''Chandranath'' (''English: Chandranath'') is a 1957 Indian

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under the banner of Screen Classics Private Ltd. It was directed by

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, and the music was composed by

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. The film is based on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's novel of same name and starring Uttam Kumar in title role with

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in lead and others like Chabi Biswas,

Tulsi Chakraborty Tulsi Chakraborty (also Tulsi Chakrabarti, bn, তুলসী চক্রবর্তী; 3 March 1899 – 11 December 1961) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Bengali cinema in the 1940s and 50s. His most notable role could be t ...

, and Chandrabati Devi in supporting role. The film become huge success at the box office.

Plot

Chandranath, a Brahmin of high lineage, lost his father some time ago. As his relationship with his uncle is not good, he moves to the house of one of his father's old servants in Kashi. There he meets Sulochana, a widower, and his daughter Saryu. They work in that servant's house. Saryu falls in love with Chandranath, marries him and returns to his home. But he is angry because he did not tell his uncle and does not go to bless his wife. Her cousin Nirmala comes to her house to see Boudi and loves her new Boudi. Meanwhile, a lustful man named Haridyal Ghoshal sends a letter to his uncle Mani Shankar Mukherjee in this regard. Mani Shankar calls Chandranath and shows him the letter. On learning all this, Chandranath kicks his pregnant wife out of the house. Saryu Moni takes refuge in her uncle's house. She has the child there. Uncle Mani Shankar realizes his mistake and sends Chandranath back to Saryu. He finds that Saryu Moni is at his uncle's house. While there, Chandranath meets his wife and son. Moni Khuro, on the other hand, forgets all about their possible separation and dies of a disease.

Cast

* Uttam Kumar as Chandranath *

as Sorju *

* Chandrabati Devi *

Kamal Mitra Kamal Mitra was an Indian actor who appeared in more than 90 films spanning more than four decades. Along with Chhabi Biswas (1900–1962) and Pahari Sanyal (1906–1974) he dominated the Bengali silver screen as a character actor. Mitra playe ...

Molina Devi Molina Devi (1917 — 13 August 1977), also known as Molina Debi and Malina Debi, was a Bengali Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi film and theatre. As an actress, she played a wide variety of parts, later frequently playing matronly parts, esp ...

* Rajlaxmi Devi *

Jahar Ganguly Jahar Ganguly (October 1904 – 1969) was an Indian actor and theater personality. He received Best actor award in 6th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards in 1943 for his performance in ''Bandi''. Career Ganguly was born in undivi ...

* Haridhan Mukherjee *

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Renuka Ray Renuka Ray (1904–1997) was a noted freedom-fighter, social activist and politician of India. She was a descendant of Brahmo reformer, Nibaran Chandra Mukherjee, and daughter of Satish Chandra Mukherjee, an ICS officer, and Charulata Mukherj ...

* Moni Srimoni * Padmadevi

Soundtrack

Release

This film create a milestone for Bengali cinema. This was the first Indian film which was released at the Metro Cinema Hall. Metro Hall was the most luxurious and expensive cinema hall at that time. Only Hollywood or English films were showing there until then. When the film is released that time just before '' Harano Sur'' which was already released and running successfully. ''Chandranath'' was released on 15 November 1957.

Reception

There was a long queue and high craze for tickets for the film at the Metro Hall and others hall, and ''Chandranath'' ran in metro to full houses for seven consecutive weeks. The film was then released in Darpana, Indira, and Prachi cinemas, where it ran for 91 days. Ticket sales were Rs 2.5 lakh in the film's first week, which was a record collection at the time. The film become all time blockbuster.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title , tt0157454 Indian romantic drama films Films based on Indian novels 1957 romantic drama films Bengali-language Indian films