''Datta'' is a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

romantic drama film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typica ...

based on the novel with the same name written by

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ � ...

. It was first made in 1951 and again in 1976.

Plot

Bijoya's father Banamali had informally engaged her to Naren, the son of his friend Jagdish. But Bijoya is attracted to Bilaas, son of another friend of Banamali. She has some hearsay knowledge about Naren and develops a negative image of Naren in her mind. But when she meets Naren, who is a doctor by profession the scenario starts changing. She starts to love Naren and realises that her conception about Naren is all wrong.

Controversy

1951 version This film is wrongly indexed in IMDb as Datta (II) (1976) instead of Datta (1951).YouTube does not give the year but names

Ahindra Choudhury Ahindra Choudhury (1896-1974) was an Indian actor, director, theatre personality and the co-founder of ''Photo Play Syndicate'', a Kolkata-based art organization for bioscope shows. A winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1958, Choudhu ...

as a star in this movie. IMDb apparently finds no difficulty in having Ahindra, who died in 1974, resurrecting himself to act in a 1976 movie!

Director

Saumyen Mukhopadhyay (Mukherji)

Music director

Timir Baran (Bhattacharya),Dwijen Chowdhury

Cast

* Sunanda Banerjee as Bijoya * Purnendu Mukherjee as Naren *

as Rashbehari * Jahar Ganguly as Bilas *

Anubha Gupta Anubha Gupta (1930 - 14 January 1972) was an Indian Bengali actress, known for her work in Bengali cinema. She received the Best Actress in Supporting Role Award at the 26th Annual BFJA Awards for the film '' Hansuli Banker Upakatha.'' Early li ...

* Kali Sarkar * Sukhen Das This version is faithful to Saratchandra's text. 1976 versionIMDb Datta (I)(1976) This version is indexed in IMDb as Datta (I) (1976). This film has major deviations from Saratchandra's novel.

Director

Ajoy Kar Ajoy Kar (Bengali:অজয় কর; 27 March 1914 – 25 January 1985) was an Indian film director and cinematographer . He directed 26 films between 1949 and 1983. His 1961 film '' Saptapadi'' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International ...

Music director

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 ...

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

as Naren. * Suchitra Sen as Bijoya *

Samit Bhanja Samit Bhanja ( bn, শমিত ভঞ্জ; 2 January 1944 – 24 July 2003) was an Indian actor and director known for his work in the Bengali cinema. He joined Rupkar, the theatre group of Sabitabrata Dutta and enacted in several plays in ...

as Bilas *

Utpal Dutt Utpal Dutta () (29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little The ...

as Rasbihari * Gita De * Sumitra Mukherjee as Nalini * Shailen Mukherjee * Dilip Bose

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0231428 1951 films 1976 films Bengali-language Indian films 1950s Bengali-language films 1970s Bengali-language films Films based on works by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian drama films Indian black-and-white films Films based on Indian novels Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Ajoy Kar Films scored by Hemant Kumar Films scored by Timir Baran