''Ekti Raat'' ( ''One Night'') is a 1956 Indian

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directed by Chitta Basu and produced by Harendranath Chattopadhyay based on, ''Bhimpalashree'', a story of Bengali novelist Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. Film 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

Suchitra Sen Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...

in lead role with Tulsi Chakraborty and

Bhanu Banerjee Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, also known as Bhanu Banerjee (born as Samyamoy Bandyopadhyay; 26 August 1920 – 4 March 1983), was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed freque ...

. This film was released on 26 April 1956 in the banner of H.N.C. Productions. In the 1990s, a television series ''Manush'', based on the same plot, aired. This film become successful at the box office.

Plot

This film revolves around the miscommunication and misunderstanding of two couples and their family leading to comic situations. Sushavan Dutta and his wife, Anita, were invited at their relative Digbijay Babu's house. While on a journey Anita misses the train and Sushavan has to journey with another lady Santana. Santana is the wife of famous political leader Brojesh. At night they take shelter as husband and wife in Gosaiji's hotel, ''Harimatar Panthashala'' because Gosaiji allows married couples only. Santana carries a puppy with her, which runs away from the garden of the hotel and Sushovan has to chase it at night. When Anita's mother is angered upon learning that Sushavan is untraced.

Cast

as Sushovan *

as Santana * Tulsi Chakraborty as Gosaiji * Bhanu Bannerjee as Chaku * Anup Kumar as Fatka * Shyam Laha *

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 ...

as Brojeshwar *

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, ...

as Paresh * Pahadi Sanyal as Digbijoy *

Chandrabati Devi Chandrabati Devi (19 October 190929 April 1992) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chandramukhi in the 1935 cult classic ''Devdas''. Chandrabati Devi made her film debut in ...

* Sabita Bose as Anita *

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 ...

as Shampu, Anita's mother *

Jiben Bose Jiben Bose (1915 – 21 March 1975) was a Bengali Indian actor known for his serious-comical side role performances in Bengali cinema. Biography Bose was born in 1915 in Kolkata, British India. He was known for mainly supporting characters in Be ...

as Sadananda Behari *

Gurudas Banerjee Gurudas Banerjee, also known as Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali stage and film actor who was active from the 1940s through the 1980s. As an actor, he commonly played holy men, especially the 19th century Bengali mystic Sri Ramakrishna, a ro ...

as Jitu * Menaka Devi as Khyanto

Soundtrack

Reception

The film remembered as one of the best film of Uttam Suchitra pair. It's become hit at the box office and ran for 50 days in the theaters. When it's re released in 1970s it's again became successful.

Reworked

In 1990s a Bengali television series is made as name ''Manush'' which is based on the same plot and story.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekti Raat 1956 films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on Indian novels Indian romantic comedy-drama films 1950s Bengali-language films Indian black-and-white films Films based on works by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay 1950s romantic comedy-drama films