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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name       = Harano Sur (Lost Music)
| name           = Harano Sur
| image       = HaranoSurDVD.jpg
| image         = Harano Sur.jpg
| producer   = Uttam Kumar
| producer       = Uttam Kumar
| director   = [[Ajoy Kar]]
| caption        = DVD cover
| starring   = [[Suchitra Sen]]<br>[[Uttam Kumar]]<br>[[Utpal Dutt]]<br>[[Pahari Sanyal]]
| director       = [[Ajoy Kar]]
| distributor = Alochhaya Productions
| screenplay    = Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee
| music       =
| based_on      = ''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]'' (1942 American film)
| released   = {{Film date|1957|09|06|df=y}}
| starring       = [[Suchitra Sen]]<br />[[Uttam Kumar]]<br />[[Utpal Dutt]]<br />[[Pahari Sanyal]]
| runtime     = 162 minutes
| studio        = Alo Chaya Productions
| language   = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| distributor   = Chayabani Pvt Ltd
| country     = India
| music         = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]
| cinematography = Ajoy Kar
| editing        = Ardhendu Chatterjee
| released       = {{Film date|1957|09|06|df=y}}
| runtime       = 162 minutes
| language       = Bengali
| country       = India
}}
}}


'''''Harano Sur''''' ({{lang-bn|হারানো সুর}}; ''English: The Lost Melody'') is a 1957 Indian [[Bengali-language]] [[romantic drama film]] by [[Ajoy Kar]], starring [[Suchitra Sen]] and [[Uttam Kumar]], with music by [[Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay|Hemanta Mukherjee]], and sung by [[Geeta Dutt]]. The film is regarded as one of the finest examples <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html | title = Harano Sur | access-date = 2008-03-30 | publisher = www.upperstall.com |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080226034929/http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html |archive-date = 2008-02-26}}</ref> of Bengali cinema of this early golden <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.indiancinemas.com/News-21/Bengali+Films+in+the+history+books.html?newsid=52&linkid=21 | title = The Early Years of Bengali cinema }}</ref> period. The film is loosely based on the 1942 Hollywood flick ''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]'' which had been remade earlier in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Amara Deepam (1956 film)|Amara Deepam]]'' and in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] as ''[[Amar Deep (1958 film)|Amar Deep]]''.<ref>Rajadhyaksha, Ashish and Willerman, Paul. ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema''. New York: Routledge (2012), p. 1955</ref>
'''''Harano Sur''''' ({{translation|The Lost Tune}}) is a 1957 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[romantic drama film]] by [[Ajoy Kar]], starring [[Suchitra Sen]] and [[Uttam Kumar]], with music by [[Hemant Kumar|Hemanta Mukherjee]], sung by [[Geeta Dutt]]. This is the first film that Uttam produced along with Ajoy Kar. The film is regarded as one of the finest examples<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harano Sur |url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226034929/http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html |archive-date=2008-02-26 |access-date=2008-03-30 |website=Upperstall}}</ref> of [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] of this early period.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.indiancinemas.com/News-21/Bengali+Films+in+the+history+books.html?newsid=52&linkid=21 | title = The Early Years of Bengali cinema | access-date = 9 October 2011 | archive-date = 2 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120502161922/http://www.indiancinemas.com/News-21/Bengali+Films+in+the+history+books.html?newsid=52&linkid=21 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The film is based on the 1942 American film ''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]''.<ref>{{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=349–350 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Images: The beautiful Suchitra Sen in Aandhi, Deep Jwele Jaai and Harano Sur |url=https://www.firstpost.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/images-the-beautiful-suchitra-sen-in-aandhi-deep-jwele-jaai-and-harano-sur-1314291.html |website=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=24 April 2022 |date=17 January 2014}}</ref> The film became the [[List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films|highest grossing Bengali film of 1957]].


