''Guru Dakshina'' is a 1987 Bengali film directed by

Anjan Choudhury Anjan Choudhury (25 November 1944 – 21 February 2007) was an Indian film director, writer, and screenplay writer who worked in the Bengali cinema of West Bengal. He was survived by his wife Jaysree Choudhury and two daughters, namely Chumki ...

and produced by Bhabesh Kundu. The film stars

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

Tapas Paul Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy ...

Satabdi Roy Satabdi Roy ()(born 5 October 1969) is an Indian actress, film director and politician. As an actress she is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA ...

Kali Banerjee Kali Banerjee (20 November 1920 – 5 July 1993) was an Indian actor, who worked in the 1950s–1970s in Bengali cinema. He is best known for his work with film directors like Satyajit Ray in ''Parash Pathar'' (1958) and Ritwik Ghatak in ''Na ...

, and

Shakuntala Barua Shakuntala Barua is an Indian actress. She was born in Kolkata. Filmography * Tonic (film) (2020) * Sahaj Paather Gappo (2016) * Chaap – The Pressure (2013) * Phire Eso Tumi (2012) * Amrita (2012) * Aaro Kachha Kachhi (2012) * Aami Mont ...

in the lead roles. The film is about a poor village boy named Jayanta Bose who becomes a popular singer through his singing.

Plot

Jayanta Bose, a poor naive village boy, gets a low paying job at the rich but corrupt businessman, Mr. Roy's company to support him and his mother. One day, he sings at Mr. Roy's function displaying his singing skills, which makes him an overnight star. He's also in love with Mr. Roy's beautiful daughter Rupa who's very supportive of his singing along with her elder brother, his other boss and brotherly figure, Rajat. However, the apparently jealous Mr. Roy makes him lose his fame after blackmailing his desperate music teacher when he begs for money for his grandson's treatment, to make Jayanta stop singing, which also ruins Jayanta's image to the point that he even gets blamed for the sudden death of the music teacher when the latter's widowed daughter-in-law confronts Jayanta for refusing to sing for her mom and sisters. Jayanta is very heartbroken by all of this and deeply misses singing but refuses to mention the reason he stopped singing after he promised his regretful music teacher. Meanwhile, Shekhar, the fiancé of Rupa, gets jealous of Jayanta and tries to frame him as a thief. But Rajat foils Shekhar's plan in front of everyone. Mr. Roy finally realises Shekhar has a cheap mentality. Mr. Roy later regretfully confesses on Rupa's birthday about the blackmail which lets Jayanta finally sing again which thrills everyone including his music teacher's daughter-in-law and grandson. Mr. Roy then gives his hand in marriage to Rupa as expected.

Cast

as Rajat Roy *

as Jayanta Bose *

as Rupa Roy *

as Jayanta's music teacher *

as Jayanta's music teacher's widowed daughter-in-law * Bhabesh Kundu *

Soumitra Bannerjee Soumitra Bannerjee (1954— 8 January 2000) was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Bengali cinema. Some of his notable films are '' Amar Prem'', ''Troyee'', '' Guru Dakshina'', ''IndrajIt'', '' Bhoy'', and '' Badnam''. He is best known for play ...

as Shekhar *

Nimu Bhowmik Nimu Bhowmik ( bn, নিমু ভৌমিক , 4 November 193527 August 2019) was an Indian actor recognized for his work in Bengali cinema. and considered to be one of the famous comic actors and villains of Bengali Cinema. Career H ...

* Ishani Bannerjee

Music

The music of this film has been 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 ...

. Notable singers who lent their voice in this album include

Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He ...

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...

Mohammed Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood ...

, Bhupinder Singh,

Chandrani Mukherjee Chandrani Mukherjee is a former Bollywood playback singer, she is a sister-in-law of Bappi Lahiri from West Bengal and a Filmfare nominee. Chandrani began her career in Bollywood with the film '' Aag Aur Toofan'' in 1975. Thereafter she sang in ...

and

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films. Personal life Abhijeet was born to a Kanpur-based Bengali businessman turned editor Dhir ...

. Most of the songs were popular, but the most notable one is "E Amar Gurudakshina ". "Aaji E Probhate" is one of

's earliest songs.

References

External links

* Bengali-language Indian films 1987 films 1980s Bengali-language films Films directed by Anjan Choudhury {{1980s-Bengali-film-stub