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Marjina Abdulla
''Marjina Abdulla'' is a 1973 Indian Bengali-language film based on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves directed by Dinen Gupta. This film has been music directed by Salil Choudhury.The film starring Rabi Ghosh, Gita Dey, Utpal Dutt, Santosh Dutta, Mithu Mukherjee and Debraj Roy in the lead roles. Cast * Mithu Mukherjee as Marjina * Rabi Ghosh as Abdullah * Debraj Roy as Hossain * Santosh Dutta as Alibaba * Utpal Dutt Chieftain of 39 thieves * Shekhar Chatterjee as Qasim * Menaka Devi * Gita Dey as Fatima * Kajal Gupta as Sakina * Preeti Majumdar * Shambhu Bhattacharya * Jahor Roy Jahar Roy (19 September 1919 – 1 August 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Early life Roy came from a Bengali Baidya family having its root in Mahilara, B ... as Baba Mustafa References External links * Bengali-language Indian films 1973 films 1970s Bengali-language films Films based on Ali Baba Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Chatterjee
Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Career Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including the Communist Party's Indian People's Theatre Association, Utpal Dutt's Little Theatre Group, and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, as well as his own group, Theatre Unit, which he formed in 1958. As a stage actor he was well known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing Shardul Singh in Dutt's 1965 play ''Kallol''. His directorial work focused on works by German-language playwrights Bertold Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Handke, and Franz Xaver Kroetz. Chatterjee's Brecht productions were rarely adapted to a local setting, and while critics unanimously praised this approach as "authentic", his colleague Dutt attacked it for failing to communicate Brecht's political symbolism to an Indian audience. Chatterjee was also active in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salil Choudhury
Salil Chowdhury (19 November 1925 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films in 13 languages. This includes over 75 Hindi films, 41 Bengali films, 27 Malayalam films, and a few Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, Odia and Assamese films. His musical ability was widely recognised and acknowledged in the Indian film industry. He was an accomplished composer and arranger who was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano, and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry in Bengali. The first Bengali film for which Chowdhury composed music was ''Paribortan'', released in 1949. ''Mahabharati'', released in 1994, was the last of the 41 Bengali films where he rendered his music. He is affectionately called ''Salilda'' by his admirers. Career Early influences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s Bengali-language Films
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1973 Films
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Bengali-language Indian Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shambhu Bhattacharya
Shambhu Bhattacharya (1935– 26 January 2018) was a Bengali actor and stage artist. Career Bhattacharya started his acting career in theatre in Kolkata. He worked in several stage productions of Utpal Dutt, Jahor Roy and Rabi Ghosh. He was a bodybuilder from Baghbazar Bayam Samity. Bhattacharya became popular mainly for his antagonistic role in Bengali films. His performance in ''Sagina Mahato'', ''Agnishwar'', ''Sanyasi Raja'', ''Amanush'', ''Marjina Abdulla'' and ''Charmurti'' were remembered by film critics. He died in a private nursing home on 26 January 2018 in Kolkata. Partial filmography * ''Mej Didi'' * ''Patalghar'' * ''Neoti'' * ''Choudhury Paribar'' * ''Jiban Sandhan'' * ''Laha Pranam'' * ''Kumari Maa'' * ''Mejo Bou'' * ''Iswar Parameswar'' * ''Tomar Rakte Amar Sohag'' * ''Pennam Calcutta'' * ''Goopy Bagha Phire Elo'' * ''Pati Param Guru'' * ''Beder Meye Josna'' * ''Joar Bhata'' * ''Debata'' * ''Mahapith Tarapith'' * ''Sreemati Hansaraj'' * ''Aparanher Alo'' * ''Agu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves
