''Shap Mochan'' is a

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romance drama film directed and produced by Sudhir Mukherjee based on a novel Sandhyaraag of Falguni Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1955 under the banner of Production Syndicate starring Uttam Kumar and

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in lead. Music director of the film was Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay. The film remembered for its music and Uttam - Hemanta combination. There pair become popular after this film and one of the most popular singer actor duo in the history of Bengali cinema.

Plot

Young Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He gets romantically involved with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. In spite of having good singing ability, Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.

Cast

* Uttam Kumar as Mahendra *

as Madhuri * Pahari Sanyal as Debendra *

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as Umeshchandra * Bikash Roy *

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* Tulsi Chakraborty *

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* Suprobha Devi *

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Soundtrack

The songs become very popular. Hemanta Mukherjee was the music director of the movie and composed tunes for the songs. Lyrics were written by Bimal Ghosh (as Kavi Bimal Chandra Ghosh).

Reception

Film become blockbuster hit and ran for 77 days in theater. The songs become popular to the Bengali audiences and after the film Uttam and Hemanta combination become huge successful and regarded most popular Singer-actor duo in Bengali Cinema history.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shap Mochan 1955 films Bengali-language Indian films 1955 romantic drama films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by Hemant Kumar Indian romantic drama films 1950s Bengali-language films Indian black-and-white films