Kuhak (1960) is a

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romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Agradoot Agradoot () was a group of Indian film technicians signing collectively as director, a phenomenon unique to Bengali cinema. The Agradoot core unit, formed in 1946, consisted initially of Bibhuti Laha (cameraman, 1915–1997), Jatin Datta (sound) ...

and 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, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and sing ...

and

Sabitri Chatterjee Sabitri Chatterjee (born 22 February 1937) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali theatre and cinema. Her career spans more than 60 years. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. In 1999, she was conferred with San ...

in lead roles. This film beautifully portrays a man's struggle to run blindly after riches.http://www.gomolo.com/kuhak-movie-cast-crew/13764

Cast

as Sunando Chowdhury (Thief) *

as Swarnalata (Ganesh's Sister) *

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 ...

as Adhikary *

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 BK Roy *

Tarun Kumar Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. H ...

as Ganesh (Thief) *

Gangapada Bose Gangapada Basu (as known as Gangapada Bose) (12 March 1910- 23 May 1971) was a Bengali film and theatre actor. He was an actor in the Gananatya Sangha and Bohurupee theatre groups. Films * ''Tothapi (1950) * '' Chinnamul'' (1950) * ''Nagari ...

as Ananto Khuro * Premanghsu Bose as Gokul * Preeti Majumdar * Master Dipak as Hiru * Master Sushanta as Chhoton

Soundtrack

All songs were composed and sunf by

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 ...

and penned by Gauriprasanna Majumdar. *"Aro Kache Eso" - Hemanta Mukherjee *"Bishnupriya Go Ami Chole Jai" - Hemanta Mukherjee *"Hay Hanpay Je Ei Hapor" - Hemanta Mukherjee *"Naolo Kishori Go" - Hemanta Mukherjee *'Peyechhi Parash Manik" - Hemanta Mukherjee *"Sarati Din Dhore" - Hemanta Mukherjee

References

External links

* Bengali-language Indian films 1960 films Indian black-and-white films 1960s Bengali-language films Indian drama films {{1960s-Bengali-film-stub