Nimantran

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Nimantran
Hemanta Mukherjee
Release date
  • 21 May 1971 (1971-5-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Nimantran (transl. The invitation) is a 1971 Bengali film directed by

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1]

Synopsis

The film tells the story of two people who fall in love, are separated, and meet again many years later. Hirendranath or Hiru (

Calcutta, goes to visit his aunt in her village. There he meets Kumudini or Kumu (Sandhya Roy
), a simple girl who has lost her father and lives with her uncle. Gradually, Hiru and Kumu get close, but marriage is denied by Kumu's uncle. Hiru returns to the city with a heavy heart, and gets a job in the railways in Jamalpur. There the boiler inspector becomes very fond of him. After an accident, the boiler inspector, on his deathbed, requests Hiru to marry his daughter Surama. They get married. However, Surama is ambitious and not satisfied with their financial and social status. Subsequently, Hiru quits his job, starts a business and becomes a successful man. However, he cannot give time and attention to his wife. Despite being a financially rich couple, both Hiru and Surama feel alone.

One day, Hiru's aunt writes to him many years after his first visit. He goes to the village and discovers that Kumu is now married, but that her husband does not care for her. Old feelings are rekindled in both of them. However, they cannot go against social customs.

Cast

Crew

  • Direction -- Tarun Majumdar
  • Music--
    Hemanta Mukherjee
  • Cinematography -- Shakti Banerjee
  • Editing -- Dulal Dutta

Music

All songs composed by

Hemanta Mukherjee (except Dure Kothay, a Rabindra Sangeet
). The songs are:

1. Amar Dukhe Dukhe (sung by Nirmalendu Chowdhury, Banashree Sengupta)

2. Ami Bondhur Premagune Pora (sung by Nirmalendu Chowdhury)

3. Chyang Dhore Byang (sung by Anup Ghoshal, Geeta Chowdhury and chorus)

4. Dure Kothay (sung by Kanika Banerjee)

5. Peeriti Boliya Ekti Kamal (sung by

Hemanta Mukherjee
and chorus)

6. Tara Ma Mago Tara, Singhaprishthe Bhar Koriye (sung by

Hemanta Mukherjee
)

Reception

When released, the film received both commercial and critical success. It not only won the

Kanika Bandyopadhyay
and others, remain popular.

Preservation

Nimantran has been restored and digitised by the National Film Archives of India. [3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "National Film Awards (1971)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Buy, rent Nimantran DVD/VCD online". gomolo.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Digitized and Restored Films List" (PDF). nfai.nfdcindia.com. National Film Archives of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Awards won by Nimantran". gomolo.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ^ "BFJA Awards (1972)". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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