dey]]<br />
| length2 = 3:10<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder]]<br />
| title3 = Naa Naa Naa Aaj Rate Aar<br />
| extra3 = Manna Dey<br />
| length3 = 3:29<br />
| lyrics3 = Gauriprasanna Mazumder<br />
| title4 = Ore Sokol Sona Molin Holo<br />
| extra4 = [[Sandhya Mukherjee]]<br />
| length4 = 3:06<br />
| lyrics4 = Chandidas Basu<br />
| total_length = 13:00<br />
}}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[18th National Film Awards|1970 National Film Awards]]<ref name="18thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm17thNFAAward.aspx|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020065742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm17thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref><br />
**[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]: [[Manna Dey]] - "Ja Khushi Ora Bole"<br />
** [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]: [[Sandhya Mukherjee]] - "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo".<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film become all-time blockbuster and ran for 250 days in theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttam Kumar Death Anniversary: 5 Movies That Have Kept the Mahanayak's Charm Alive |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/uttam-kumar-death-anniversary-5-movies-that-have-kept-the-mahanayaks-charm-alive-2244345.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703163054/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/uttam-kumar-death-anniversary-5-movies-that-have-kept-the-mahanayaks-charm-alive-2244345.html |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=[[News18 India|News18]] |language=en}}</ref> Both Kumar and Chatterjee gave another fabulous performance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Das Gupta |first=Ranjan |date=2017-04-20 |title='I always shied away from gimmicks' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-always-shied-away-from-gimmicks/article18163103.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703154450/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-always-shied-away-from-gimmicks/article18163103.ece |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |quote=Uttam Kumar confessed it was very difficult to react to Sabitri Chatterjee’s expressive eyes while Soumitra Chatterjee considers her to be an actress of substance and high calibre.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-03 |title=Uttam Kumar death anniversary: Nayak to Anthony Firingee, 5 iconic films of Bengal's Mahanayak |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/news/uttam-kumar-death-anniversary-5-iconic-films-of-bengal-s-mahanayak-101627118263459.html |access-date=2025-07-03 |work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ray Chaudhuri |first=Shantanu |date=2018-07-24 |title=10 Best Performances Of 'Mahanayak' Uttam Kumar |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/10-best-performances-of-mahanayak-uttam-kumar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703143753/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/10-best-performances-of-mahanayak-uttam-kumar |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=[[Film Companion]] |language=en}}</ref> This was the [[List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films|highest grossing Bengali film in 1970]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Piya |date=2025-02-21 |title=t2ONLINE celebrates Sabitri Chatterjee's birthday by looking back on some of her best screen performances |url=https://t2online.in/screen/bengali/t2online-celebrates-sabitri-chatterjee-s-birthday-by-looking-back-on-some-of-her-best-screen-performances/1346712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703144341/https://t2online.in/screen/bengali/t2online-celebrates-sabitri-chatterjee-s-birthday-by-looking-back-on-some-of-her-best-screen-performances/1346712 |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|t2online.in]] |language=en |quote=''Nishi Padma'' presented to the audience the depth of Sabitri Chatterjee's acting prowess. Her portrayal of Pushpa, a sex worker desperately looking for a life of dignity for the sake of her son, received enormous praise.}}</ref><br />
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==Remake==<br />
''Nishi Padma'' drew the attention of [[Shakti Samanta]] saw the film, who decided to remake it in [[Hindi]], being impressed by Kumar's performance in the film.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms|access-date=2021-10-05|website=The Times of India|date=27 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Subhash K. |date=2022-09-03 |title=Uttam Kumar's tryst with Hindi Cinema |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/uttam-kumars-tryst-with-hindi-cinema-11172091.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703153339/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/uttam-kumars-tryst-with-hindi-cinema-11172091.html |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us |quote=In Shakti Samanta’s ''Amar Prem'', the brief to Rajesh Khanna was, “Just copy Uttam Kumar from the original film (Nishi Padma)”, and he did it successfully.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-04-28 |title=Regional Star, Hindi Also-Ran: Ten Actors, Ten Songs |url=https://madhulikaliddle.com/2021/04/28/regional-star-hindi-also-ran-ten-actors-ten-songs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703163301/https://madhulikaliddle.com/2021/04/28/regional-star-hindi-also-ran-ten-actors-ten-songs/ |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Dustedoff |language=en}}</ref> On his request, Mukhopadhyay wrote the screenplay of the remake and did some changes to the script.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Peeyush |date=2019-07-23 |title=Uttam Kumar: Leaving a Mark in his Few Hindi Films |url=https://learningandcreativity.com/silhouette/uttam-kumar-hindi-films/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703155818/https://learningandcreativity.com/silhouette/uttam-kumar-hindi-films/ |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=Silhouette Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-24 |title=It's All About Love |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/its-all-about-love/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703150208/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/its-all-about-love/ |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> It was titled as ''[[Amar Prem]]'' (1972), and starred [[Sharmila Tagore]] and [[Rajesh Khanna]] in lead roles.<ref name="exp12">{{cite news |title=It's All About Love|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-all-about-love/953992/0|publisher=Indian Express |date= 26 May 2012 |access-date=4 May 2013}}</ref> To prepare his role, Khanna was adviced by Samanta to internalize Kumar's performance from the original.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Rajesh Khanna Watched Nishi Padma 24 Times To Play His Role in Amar Prem |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rajesh-khanna-watched-nishi-padma-24-times-to-play-his-role-in-amar-prem-4708049.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703151847/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rajesh-khanna-watched-nishi-padma-24-times-to-play-his-role-in-amar-prem-4708049.html |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=[[News18 India|News18]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mehzabeen |first=Mallika |date=2025-05-23 |title=Rajesh Khanna watched this Bengali film for 6 months, director asked him to copy Mahanayak Uttam Kumar. |url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/rajesh-khanna-watched-this-bengali-film-for-6-months-director-asked-him-to-copyuttam-kumar-movie-was-amar-prem-lead-actress-is-sharmila-tagore-7838572/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703153744/https://www.india.com/entertainment/rajesh-khanna-watched-this-bengali-film-for-6-months-director-asked-him-to-copyuttam-kumar-movie-was-amar-prem-lead-actress-is-sharmila-tagore-7838572/ |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=[[India TV]] |language=en}}</ref> After the release of the film in 1972, during a premiere of the film in [[Kolkata]], Khanna confessed that he watched the film 24 times to copy him and cited "I consider myself lucky if I can do at least 50% of what Uttam Da (Kumar) had done in ''Nishi Padma''."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2017-01-11 |title=Rajesh Khanna admired Uttam Kumar's acting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rajesh-khanna-admired-uttam-kumars-acting/articleshow/15041403.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703152542/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rajesh-khanna-admired-uttam-kumars-acting/articleshow/15041403.cms |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-07-03 |title=The actor used to dream of acting 50% like Uttam Kumar |url=https://bollyy.com/entertainment/the-actor-used-to-dream-of-acting-50-like-birthday-uttam-kumar-6945708 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703160744/https://bollyy.com/entertainment/the-actor-used-to-dream-of-acting-50-like-birthday-uttam-kumar-6945708 |archive-date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=bollyy.com |language=en}}</ref> The climax of the film was filmed in Kolkata under the supervision of Mukhopadhyay due to Samanta's absence, who later wrote that Khanna had added a unique touch to the character in spite of copying Kumar.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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