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Paari (1966 Film)
''Paari'' (Bengali: পাড়ি) is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Jagganath Chatterjee, based on a story by Jarasandha. It stars Dharmendra in his first Bengali film and Pronoti Ghosh, with Dilip Kumar in a guest appearance as a jailor in Andaman and was successful. It was later remade in 1972 by the same director in Hindi as ''Anokha Milan'' with the lead actors reprising their roles. This was the first movie in which Dilip Kumar and Dharmendra appeared together. Plot Cast * Dharmendra * Pronoti Ghosh * Dilip Kumar * Abhi Bhattacharya * Dilip Roy * Keshto Mukherjee Soundtrack The soundtrack of Paari consists of three songs with music composed and lyrics written by Salil Chowdhury. The last song "tora sundor saami paabi" (you all will get handsome husbands) is a Bengali pre-marriage folk song and was given to Salil by Nirmalaendu Chowdhury (a famous Bengali folk singer). Salil Chowdhury changed a few words of the lyrics as required by the film. The three son ...
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Jarasandha (writer)
''Bandini'' ( Hindi: बन्दिनी, translation: ''Imprisoned'') is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, the man who directed classics such as '' Do Bigha Zameen'' and '' Devdas.'' Bandini stars Nutan, giving one of the most acclaimed roles of her career, her performance in the film is regarded among the best performances ever given by an actress of Hindi cinema. along with Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra as leads, and explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani ( Nutan). Nutan, who had worked with Roy in '' Sujata'' (1959), was persuaded to ace in the film. The movie tells the story of a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, Kalyani, the all suffering, selfless, sacrificing and strong, yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past.
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Keshto Mukherjee
Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 2 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata,Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he was a teetotaller throughout his life. He used to share a very good relation with the iconic director Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films such as the trickster in '' Bari Theke Paliye'', the madman in '' Ajantrik'' or character roles in ''Nagarik'' and ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo''. Death He died on 2 March 1982 in Bombay, India. Selected filmography *''Nagarik'' (1952) - Jatin Babu *'' Musafir'' (1957) - Street Dancer *'' Ajantrik'' (1958) - Lunatic *'' Bari Theke Paliye'' (1958) - Magician *''Lukochuri'' (1958) *'' Khazanchi'' (1958) *'' Parakh'' (1960) - Compounder Keshto *'' Masoom'' (1960) - CID Officer *''Aas Ka Panchhi'' (1961) *''China Town'' (1962) - Keshto *''Prem Patr ...
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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 ...
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Films Scored By Salil Chowdhury
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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Raagam
''Raagam'' is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by N. P. Ali. The film stars Sharada, Lakshmi, Sukumari, Adoor Bhasi, Jose Prakash and Master Natraj in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Salil Chowdhary. It was a remake of the Hindi film '' Anuraag'' (starring Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Rajesh Khanna, Mousumi Chaterjee and Vinod Mehra). Cast * Sharada as Priyamvada *Sukumari as Gomati * Adoor Bhasi as Vishwanatha Menon * Jose Prakash as Dr. Jayachandran * Lakshmi as Sreedevi * Mohan Sharma as Madhusudanan * Prema as School teacher *Sankaradi as Dharmapalan * Bahadoor as Gopalan *Mallika Sukumaran as Blind school teacher * T. P. Madhavan as Priest *Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Blind school principal *Master Nadarajan as Babu Soundtrack The music was composed by Salil Chowdhary. Awards * Filmfare Award for Best Film - Malayalam ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledge ...
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Sabita Chowdhury
Sabita Chowdhury (29 June 2017) was an Indian singer. Sabita Chowdhury was born in . Married to Salil Chowdhury, they had two daughters (Antara and Sanchari) and two sons (Sanjoy and Bobby) before his death. Sabita Chowdhury died of lung cancer in Kolkata on 29 June 2017, aged 72. Her body lay in repose at Rabindra Sadan. Singing in Bengali and Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ..., Chowdhury also performed playback for films. Some of her more famous songs are "Du chokhey aashaar nodi chhalachhal", "Jaare jaa jaa mono paakhi", and "Oi jhilmil jhauer boney". References 1940s births 2017 deaths 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers Bengali playback singers dea ...
