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Harano Sur

Harano Sur

Harano Sur (Bengali pronunciation:; transl.The Lost Tune) is a 1957 Indian Bengali-language psychologicalromantic drama film directed by Ajoy Kar. Produced by Uttam Kumar under his home-banner of Alo Chhaya Productions, the film is an adaptation of the 1942 American film Random Harvest, which itself is based on James Hilton's eponymous novel. It stars Kumar himself alongside Suchitra Sen, with a supporting cast including Pahari Sanyal, Utpal Dutt, Chandrabati Devi and Kajari Guha. It plots an amnesiac businessman who forgets his wife after an accident.

Written by Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee, the film had music by Hemanta Mukherjee, sung by Geeta Dutt. This is the first film that Uttam produced along with Ajoy Kar. The film is regarded as one of the finest examples of Bengali cinema of this early period. The film is based on. The film became the highest grossing Bengali film of 1957. The songs "Tumi Je Amar" and "Aaj Dujanar Duti Path" written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder and composed by Hemanta Mukherjee became major hits.