''Uttar Falguni'' () is a 1963 Indian

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directed by Asit Sen and produced by Uttam Kumar, starring

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in a double role, Bikash Roy and Dilip Mukherjee in lead. At the

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, the film was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Music of the film composed by

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. The film was remade by director Asit Sen himself in

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, as '' Mamta'' (1966) again with Suchitra Sen as the lead. The film was also remade in

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as '' Kaviya Thalaivi'' (1970), and in

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as ''

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'' (1972).

Plot

Cast

as Debjani / Pannabai and Suparna * Bikash Roy as Manish Roy * Chhaya Devi as Baijee * Dilip Mukherjee as Indranil * Padmadevi as Indranil's mother * Kalipada Chakraborty as Rakhalbabu *

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as Barrister * Jahar Ganguli as Debjani's father * Sita Mukherjee as Mother Mary * Ajit Bandyopadhyay * Renuka Roy

Soundtrack

Reception

This is the fourth film produced by Uttam Kumar but for the first time he not acted in his home production he gave the chance to Bikash Roy for the story conditions and audiences perspective. The film became blockbuster hit at the box office and ran for 105 days in theater.

Awards

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: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali - Uttam Kumar (As producer) *1964: BFJA Best Actress Award - Suchitra Sen

Remakes

The film was remade in Hindi in 1966 as '' Mamta'' where Asit Sen directed again and Suchitra Sen reprised her role. Later the film remade in Tamil as '' Kaviya Thalaivi'' in 1970 and in Malayalam as ''

'' in 1972.

References

External links

* {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali 1960s Bengali-language films 1963 films Bengali films remade in other languages Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners Bengali-language Indian films Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta Films scored by Robin Chatterjee