==Synopsis==
== Synopsis ==
[[File:Uttam-Kumar-and-Suchitra-Sen-in-Bangla-Movie-Harano-Sur---1957.jpg|thumb|[[Uttam Kumar|Uttam]] - [[Suchitra Sen|Suchitra]] in the film]]
An [[Amnesia|amnesiac]] after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is rescued after escaping from the asylum where he was admitted by Doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen) who takes him to her father's (Pahadi Sanyal) country house in a village called [[Palampur, Himachal Pradesh|Palaspur]]. There, while treating him, she falls for him and he for her. They marry but a second accident makes him recall his life as a rich businessman in [[Calcutta]] and forget the memories spent with Roma. Roma follows him to Calcutta and meets him there, but he doesn't recognise her. He hires her as governess to his niece instead. Roma keeps trying to simulate Alok's memory but is looked at suspiciously by Lata, Alok's fiancée in Calcutta who thinks Roma is snatching Alok away from her and who complains to Alok's mother. The latter has Roma kicked out. Alok, realizing she is from Palaspur and that is where he got back his memory goes there and regains his memory of times spent with Roma there.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Harano Sur' (1957) – Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/ten-bengali-films-featuring-uttam-kumar-and-suchitra-sen-that-are-a-must-watch/harano-sur-1957/photostory/63785107.cms |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>


An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is rescued on escaping from the asylum where he is admitted by doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen) who takes him to her father's (Pahadi Sanyal) country house in a village called Palaspur. There, while treating him she falls for him and he for her. They marry but a second accident makes him recall his life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget the memories spent with Roma. Roma follows him to Calcutta and meets him there but he doesn't recognise her. He hires her as governess to his niece instead. Roma keeps trying to simulate Alok's memory but is looked at suspiciously by Lata, Alok's fiancée in Calcutta who thinks Roma is snatching Alok away from her and who complains to Alok's mother. The latter has Roma kicked out. Alok realizing she is from Palaspur and that is where he got back his memory goes there and regains his memory of times spent with Roma there. All's well that end well.
== Cast ==
*[[Uttam Kumar]] as Alok Mukherjee
*[[Suchitra Sen]] as Dr Roma Banerjee
*[[Pahadi Sanyal]] as Roma's father
*[[Chandrabati Devi]] as Alok mother
*[[Utpal Dutta]] as Dr Majumder
*[[Khagen Pathak]] as Station Master
*[[Shailen Mukherjee]] as Manager
*[[Haren Mukherjee]] as Dr. Haren Mukherjee
*[[Dipak Mukherjee]] as Mihir Bhattacharya
*[[Kajori Guha]] as Lata
 
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name      = Harano Sur
| type      = Soundtrack
| artist    = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released  = 1957
| recorded  = 1956
| venue      =
| studio    = Alo Chaya Productions Pvt Ltd
| genre      = [[Feature Film Soundtrack]]
| length    = 0:6:44
| label      = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
| producer  = Uttam Kumar
| prev_title = [[Tasher Ghar]]
| prev_year  = 1957
| next_title = [[Lukochuri]]
| next_year  = 1958
}}
 
[[Hemanta Mukherjee]] composed the music of the film. All the lyrics were penned by [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder]].


==Soundtrack==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = [[Gauriprasanna Mazumder]]
| all_music = [[Hemant Kumar]]
| headline = Songs
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| extra_column = Playback
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| title2 = Aaj Dujanar Duti Path
| title2 = Aaj Dujanar Duti Path
| length2 = 3:36
| length2 = 3:36
| extra2 = [[Hemant Kumar]]
| extra2 = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]
| total_length = 6:44
| total_length = 6:44
}}
}}


==Awards==
== Production ==
* [[National Film Awards]]<ref name="5thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
''Harano Sur'' was the first film produced by Uttam Kumar along with Ajoy Kar. Uttam decided to keep Bengali cinema to national level, so he came into film production under their banner Alochaya Production Pvt Ltd. The film was based on 1942 [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nominated film [[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]] which itself based on the novel of same name written by [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]].
** [[5th National Film Awards|1957]] - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
 
== Release & Reception ==
It was released in India on 6 September 1957 under the banner of Alochaya Production and distributed by Chayabani Private Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar |url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/once-upon-a-cinema-beyond-the-trinity-with-ajoy-kar-10875501.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Firstpost}}</ref>
 
===Reviews===
''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote ''The legendary Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar – that’s what this movie is all about. It’s simply their charisma, their chemistry, their presence which will captivate you throughout''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=‘Harano Sur’ (1957) |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/ten-all-time-great-romantic-movies-in-bengali-cinema/harano-sur-1957/photostory/64061466.cms |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
 
===Box office===
The film became [[List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films|highest grossing Bengali film in 1957]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar |url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/once-upon-a-cinema-beyond-the-trinity-with-ajoy-kar-10875501.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Firstpost}}</ref>
 
