''Agni Pariksha'' (alternatively ''Agni Pareeksha'' or ''Agni Pariksha'' or ''Agnipariksha'', ) is a 1954 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Agradoot and starring

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, script writer, composer, and singer who predom ...

and Suchita Sen. The film was adapted from Asha Purna Devi's novel of the same name. The film become overwhelming success from both critically and commercially. The movie was remade in

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in 1967 as '' Chhoti Si Mulaqat'' also starring

. Before that the movie was simultaneously made into a 1959 Telugu - Tamil bilingual titled ''

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'' in Telugu and '' Manjal Mahimai'' in Tamil.

Plot

The story revolves around Tapasi, a singer who has been married forcefully as a child to an old village zamindar's grandson Bulu. Back at home, her parents discovers the truth and vows to wipe out every single memory of Tapasi ever being married. Years later, Tapasi has now grown up to be a lovely young lady and is in love with Kiriti. She introduces Kiriti to her mother, who approves of him, and plans to marry them. Things change when Tapasi finds out that she has already been married in her childhood. This creates a conflict in her. As others find out this secret and ostracize Tapasi. How will Tapasi and Kiriti deal with this stigma? Will they triumph in their love?

Cast

as Kiriti Mukherjee * Suchitra Sen as Tapasi Banerjee * Anup Kumar * Jahar Ganguly *

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, ...

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Bibhu Bhattacharya Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 22 September 2011) was a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a household name only in ...

* Shikharani Bag * Shyamali Chakraborty * Suprabha Mukhopadhyay * Aparna Debi * Jamuna Singha * Sabita Bhattacharya

Soundtrack

Controversy

To see the poster of ''Agnipariksha'' Uttam's wife Gauri Devi and Suchitra's husband Divanath both thoughts there have been a real love affairs between Uttam and Suchitra. In the poster there is written ''Agnipariksha : Amader Pronoyer Sakshi'' to see this Dibanath and Gauri become so angry on Uttam and Suchitra so there had been huge problems between all of them.

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu and

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in 1959 as ''

'' and '' Manjal Mahimai'' respectively, starring Savitri and the famous Telugu star ANR. That film was one

National Film Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directora ...

in 7th National Film Award. The film was remade in

as '' Chhoti Si Mulaqat'' with Uttam Kumar producing and reprising his role and Vyjaianthimala in Suchitra Sen role.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agni Pariksha (1954 Film) 1954 films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on Indian novels Bengali films remade in other languages 1950s Bengali-language films Films directed by Agradoot Indian romantic drama films 1954 romantic drama films Indian black-and-white films Films based on works by Ashapurna Devi