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Asha Bhonsle
Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the most influential and successful singers in Hindi Cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. Additionally she holds the Gu ...
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Hemanta Mukherjee
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Sanskrit and Urdu. He was an artist of Bengali and Hindi film music, Rabindra Sangeet, and many other genres. He was the recipient of two National Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and was popularly known as the "voice of God". He Completed his B.E & M.Tech Engineering Degree from Jadavpur University. Early life and education Hemanta was born in Varanasi, in the house of his maternal grandfather who was a physician. His paternal family originated from the town of Jaynagar Majilpur, and migrated to Kolkata in the early 1900s. Hemanta grew up and attended the Nasiruddin School and later the Mitra Institution school in the Bhowanipore area, where he ...
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Dilip Roy (actor)
Dilip Roy ( bn, দিলীপ রায়) (17 December 1931 – 2 September 2010) was an Indian Bengali film actor and director. He worked in Bengali films. Roy was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Death Roy died on 2 September 2010 at Kolkata, India at the age of 79 due to cancer Filmography Actor * Autograph (2010) * Mon Mane Na (2008) * Ek Mutho Chabi (2005) * Shubhodristi (2005) * Moner Manush (1997) * Himghar (1996) * Sangharsha (1995) * Phiriye Dao (1994) * Nati Binodini (1994) * Abbajan (1994) * Rakter Saad (1993) * Tomar Rakte Amar Sohag (1993) * Maya Mamata (1993) * Shet Patharer Thala (1992) * Indrajit (1992) * Abhagini (1991) * Kagojer Nouka (1991) * Nabab (1991) * Debata (1990) * Garmil (1990) * Hirak Jayanti (1990) * Toofan (1989) * Ora Charjan (1988) * Debika (1987) * Tin purush (1986) * Mohanar Dike (1984) * Surya Trishna (1984) * Abhinay Nay (1983) * Ashleelotar Daye (1983) * Dui Purush (1978) * Ranger Saheb (1978) * Dhanraj Tamang (197 ...
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Dharmendra
Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935), also known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer and politician who is known for his work in Hindi films. Known as the first " He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra has worked in over 301 films in a career spanning over six decades,He is one of the most successful actors in the history of Hindi Cinema. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India, representing Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2012, he was awarded India's third-highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. Early life Dharmendra was born Dharam Singh Deol in Nasrali, a village in Ludhiana district, Punjab on 8 December 1935 to Kewal Kishan Singh Deol and Satwant Kaur into a Jat Sikh family. His ancestral village is Dangon, near Pakhowal Tehsil Raikot, Ludhiana. He spent his early life in the vil ...
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Anokha Milan
''Anokha Milan'' is a 1972 Hindi film produced by R. J. Vazirani and directed by Jagganath Chatterjee. The film is a remake of director's own 1966 Bengali film ''Paari (1966 film), Paari'' which was based on a story by Jarasandha and which also had the same cast as the original version. The film stars Dharmendra, Pronati Ghosh and Dilip Kumar in a guest appearance. This is the only Hindi movie that Dilip Kumar and Dharmendra appeared together in and was the second movie they appeared together after ''Paari (1966 film), Paari''. The film's music is by Salil Choudhury. Plot Tara Sen lives in a small town in India with her parents, a younger brother, sister and an elder brother who lives in Calcutta. She is friendly with Ghanshyam, affectionately called "Ghana", and often spends time with him near the river bank. When her brother returns home, he brings along a friend named Bijesh, who takes a liking to Tara and molests her. He is asked to leave the very next day, but the news spr ...
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List Of Bengali Films Of 1966
A list of films produced by the Tollywood ( Bengali language film industry) based in Kolkata in the year 1966. A-Z of films References External links Tollywood films of 1966at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Bengali Films Of 1966 1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ... Bengali Films, Bengali ...
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