Ekti Raat

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Ekti Raat (transl. One Night) is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language comedy film^[1] directed by Chitta Basu and produced by Harendranath Chattopadhyay based on, Bhimpalashree, a story of Bengali novelist Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. This film was released on 26 April 1956 in the banner of H.N.C. Productions.^[2]^[3] In the 1990s, a television series Manush, based on the same plot, aired.

Plot[edit]

This film revolves around the miscommunication and misunderstanding of two couples and their family leading to comic situations. Sushavan Dutta and his wife, Anita, were invited at their relative Digbijay Babu's house. While on a journey Anita misses the train and Sushavan has to journey with another lady Santana. Santana is the wife of famous political leader Brojesh. At night they take shelter as husband and wife in Gosaiji's hotel, Harimatar Panthashala because Gosaiji allows married couples only. Santana carries a puppy with her, which runs away from the garden of the hotel and Sushovan has to chase it at night. When Anita's mother is angered upon learning that Sushavan is untraced.

Cast[edit]

Uttam Kumar as Sushovan
Suchitra Sen as Santana
Tulsi Chakraborty as Gosaiji
Bhanu Bannerjee as Chaku
Anup Kumar as Fatka
Shyam Laha
Kamal Mitra as Brojeshwar
Jahor Roy as Paresh
Pahadi Sanyal as Digbijoy
Chandrabati Devi
Sabita Bose as Anita
Molina Devi as Shampu, Anita's mother
Jiben Bose as Sadananda Behari
Gurudas Banerjee as Jitu
Menaka Devi as Khyanto

Soundtrack[edit]

All tracks are written by Anupam Ghatak.

No.	Title	Singer	Length
1.	"O Bashi Dake"	Sandhya Mukherjee	2:23
2.	"Kakan Bole Shrimoti Tobe"	Sandhya Mukherjee	2:28
3.	"Pradiper Sikha Keno Kape"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:17

References[edit]

↑ Mukhopadhyay, Suman (18 January 2014). "Uttam-Suchitra & Us". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
↑ "Ekti Raat". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ Harris M. Lentz III (11 May 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. ISBN 9781476619613. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links[edit]

Ekti Raat on IMDb

[1] Mukhopadhyay, Suman (18 January 2014). "Uttam-Suchitra & Us". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[2] "Ekti Raat". Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[3] Harris M. Lentz III (11 May 2015). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014. ISBN 9781476619613. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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