"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab. As one of the most popular ''Arabian Nights'' tales, it has been widely retold and performed in many media across the world, especially for children (for whom the more violent aspects of the story are often suppressed). In the original version, Ali Baba ( ar, علي بابا ') is a poor woodcutter and an honest person who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, and enters with the magic phrase "open sesame". The thieves try to kill Ali Baba, but Ali Baba's faithful slave-girl foils their plots. Ali Baba's son marries her and Ali Baba keeps the secret of the treasure. Textual history The tale was added to the story collection ''One Thousand and One Nights'' by one of its European translators, Antoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the List of languages by number of native speakers, fifth most-spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official language, official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahor Roy
Jahar Roy (19 September 1919 – 1 August 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Early life Roy came from a Bengali Baidya family having its root in Mahilara, Barisal District (of the present Bangladesh). His father Satya Roy was also an actor and later moved to Patna, in search of livelihood. It is here where Jahar Roy completed his studies and started working on odd jobs such as proof reader, medical representative and finally a tailor. He left all these and came to Calcutta around 1946. Movie career Roy earned a substantial fan following even though he was a character actor. And all thanks to his roly-poly build, he was a frequent choice of directors who wanted to add comedy to serious movies. Roy's first major film roles were in ''Purbarag'' directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee, and in ''Anjangarh'' (1948) directed by Bimal Roy. Among his countless performances are Dhanyee Meye, Chadmabeshi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gita Dey
Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was ''Ahuti'' (1941) as a child actress. She acted in over two hundred Bengali language films and over two thousand stage shows. She acted in the movie ''Teen Kanya'' under the direction of Satyajit Ray and Rittik Ghatak's '' Meghe Dhaka Tara, Subarnarekha, Komal Gandhar, Kato Ajanare''. She also acted in Hindi movies such as '' Parineeta'' (2005) with Vidya Balan and Sanjay Dutt and other movies. She was associated with All India Radio for a long time doing Shruti Natok. She received the Presidential Award for Lifetime Achievement from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and many other awards during her lifetime. Early life She started as an actress in the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata's Tollygunge since 1938. Her first role was as a child artiste w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debraj Roy
Debraj Roy (born 9 December 1950) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut with Satyajit Ray's ''Pratidwandi'' (1970) and grabbed wider attention for his role in Mrinal Sen's ''Calcutta 71'' (1971). Filmography * ''Bhoot Adbhoot'' (2014) * ''Birodhi'' (2013) * ''Chaap – The Pressure'' (2013) * ''Ekti Muhurter Jonyo'' (2013) * ''Panga Nibi Na Shala'' (2013) * ''Kaal Madhumaas'' (2013) * ''Honeymoon'' (2013) * ''Aami Montri Hobo'' (2011) * ''Dujone Milbo Abaar'' (2011) * ''Kapurush Mahapurush'' (2011) * ''Ashay Bhalobasay'' (2011) * ''Run'' (2011) * ''Preyashi'' (2010) * ''Love Circus'' (2010) * ''Smriti Katha Bole'' (2010) * ''Jodi Kagoje Lekho Naam'' (2009) * ''Raktanjali'' (2009) * ''Moner Ajante'' (2009) * ''Jekhane Ashray'' (2009) * ''Shibaji'' (2008) * ''Barodir Bramhachari Baba Lokenath'' (2007) * ''Rudra The Fire'' (2007) * ''Sri Ramkrishna Vivekananda'' (2007) * ''Asha'' (2006) * ''Til Theke Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithu Mukherjee (actress)
Mithu Mukherjee ( bn, মিঠু মুখার্জী ) is a former Indian actress who appeared in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She made her debut in a 1971 Bengali film ''Shesh Parba'' directed by Chitta Bose. She was catapulted to stardom after she had donned the role of Marjina in Dinen Gupta's ''Marjina Abdulla'' (1973) and sustained it with further roles in Bengali films such as ''Nishi Kanya'' (1973), ''Mouchak'' (1974), ''Swayamsiddha'' (1975), ''Hotel Snow Fox'' (1976), ''Bhagyachakra'' (1980) and ''Sandhi'' (1980). She made her Bollywood debut with Dulal Guha's ''Khaan Dost'' (1976). After her ''Dujane'' (1984) had tanked at the box office, she took a sabbatical of seven years and returned to silver screen with Chandra Barot's hugely successful commercial drama ''Ashrita'' (1990). Career Mukherjee made her debut in 1971 Bengali hit film ''Shesh Parba'' opposite Samit Bhanja directed by Chitta Bose. She was catapulted to stardom after she had donned the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
