''Amar Sangee'' () is a 1987 Indian

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-language film directed by

Sujit Guha Sujit Guha (born 23 July 1950) is an Indian film director known for his works in Bengali cinema. Filmography * '' Deewangee ... The Terror of Love'' (2016) * ''Miss Butterfly'' (2015) * '' Kellafote (2010) * '' Mon Je Kore Uru Uru'' (2010) ...

and produced by Dipti Pal. The film features actors

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and

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in the lead roles. The musics of the film was composed by

Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...

. It is often regarded as one of the most successful films in the

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Plot

Sagar (

) is a young man from a rich family whose father Indranil is a very prominent businessman. Sagar goes off to pursue his education and after he returns home he meets a pretty young lady called Jhilik (

Vijeta Pandit Vijayta Pandit is an Indian actress and playback singer, most famous for her first film '' Love Story'' (1981). Early life and background Vijayta comes from a musical family originating from Pili Mandori Village in Hissar district of Haryana ...

), who was a childhood friend. They meet and they fall in love. When Sagar's father finds out about their relationship he refuses to accept it because Jhilik is the daughter of Anuradha, their maid. Indranil wants his son to marry his friend's daughter Tumpa instead. Tumpa's brother Suvankar also wants his sister to marry Sagar as he has designs on the properties of Indranil & Sagar. When all his plans fail, Suvankar attempts to kill Indranil by sabotaging his car. In the meantime, Sagar finds out about this and saves his father. Later Suvankar is handed over to the police for his crime. Eventually Indranil realizes his mistakes and relents to have Jhilik as his daughter-in-law. In the end Jhilik and Sagar are re-united.

Cast

as Sagar *

as Jhilik *

Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chatterjee, M.B.B.S. (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films. A contemporary of actors Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom he played sec ...

as Indranil *

Ruma Guha Thakurta Ruma Guha Thakurta (21 November 1934 – 3 June 2019) was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films. She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958. Early life Ruma Guha Thakurta was born on 3 November 1934 to ...

as Anuradha *

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as Sagar's Mother *

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* Haradhan Banerjee *

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as Tumpa *

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as Shubhankar * Bhabesh Kundu

Soundtrack

Awards

, - , 1988 ,

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For Best Playback Singer (Female) ,

References

{{Reflist 1987 films Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata Films scored by Bappi Lahiri 1980s Bengali-language films Films directed by Sujit Guha