Bicharak

Bicharak
Directed by	Prabhat Mukherjee
Produced by	Arundhati Devi
Written by	Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Screenplay by	Prabhat Mukherjee
Based on	Bicharak novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Starring	Sisir Bhaduri<br>Uttam Kumar<br> Arundhati Devi<br> Chhabi Biswas
Music by	Rabindranath Tagore, Timir Baran Bhattachariya
Cinematography	Ajoy Mitra
Edited by	Haridas Mahalanbish
Production company	Prabhat Production
Distributed by	Shreebishnu Pictures Private Limited
Release date	1959 (1959)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Bicharak (English: The Judge) is a Bengali-language 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>Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar. "Bicharak". Retrieved 15 December 2018.</ref><ref>"Bicharak-Bengali Movie". Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.</ref> This film was released in 1959<ref>"Aspects of Film Festival". Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2018.</ref> under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1960.<ref>"Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards". nettv4u.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.</ref> The film stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role alongside Arundhati Devi in the lead, while Chhabi Biswas, 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 Bengali Cinema history.<ref>"Once Upon a Cinema: Uttam Kumar's Last Bow". Firstpost. 24 July 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.</ref> The film also received huge critical acclamation and saw the commercial success.

Plot

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

• Sisir Bhaduri as Judge
• 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

Soundtrack

Bicharak
Soundtrack album by Rabindranath Tagore
Released	1959
Recorded	1958
Studio	Prabhat Productions Pvt Ltd
Length	0:06:44
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Director	Suvo Guha Thakurta
Producer	Prabhat Mukherjee, Arundhati Devi

All lyrics are written by Rabindranath Tagore; all music is composed by Rabindranath Tagore, Suvo Guha Thakurta.

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Amar Mallika Bone"	Utpala Sen, Mrinal Chakraborty	2:54
2.	"Amar Bichar Tumi Karo"	Hemant Kumar	1:27
Total length:			4:21

Award

• 1960: Certificate of Merit Best Feature Film in Bengali - Bicharak

External links

• Bicharak on IMDb