Bipasha (film)
Bipasha | |
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Directed by | Agradoot |
Written by | Tarashankar Bandopadhyay |
Screenplay by | Gouriprasanna Majumder (Lyrics also) and Hindi Dialogues - Pandit Bhusan |
Based on | Bipasha novel by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay |
Starring | Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen |
Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh, Bibhuti Laha |
Edited by | Baidyanath Chatterjee |
Music by | Robin Chatterjee |
Production company | Chitra Prayojok |
Distributed by | Chandimata Films Private Limited |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Bipasha is a 1962 Indian
It is one of the many hit films in which Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen worked as a pair. The other cast members included Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Debi, Pahari Sanyal, Jiben Bose and Tulsi Chakrabarti.[5]
Plot
The storyline goes when Dibyendu Chattopadhyay (Uttam Kumar) the young engineer meets Bipasha Bhattacharya (Suchitra Sen) in today's Maithon. Their acquaintance soon reaches a stage when the young couple decide to get married. However, on the night of her marriage to Dibyendu the latter fails to turn up due to a message sent to him by his uncle. Bipasha finds out Dibyendu's uncle and tracks him to Allahabad. Bipasha later finds that there were allegations against the moral character of Dibyendu's mother (Chhaya Devi).
The film revolves around the story of redemption of honour of Dibyendu's mother's in the eyes of society. It became known by the end of the film that Dibyendu's father had been in an affair with and thereafter married an English girl. To save himself from being imprisoned for bigamy, he alleged that his wife (Dibyendu's mother) was unfaithful, and refused to acknowledge his own son (Dibyendu) as legitimate.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Dibyendu Chattopadhyay
- Suchitra Sen as Bipasha Bhattacharya
- Chhabi Biswas as Swamiji alias Dibyendu's father
- Chhaya Debi as Dibyendu's mother
- Nitish Mukherjee as Maternal Uncle to Dibyendu
- Pahari Sanyal as Barrister, a friend of Dibyendu's father
- Tulsi Chakrabarti as Paan Shop Owner
- Jiben Bose as Dibyendu's co-worker and a friend
- Lily Chakravarty as Jashoda, Bipasha's classmate and friend
- Kamal Mitra as Hardayal Singh
Production
For this role Sen got the payment of rupees one lakh and became the highest paid actor/actress in Bengali cinema at that time, while Uttam Kumar got the payment of rupees eighty thousands. After this film Sen permanently fixed her salary of one lakh.[6]
Soundtrack
Bipasha | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1961 | |||
Studio | Chitra Prayojok | |||
Length | 0:09:29 | |||
Label | Angel Digital Pvt Ltd | |||
Robin Chatterjee chronology | ||||
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All lyrics are written by
No. | Title | Playback | Length |
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1. | "Ami Swapne Tomay" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 3:17 |
2. | "Klantir Path" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 3:10 |
3. | "Rajani Pohalo" | Sandhya Mukherjee | 3:02 |
Total length: | 9:29 |
Reception
This film become blockbuster hit and ran over 80 days in theaters and this is one of the biggest hit of Uttam Suchitra pair. The film become
References
- ^ staff. "Bipasha (1962)". Nth Wall. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Bipasha (1962)". Gomolo. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
- OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "Movies of Uttam Kumar & Tulsi Chakraborty". www.golomolo.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Suchitra Sen got the iron of her performance in Indian cinema, rejected Raj Kapoor's offer". News NCR. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- Indian Express. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- The Telegraph. Archived from the originalon 20 January 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- The Pioneer. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
External links
- Bipasha at IMDb