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{{Short description|1963 Indian Bengali film by Asit Sen}} | |||
{{for|the [[Nakshatra]] in Hindi astrology|Uttara Phalgunī}} | {{for|the [[Nakshatra]] in Hindi astrology|Uttara Phalgunī}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| image = Uttar Falguni.jpg | | image = Uttar Falguni.jpg | ||
| caption = Poster | | caption = Poster | ||
| director = [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]] | | director = [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]] | ||
| producer = [[Uttam Kumar]] | | producer = [[Uttam Kumar]] | ||
| writer = | | writer = [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] | ||
| screenplay = Nripendra Krishna Chatterjee | | screenplay = Nripendra Krishna Chatterjee | ||
| story = | | story = Nihar Ranjan Gupta | ||
| based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | ||
| narrator = | | narrator = | ||
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| cinematography = Anil Gupta<br />Jyoti Laha | | cinematography = Anil Gupta<br />Jyoti Laha | ||
| editing = Tarun Dutta | | editing = Tarun Dutta | ||
| studio = | | studio = Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd | ||
| distributor = | | distributor = Chayabani Pvt Ltd | ||
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1963|10|11}} | | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1963|10|11}} | ||
| runtime = 137 minutes | | runtime = 137 minutes | ||
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| gross = | | gross = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Uttar Falguni''''' ({{Translation| | '''''Uttar Falguni''''' ({{Translation| ''Latter Reddish One''}}) is a 1963 Indian [[Bengali-language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]] and produced by [[Uttam Kumar]], starring [[Suchitra Sen]] in a double role, [[Bikash Roy]] and Dilip Mukherjee in lead. At the [[11th National Film Awards]], the film was awarded the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]].<ref name="11thaward">{{Cite web |title=State Awards for Films |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=2 May 2017 |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]}}</ref> Music of the film composed by [[Robin Chatterjee discography|Robin Chatterjee]]. The film was remade by director Asit Sen himself in [[Hindi]], as ''[[Mamta (1966 film)|Mamta]]'' (1966) again with Suchitra Sen as the lead.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 August 2009 |title=Forgotten heroes of Bengali screen |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Forgotten-heroes-of-Bengali-screen/articleshow/4926103.cms |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022040256/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Forgotten-heroes-of-Bengali-screen/articleshow/4926103.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Kaviya Thalaivi]]'' (1970),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |title=Tamil cinema's Bong connection |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/articleshow/63873364.cms |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180923110436/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/articleshow/63873364.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and in [[Malayalam]] as ''[[Pushpanjali (1972 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' (1972).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ganguly |first=Ruman |date=27 November 2019 |title=Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend? |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms |access-date=1 September 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901053336/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Debjani (Suchitra Sen) is forced to marry the rakish Rakhal (Kalipada Chakraborty) who then tries to initiate her into prostitution. Pregnant with Rakhal’s child, she escapes from him and while on the train, she tries to commit suicide but is rescued by the madam of a singing house (Chhaya Devi) and brought to her kotha in Lucknow, where she gives birth to a daughter, Suparna, and becomes the tawaif Pannabai.As Rakhal traces her out continues to harass and blackmail her, she escapes once again to Calcutta and has Suparna admitted in a missionary school and distances herself from her so that her daughter can grow up in a good, clean environment. She meets her former lover, a barrister, Manish Roy (Bikash Roy) who, after hearing her tragic tale, wants to marry her but Debjani will not let him soil his name. She however asks him to take care of Suparna. Manish agrees, becoming Suparna’s guardian. Years Pass. Pannabai is now older with a heart ailment. The adult Suparna (Suchitra Sen again), brought up by Manish as his niece, returns from abroad, also having become a lawyer, who is in love with her senior Indranil (Dilip Mukherjee), Manish’s assistant. When Rakhal realizes that Suparna is his daughter, he comes back to blackmail Debjani, threatening to expose Suparna’s true identity. Debjani shoots him dead. In court, she is defended by Manish. Suparna is against Manish taking this case of a characterless, fallen woman whom she despises but when Manish tells her Debjani’s true story and reveals her true identity to her, she defends Debjani in court… | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Suchitra Sen]] as Debjani / Pannabai and Suparna<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=378 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig- | * [[Suchitra Sen]] as Debjani / Pannabai and Suparna<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=378 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821193440/https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
* [[Bikash Roy]] as Manish Roy<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /> | * [[Bikash Roy]] as Manish Roy<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /> | ||
* [[Chhaya Devi]] as Baijee | * [[Chhaya Devi]] as Baijee | ||
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* [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Barrister | * [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Barrister | ||
* Jahar Ganguli as Debjani's father | * Jahar Ganguli as Debjani's father | ||
* Sita Mukherjee as Mother | * Sita Mukherjee as Mother Mamen | ||
* [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor)|Ajit Bandyopadhyay]] | * [[Ajit Bandyopadhyay (actor)|Ajit Bandyopadhyay]] | ||
* Renuka Roy | * Renuka Roy | ||
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| length1 = 3:13 | | length1 = 3:13 | ||
