''Agradani'' is a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

social

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed and produced by Palash Bannerjee based on a same name story of

novelist

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898 – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language. He wrote 65 novels, 53-story-books, 12 plays, 4 essay-books, 4 autobiographies, 2 travel stories and composed several songs. ...

. This film was released in 1983 under the banner of Palash Bandyopadhyay Productions.

Plot

There is a particular class of Brahmins called ''Agradani'', who are to be chosen to perform the eating rituals on behalf of the dead. Punyo Chakraborty, a poor man, belongs to the Agradani community and lives with his family in a village. Local zamindar promises him to provide land and money if Punyo lies down in front of the room where Zamindar's son is going to be born. In the morning Punyo watches that zamindar's wife gave birth to a dead child, soon he replaces the dead son with his new born baby. The baby grown ups as zamindar's son. Only Punyo knows that he is the biological father of the boy. One day circumstances come where he is forced to perform the funeral rituals for his own son.

Cast

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the histor ...

as Punyo Chakraborty *

Anil Chatterjee Anil Chatterjee (also Chattopadhyay, ; 25 October 1929 – 17 March 1996) was an Indian actor in the Bengali cinema during the early fifties through the mid-nineties and is mostly remembered as a character actor. He acted or performed in about ...

as Zamindar *

Sandhya Roy Sandhya Roy is an Indian actress and politician. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she reigned as a leading actress for approximately 30 years. She has received numerous awards including four BFJA Awards and a Filmfare A ...

* Chhaya Devi * Prasenjit Chatterjee *

Sumitra Mukherjee Sumitra Mukherjee (30 March 1949 – 21 May 2003) was an Indian Bengali actress who was recognized for her work in Bengali cinema. Her on-screen pairings with actors such as Ranjit Mallick, Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatter ...

* Bimal Deb * Nimai Ghosh

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 4718656 1983 films Bengali-language Indian films 1980s Bengali-language films Indian drama films Films based on Indian novels Films set in the British Raj Films based on works by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay