''Andha Atit'' is a

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directed by

Hiren Nag Hiren Naag is a former Bollywood director of Hindi films who is best known for his association with Tarachand Barjatya of Rajshri Productions for which he directed hit film '' Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), the blockbuster Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon S ...

and produced by Asim Sarkar. The film was released on 7 July 1972 in the banner of Usha Films, starring

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, script writer, composer, and singer who predom ...

Supriya Devi Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years. She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film '' Meg ...

Kali Banerjee Kali Banerjee (20 November 1920 – 5 July 1993) was an Indian actor, who worked in the 1950s–1970s in Bengali cinema. He is best known for his work with film directors like Satyajit Ray in '' Parash Pathar'' (1958) and Ritwik Ghatak in ''N ...

and Swarup Dutta. The music director was

Shyamal Mitra Shyamal Mitra (14 January 1929 – 15 November 1987) was an Indian versatile playback singer and music director along with Hemanta Mukherjee and Manna Dey. Mitra had also worked in many Hindi and Bengali films as a music director and film produce ...

Plot

Rakhal Das is a poor employee of the Postal department who is in severe need of money for the treatment of his only son. As a last resort, Rakhal takes the mail bag and drops it from a running train so that he can get it later. At the same time, a municipal van drops all the garbage there. He cannot find the bag or money so he goes to a moneylender named Dhananjay Das but he finds him dead and the police arrest him for the case of murder and theft. Years later, an excavation is going on and the said mail bag is found. A mystery begins from an old letter which was recovered from the garbage.

Cast

as Rakhal Das * Swarup Dutta as Rakhal's son *

Gita Dey Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was '' Ahut ...

as Rakhal's wife *

Tarun Kumar Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his wor ...

Bankim Ghosh Bankim Ghosh (22 October 1922 — 3 June 1992) was a veteran actor of Bengali film and theatre personality. Early life Ghosh was born in 1922 in Kolkata, British India. He passed Matriculate examination from Oriental Seminary and B.Com. from C ...

as Balaram * Khagesh Chakraborty * Biren Chatterjee * Basudeb Pal

References

External links

*{{imdbtitle, 1538220, Andha Atit 1972 films Bengali-language Indian films Indian detective films Indian thriller drama films 1970s Bengali-language films Films scored by Shyamal Mitra