| extra4 = [[Sandhya Mukherjee]] | | extra4 = [[Sandhya Mukherjee]] | ||
| total_length = 12:12 | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Reception== | |||
This is the fourth film produced by Uttam Kumar but for the first time he did not act in his home production. He gave the opportunity to Bikash Roy as he felt that the story and audience perspective favoured Bikash Roy for the role. The film became a blockbuster hit at the box office and ran for 105 days in theatres. | |||
==Awards== | |||
*[[11th National Film Awards|1964]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] - Uttam Kumar (As producer) | |||
*1964: [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award|BFJA Best Actress Award]] - Suchitra Sen | |||
==Remakes== | |||
The film was remade in Hindi in 1966 as ''[[Mamta (1966 film)|Mamta]]'' where Asit Sen directed again and Suchitra Sen reprised her role. Later the film remade in Tamil as ''[[Kaviya Thalaivi]]'' in 1970 and in Malayalam as ''[[Pushpanjali (1972 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' in 1972. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}} | {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1963 Bengali-language films]] | ||
[[Category:1963 films]] | [[Category:1963 films]] | ||
[[Category:Bengali films remade in other languages]] | [[Category:Bengali films remade in other languages]] | ||
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[[Category:Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] | [[Category:Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by Robin Chatterjee]] | [[Category:Films scored by Robin Chatterjee]] | ||
[[Category:Films about courtesans in India]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:12, 7 March 2026
| Uttar Falguni | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Asit Sen |
| Produced by | Uttam Kumar |
| Written by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Screenplay by | Nripendra Krishna Chatterjee |
| Story by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Starring | Suchitra Sen Bikash Roy |
| Music by | Robin Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Anil Gupta Jyoti Laha |
| Edited by | Tarun Dutta |
Production company | Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd |
| Distributed by | Chayabani Pvt Ltd |
Release date |
|
Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Uttar Falguni (transl. Latter Reddish One) is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Asit Sen and produced by Uttam Kumar, starring Suchitra Sen in a double role, Bikash Roy and Dilip Mukherjee in lead. At the 11th National Film Awards, the film was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1] Music of the film composed by Robin Chatterjee. The film was remade by director Asit Sen himself in Hindi, as Mamta (1966) again with Suchitra Sen as the lead.[2] The film was also remade in Tamil as Kaviya Thalaivi (1970),[3] and in Malayalam as Pushpanjali (1972).[4]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Debjani (Suchitra Sen) is forced to marry the rakish Rakhal (Kalipada Chakraborty) who then tries to initiate her into prostitution. Pregnant with Rakhal’s child, she escapes from him and while on the train, she tries to commit suicide but is rescued by the madam of a singing house (Chhaya Devi) and brought to her kotha in Lucknow, where she gives birth to a daughter, Suparna, and becomes the tawaif Pannabai.As Rakhal traces her out continues to harass and blackmail her, she escapes once again to Calcutta and has Suparna admitted in a missionary school and distances herself from her so that her daughter can grow up in a good, clean environment. She meets her former lover, a barrister, Manish Roy (Bikash Roy) who, after hearing her tragic tale, wants to marry her but Debjani will not let him soil his name. She however asks him to take care of Suparna. Manish agrees, becoming Suparna’s guardian. Years Pass. Pannabai is now older with a heart ailment. The adult Suparna (Suchitra Sen again), brought up by Manish as his niece, returns from abroad, also having become a lawyer, who is in love with her senior Indranil (Dilip Mukherjee), Manish’s assistant. When Rakhal realizes that Suparna is his daughter, he comes back to blackmail Debjani, threatening to expose Suparna’s true identity. Debjani shoots him dead. In court, she is defended by Manish. Suparna is against Manish taking this case of a characterless, fallen woman whom she despises but when Manish tells her Debjani’s true story and reveals her true identity to her, she defends Debjani in court…
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Suchitra Sen as Debjani / Pannabai and Suparna[5]
- Bikash Roy as Manish Roy[5]
- Chhaya Devi as Baijee
- Dilip Mukherjee as Indranil
- Padmadevi as Indranil's mother
- Kalipada Chakraborty as Rakhalbabu[5]
- Pahari Sanyal as Barrister
- Jahar Ganguli as Debjani's father
- Sita Mukherjee as Mother Mamen
- Ajit Bandyopadhyay
- Renuka Roy
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
All music is composed by Robin Chatterjee.
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kaun Tarah Se Tum" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Tore Naina Lage" | Sandhya Mukherjee, Chhaya Devi | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Tum Chatur Medley" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Zindagi Ki Ek Bhool" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 12:12 | ||
Reception[edit | edit source]
This is the fourth film produced by Uttam Kumar but for the first time he did not act in his home production. He gave the opportunity to Bikash Roy as he felt that the story and audience perspective favoured Bikash Roy for the role. The film became a blockbuster hit at the box office and ran for 105 days in theatres.
Awards[edit | edit source]
- 1964: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali - Uttam Kumar (As producer)
- 1964: BFJA Best Actress Award - Suchitra Sen
Remakes[edit | edit source]
The film was remade in Hindi in 1966 as Mamta where Asit Sen directed again and Suchitra Sen reprised her role. Later the film remade in Tamil as Kaviya Thalaivi in 1970 and in Malayalam as Pushpanjali in 1972.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Awards for Films". International Film Festival of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Forgotten heroes of Bengali screen". The Times of India. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's Bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. p. 378. ISBN 0-19-563579-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.