''Deep Jwele jai'' () is a 1959 Indian

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-language film directed by Asit Sen. The film is based on Bengali short story titled ''Nurse Mitra'' by Ashutosh Mukherjee. It was remade in Hindi in 1969 by Sen himself as '' Khamoshi''. Before that it had been remade in Telugu in 1960 as ''

Chivaraku Migiledi ''Chivaraku Migiledi'' () is a 1960 Indian Telugu-language romance film, written and directed by Gutha Ramineedu. The film was a remake of the Bengali film ''Deep Jwele Jaai''. The Bengali film ''Deep Jwele Jaai'' was a huge critical and comm ...

''.

Plot

This is a story of a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, played by Suchitra Sen. Sen's character is a part of a team exploring new therapy for patients who have suffered emotional trauma. The approach taken by the team is to offer these individuals an emotional resort, which is where Sen's character plays her part. Her role is to act as a friend and a lover for the patient, but at the same time, refrain from any emotional involvement on her own part as her role is purely that of a nurse who is helping the patient recover. She has to repeatedly break the emotional attachments that she experiences because as a nurse, she is a part of therapy. The movie looks at the neglected emotional trauma of this nurse who is used merely as a tool in the whole process of therapy. The movie ends by showing that the Sen is being admitted to the same ward where she used to be a nurse. The last words in the movie are uttered by Sen, who whispers out "I wasn't acting, I couldn't" indicating that she indeed fell in love with her patient! Also cast among others, were

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''. ...

, who plays a veteran doctor eager to explore new grounds, but hesitant of the human costs. Basanta Chowdhury plays as an artist and a lover-scorned. The music was directed 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 one of the songs, "Ei Raat Tomar Amar" (This night's just for you and me) has come to be regarded as one of the greatest and sensuous love song ever sung in Bengali.

Cast

* Suchitra Sen as Radha *

Basanta Choudhury Basanta Choudhury (also Chowdhury; 5 May 1928 – 20 June 2000) was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films. He worked with directors Asit Sen, Rajen Tarafdar, Ajay Kar and Bijay Bose, often in leading roles. He is a former Sheriff of Kolk ...

as Tapash *

as Psychiatrist *

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 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema in the 1940s and 50s. His most n ...

Anil Chatterjee Anil Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay) bn, অনিল চ্যাটার্জী (চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (25 October 1929 – 17 March 1996) was an Indian actor in the Bengali cinema during the early fifties through the mid-ni ...

as Patient at mental asylum *

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as Matron * Shyam Laha *Namita Sinha *Kajari Guha *Dilip Choudhury

Soundtrack

Remakes

The film turned out to be a big hit, especially in the urban centres. Impressed by the storyline, producer Vuppunuthula Purushotham Reddy and director Gutha Ramineedu remade the Bengali film into ''

'' in Telugu starring Savitri which flopped at the box office though. The director Asit Sen would later remake the film in

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as '' Khamoshi'' (Silence) (1969), starring

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, Rajesh Khanna, and

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in a guest role. In 1986,

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drew inspiration from the English novel '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' and the above 3 films and made the Malayalam film '' Thalavattam''. It was remade in Hindi as ''

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'' in 2005 starring

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, Rimi Sen, Jackie Shroff, and Om Puri.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0321968, Deep Jwele Jaai Bengali-language Indian films 1959 films Films set in psychiatric hospitals Films based on short fiction Films scored by Hemant Kumar Bengali films remade in other languages 1950s Bengali-language films Films based on works by Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay