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{{Infobox film
| name = Kalankini Kankabati
| name = Kalankini Kankabati
| image = Kalankinimithun.jpg
| image = Kalankinimithun.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br/>Pijush Basu
| director = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />Pijush Basu
| producer =
| producer =
| writer =
| writer =
| starring = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />[[Supriya Choudhury]]<br  />[[Sharmila Tagore]]<br />[[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| starring = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br />[[Supriya Choudhury]]<br  />[[Sharmila Tagore]]<br />[[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981}}<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA21-PA1991|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=21–}}</ref>
| released = {{release date|df=y|1981|04|22}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| country = [[India]]
| language = Bengali
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget = [[Rupee|Rs]] 85 Lakhs
| budget = [[Rupee|Rs]] 85 Lakhs
}}
}}


'''''Kalankini Kankabati''''' ({{trans|Stigmatized Kankabati}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[crime drama film]] directed by [[Uttam Kumar]] and Pijush Basu,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kalankini-kankabati-34692|title=Kalankini Kankabati (1981) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos {{!}} Cinestaan|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref> starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Supriya Choudhury]], [[Asit Baran]] and [[Uttam Kumar]]
'''''Kalankini Kankabati''''' ({{trans|Stigmatized Kankabati}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[crime drama film]] directed by [[Uttam Kumar]] and Pijush Basu,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/kalankini-kankabati-34692|title=Kalankini Kankabati (1981) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos {{!}} Cinestaan|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref> starring [[Uttam Kumar]], [[Supriya Choudhury]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in pivotal roles.


==Plot==
==Plot==
 
Zamindar Raj Shekhar Rai ([[Uttam Kumar]]) lives with his wife Sureshwari ([[Supriya Choudhury]]), a son and a daughter. Despite being married, he brings Aparna Bai ([[Sharmila Tagore]]) & falls in love with her. This tradition is from generation to generation in the house. To save her son from this tradition, Sureshwari sends him to Kolkata city for studying. Meanwhile, Raj Shekhar Rai tries to convince Aparna Bai giving different facilities, but she is in love with another man, who is the henchman of Raj Shekhar. When Raj Shekhar hears about it, he orders to get out from his area, but the henchman desperately comes to meet Aparna Bai to take her with him. By the other henchmen, Raj Shekhar knows about it, as a result, the henchman was killed by Raj Shekhar, but Aparna Bai survives and gives birth a daughter Kankabati. Some years later, Raj Shekhar comes to know it and kidnaps Kankabati to take revenge on Aparna Bai.
'''''Kalankini Kankabati''''' is a period drama, where Mithun stars opposite Sharmila Tagore.
Years pass, Raj Shekhar's son Shashanka Shekhar ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]), returns to his house. Now he sees Kankabati (also [[Sharmila Tagore]]) and falls in love with her, but he doesn't know that his mother Sureshwari, has already fixed his marriage with daughter of Zamindar from Nishchindapur. Will Shashanka Shekhar marry Kankabati?


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Uttam Kumar]] as Rajsekhar
*[[Uttam Kumar]] as Raj Shekhar Rai
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Sekhar
*[[Supriya Choudhury]] as Sureshwari Rai
*[[Sharmila Tagore]] as Aparna/Kankabati
*[[Sharmila Tagore]] as Aparna Bai / Kankabati
*[[Supriya Choudhury]] as Sureshwari
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shashanka Shekhar Rai
*[[Asit Baran]]
*Rahul Dev as young Shashkanka child artist (born 1968)
*[[Santu Mukhopadhyay]] as Raghubir
*Sanghamitra Banerjee


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==

Latest revision as of 18:17, 26 March 2026

Kalankini Kankabati
File:Kalankinimithun.jpg
DVD cover
Directed byUttam Kumar
Pijush Basu
StarringUttam Kumar
Supriya Choudhury
Sharmila Tagore
Mithun Chakraborty
Music byR. D. Burman
Release date
22 April 1981 (1981-04-22)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
BudgetRs 85 Lakhs

Kalankini Kankabati (transl. Stigmatized Kankabati) is a 1981 Indian Bengali-language crime drama film directed by Uttam Kumar and Pijush Basu,[1] starring Uttam Kumar, Supriya Choudhury, Sharmila Tagore, Mithun Chakraborty in pivotal roles.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Zamindar Raj Shekhar Rai (Uttam Kumar) lives with his wife Sureshwari (Supriya Choudhury), a son and a daughter. Despite being married, he brings Aparna Bai (Sharmila Tagore) & falls in love with her. This tradition is from generation to generation in the house. To save her son from this tradition, Sureshwari sends him to Kolkata city for studying. Meanwhile, Raj Shekhar Rai tries to convince Aparna Bai giving different facilities, but she is in love with another man, who is the henchman of Raj Shekhar. When Raj Shekhar hears about it, he orders to get out from his area, but the henchman desperately comes to meet Aparna Bai to take her with him. By the other henchmen, Raj Shekhar knows about it, as a result, the henchman was killed by Raj Shekhar, but Aparna Bai survives and gives birth a daughter Kankabati. Some years later, Raj Shekhar comes to know it and kidnaps Kankabati to take revenge on Aparna Bai. Years pass, Raj Shekhar's son Shashanka Shekhar (Mithun Chakraborty), returns to his house. Now he sees Kankabati (also Sharmila Tagore) and falls in love with her, but he doesn't know that his mother Sureshwari, has already fixed his marriage with daughter of Zamindar from Nishchindapur. Will Shashanka Shekhar marry Kankabati?

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Song Singer
"Na Na, Kachhe Eso Na" Lata Mangeshkar
"O Amar Kandher Anchol" Asha Bhosle
"Aadho Aalo Chhayate, Kichhu Bhalobashate" Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
"Bendhechhi Beena" Parveen Sultana

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Kalankini Kankabati (1981) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos | Cinestaan". Cinestaan. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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