''Rani Rasmani'' () is a

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directed by Kali Prasad Ghosh based on the real-life story of Rani Rasmani. This film was released on 11 February 1955 under the banner of ''Chalachchitra Pratisthan''. Actress

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played the title role of the movie.

Plot

The movie revolves around the real-life story of Rani Rasmani. Rasmani was brought up in a lower-middle-class family of Kolkata. She marries Rajchandra Das. After the death of her husband the courageous lady takes charge of the zamindari and business and proved herself as an effective leader. She struggles against the evil elements of society.

Cast

as Rasmani *

Chhabi Biswas Chhabi Biswas (''Chabi Biśbās'') (13 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's '' Kabuliwala'' and Satyajit Ray's films '' Jalshaghar'' (''The Music Room'', 1958), '' Devi'' ( ...

as Babu Rajchandra *

Asit Baran Asit Baran (19 November 1913 – 27 November 1984) was an Indian actor, singer and theater personality. Early life Asit Baran was born as Asit Baran Mukherjee in 1913 in Kolkata, British India. His nickname was Kalo. He took up a job in the tele ...

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay 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 ...

Pahari Sanyal Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as ''Harano Sur'', ''Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant'', and ''Shilpi''. B ...

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 Sriramkrishna *

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 ...

Jiben Bose Jiben Bose (1915 – 21 March 1975) was a Bengalis, Bengali Indian actor known for his serious-comical side role performances in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Biography Bose was born in 1915 in Kolkata, British India. He was known for mai ...

* Shikharani Bag as Baby Rasmani * Anup Kumar *

Bibhu Bhattacharya Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 22 September 2011) was a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a household name only in ...

* Nitish Mukhopadhyay * Moni Srimani * Haridhan Mukhopadhyay * Mihir Bhattacharya * Nibhanani Debi

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* 1955 films Bengali-language Indian films 1950s Bengali-language films Indian biographical drama films 1950s biographical drama films Films set in India Films set in the 18th century Bengali-language biographical films Indian historical drama films Indian black-and-white films 1955 drama films {{1950s-Bengali-film-stub