Bon Palashir Padabali

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Bon Palashir Padabali is a Bengali romance drama Film directed and produced by Uttam Kumar.[1] It is an adaptation of a 1960 same name novel by Ramapada Chowdhury.[2] The film was released on 9 February 1973, under the banner of Shilpi Sangsad.[3]

Plot[edit]

Girijaprasad Roy was a good student who secured first Division in the final exam. He was fond of Chhotoma whose husband was Bibhuti, the very first scholar of the village before Girija. Bibhuti changed his religion to Christianity so Chhotoma refused to go with him to City after death of Bibhuti's elder brother, Kalidas, who was a religious person and a critic of Bibhuti's religious transformation. Besides, Girija left his village for higher studies and came back after a long time. All of his villagers believed him to be rich. After few days, everyone came to know about his poor financial condition. His only daughter Bimala was attracted to Block Development Officer Pravakar. As Girijaprasad was not rich, everybody tried to neglect him and helped his only brother Girin who stayed in the same village. Girin was a wealthy person and very clever kind of man. He deprived his elder brother and tried to make relation with Pravakar. But in the end, Girija's daughter Bimala was married to Pravakar instead of Girin's daughter Tia in the intervention of Girin's wife. On the other hand, Udas Kotal a soft-hearted, honest man wanted to learn driving for a better life. He married Laxmimoni to learn driving from his father-in-law. Laxmimoni's father taught him driving and made him an expert driver. Unfortunately, Laxmimoni had some psychological problem and as a result, she committed suicide. Udas became very upset and after few days, he wanted to get married his childhood friend Padma but Padma refused to get married. Day by day Udas became an alcoholic, characterless bohemian kind of person. One day after a quarrel, he hears baseless and incorrect news that Padma was having an affair with the doctor, he goes to murder the doctor with a knife. In the darkness, drunken Udas killed his old mate Padma. As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to death. Doctor left the village.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The singers of the movie were Shyamal Mitra, Lata Mangeshkar, Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, Adhir Bagchi

References[edit]

  1. Anjali Gera Roy, Chua Beng Huat (10 November 2014). Travels of Bollywood Cinema: From Bombay to. ISBN 9780199088621. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. "'Bon Palashir Padabali' writer Ramapada Chowdhury passes away at 95 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. "BON PALASHIR PADABALI". Retrieved 30 October 2017. [dead link]

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