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| runtime = 157 min.
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'''''Antony Firingee''''' is a 1967 Indian [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[musical drama film]] directed by Sunil Bannerjee, starring [[Uttam Kumar]] and [[Tanuja]]. It is a biopic based on the life of [[Anthony Firingee]] ([[Hensman Anthony]]), a [[Bengali language]] folk poet of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] origin.
'''''Antony Firingee''''' is a 1967 Indian [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[musical drama film]] directed by Sunil Bannerjee, starring [[Uttam Kumar]] and [[Tanuja]]. It is a biopic based on the life of [[Anthony Firingee]] ([[Hensman Anthony]]), a [[Bengali language]] folk poet of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] origin.
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==Awards==
==Awards==
[[Uttam Kumar]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] at the 15th [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] (1968) for his performances in ''Anthony Firingee'' and ''[[Chiriyakhana]]''.<ref name="firstaward">{{cite web | url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf | title=National Awards for Films: Uttam Kumar (1967) | publisher=Dff.nic.in. Directorate of Film Festivals | date=25 November 1968 | accessdate=31 July 2011 | page=29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf | archive-date=28 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[Uttam Kumar]] won the [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] at the 15th [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] (1968) for his performances in ''Anthony Firingee'' and ''[[Chiriyakhana]]''.<ref name="firstaward">{{cite web | url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf | title=National Awards for Films: Uttam Kumar (1967) | publisher=Dff.nic.in. Directorate of Film Festivals | date=25 November 1968 | accessdate=31 July 2011 | page=29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm15thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=15NFA.pdf | archive-date=28 September 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967">{{cite news|last1=The Times of India|first1=Entertainment|title=National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1967/108|accessdate=11 August 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324034914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1967/108|archivedate=24 March 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 11 August 2021

Antony Firingee
Directed bySunil Bannerjee
Written bySunil Bannerjee
StarringUttam Kumar
Tanuja
Music byAnil Bagchi
Release date
6 October 1967
Running time
157 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Antony Firingee is a 1967 Indian biographical musical drama film directed by Sunil Bannerjee, starring Uttam Kumar and Tanuja. It is a biopic based on the life of Anthony Firingee (Hensman Anthony), a Bengali language folk poet of Portuguese origin.

Antony Firingee was a Portuguese-Indian who became a famous Bengali poet musician and fell in love with Nirupoma. She agreed to marry him after revealing her tragic history. But his fame was not enough to overcome their ostracisation and tragedy struck again.

After the film's release, the poet name became "famous".[1]

The film was noted for its music, sung by Manna Dey and Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, composed by Anil Bagchi & lyrics by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar and others.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Hensman Anthony, commonly known as Antony Firingee became a Bengali language poet in the early part of the 19th century. The story revolves around his love for a courtesan Shakila, who he later marries and faces social ostracization.[2]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Anil Bagchi is the music director of the film, while Aloknath Dey is the assistant music director. Many of the song was critically and commercially successful.

Lyricist Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Pranab Roy, Hensman Anthony, Bholanath Nayak, Thakurdas Singha.

Playback singers are Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukherjee, Adhir Bagchi, Alok Bagchi, Tarun Bandyopadhyay, Shyamal Chakraborty, Chhaya Dey, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Malabika Kanan, Salil Mitra, Manabendra Mukherjee, Chitto Mukhopadhyay, Swapna Roy.

Selected track list[edit | edit source]

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aami Jamini Tumi Soshi He" Manna Dey
2 "Ghiri Ghiri Aai" Sandhya Mukherjee
3 "Ami Je Jalsaghare" Sandhya Mukherjee
4 "Aami Je Jalsaghare" Manna Dey
5 "Champa Chameli Golaperi" Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukherjee
6 "Tunhu Mamo Monopran Hey" Sandhya Mukherjee
7 "Maa Tui Aamay Daya Korbi" Manna Dey
8 "Keu Ba Karchhen Barristeri" Manna Dey, Adhir Bagchi
9 "Satya Bate Ami Jetete" Manna Dey, Adhir Bagchi
10 "Shuno He Antony" Manna Dey, Alok Bagchi

Awards[edit | edit source]

Uttam Kumar won the National Film Award for Best Actor at the 15th National Film Award (1968) for his performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana.[3][4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Mr & Mrs Antony Firingee". The Telegraph. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013. made famous by Uttam Kumar in the film Antony Firingee
  2. Russell Campbell (2006). Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-299-21253-7.
  3. "National Awards for Films: Uttam Kumar (1967)" (PDF). Dff.nic.in. Directorate of Film Festivals. 25 November 1968. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. The Times of India, Entertainment. "National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links[edit | edit source]