==Themes==
''Random Harvest'' had already been adapted before in Tamil in 1956 as ''[[Amara Deepam (1956 film)|Amara Deepam]]'' and starred [[Sivaji Ganesan|Sivaji Ganeshan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]], which was later remade in Hindi as ''[[Amardeep (1958 film)|Amar Deep]]'' starring [[Dev Anand]] and [[Vyjayanthimala|Vyjainthimala]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&dq=Amardeep+Harano+sur&pg=PT5 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014-07-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9}}</ref>
 
== Awards ==
* [[5th National Film Awards|1957]] – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film in Bengali]]<ref name="5thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0050484|title=Harano Sur}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0050484|title=Harano Sur}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
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Harano Sur
File:Harano Sur.jpg
DVD cover
Directed byAjoy Kar
Produced byUttam Kumar
Screenplay byNripendrakrishna Chatterjee
Based onRandom Harvest (1942 American film)
StarringSuchitra Sen
Uttam Kumar
Utpal Dutt
Pahari Sanyal
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
CinematographyAjoy Kar
Edited byArdhendu Chatterjee
Production
company
Alo Chaya Productions
Distributed byChayabani Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 6 September 1957 (1957-09-06)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Harano Sur (transl. The Lost Tune) is a 1957 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar, with music by Hemanta Mukherjee, sung by Geeta Dutt. This is the first film that Uttam produced along with Ajoy Kar. The film is regarded as one of the finest examples[1] of Bengali cinema of this early period.[2] The film is based on the 1942 American film Random Harvest.[3][4] The film became the highest grossing Bengali film of 1957.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is rescued after escaping from the asylum where he was admitted by Doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen) who takes him to her father's (Pahadi Sanyal) country house in a village called Palaspur. There, while treating him, she falls for him and he for her. They marry but a second accident makes him recall his life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget the memories spent with Roma. Roma follows him to Calcutta and meets him there, but he doesn't recognise her. He hires her as governess to his niece instead. Roma keeps trying to simulate Alok's memory but is looked at suspiciously by Lata, Alok's fiancée in Calcutta who thinks Roma is snatching Alok away from her and who complains to Alok's mother. The latter has Roma kicked out. Alok, realizing she is from Palaspur and that is where he got back his memory goes there and regains his memory of times spent with Roma there.[5]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Harano Sur
Soundtrack album by
Hemanta Mukherjee
Released1957
Recorded1956
StudioAlo Chaya Productions Pvt Ltd
GenreFeature Film Soundtrack
Length0:06:44
LabelSa Re Ga Ma Pa
ProducerUttam Kumar
Hemanta Mukherjee chronology
Tasher Ghar
(1957) 		Harano Sur
(1957) 		Lukochuri
(1958)

Hemanta Mukherjee composed the music of the film. All the lyrics were penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder.

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Tumi Je Amar"Geeta Dutt3:08
2."Aaj Dujanar Duti Path"Hemanta Mukherjee3:36
Total length:6:44

Production[edit | edit source]

Harano Sur was the first film produced by Uttam Kumar along with Ajoy Kar. Uttam decided to keep Bengali cinema to national level, so he came into film production under their banner Alochaya Production Pvt Ltd. The film was based on 1942 Oscar nominated film Random Harvest which itself based on the novel of same name written by James Hilton.

Release & Reception[edit | edit source]

It was released in India on 6 September 1957 under the banner of Alochaya Production and distributed by Chayabani Private Limited.[6]

Reviews[edit | edit source]

The Times of India wrote The legendary Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar – that’s what this movie is all about. It’s simply their charisma, their chemistry, their presence which will captivate you throughout.[7]

Box office[edit | edit source]

The film became highest grossing Bengali film in 1957.[8]

Themes[edit | edit source]

Random Harvest had already been adapted before in Tamil in 1956 as Amara Deepam and starred Sivaji Ganeshan and Savitri, which was later remade in Hindi as Amar Deep starring Dev Anand and Vyjainthimala.[9]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Harano Sur". Upperstall. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "The Early Years of Bengali cinema". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. pp. 349–350. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
  4. ↑ "Images: The beautiful Suchitra Sen in Aandhi, Deep Jwele Jaai and Harano Sur". Firstpost. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "'Harano Sur' (1957) – Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar". Firstpost. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "'Harano Sur' (1957)". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar". Firstpost. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
  10. ↑ "5th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 September 2011.

External links[edit | edit source]

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