''Andhare Alo'' (Beam of Light) also called ''The Influence of Love'' was a

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

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Bengali Film industry Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bengali language widely spoken in the state of West Bengal. It is based in the Tollygun ...

and a debut production from the Taj Mahal Films, Calcutta. Based on a short story of the same name "Andhare Alo" (Beam of Light) by Saratchandra Chatterjee, it was directed by

Sisir Bhaduri Shishir Kumar Bhaduri or Sisir Kumar Bhaduri (2 October 1889 – 30 June 1959) was an Indian stage actor and theatre founder, commonly referred to as the pioneer of modern Bengali theatre. He was an actor, director, playwright and scenic desig ...

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Naresh Mitra Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter. Career Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law from the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 i ...

. The cinematographer was Noni Gopal Sanyal. The cast included Sisir Kumar Bhaduri, Naresh Mitra, Jogesh Choudhury and Durga Rani. The film was appreciated by the critics for its melodramatic content and was claimed to be a "huge hit" at the box-office. The story focuses on a love triangle, where the man Satyendra, marries due to family obligations and then leaves his eleven-year-old young bride called Radharani behind, and gets involved with a more mature and modern courtesan. The film is cited as one of the earliest to feature a dancing girl as one end of a triangle in

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Cast

* Sisir Kumar Bhaduri as Satyendra * Naresh Mitra as Amar * Jogesh Choudhury as Deonji * Durga Rani as Bijli * Lila Debi * Kankabati

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* 1922 films 1920s Bengali-language films Indian silent films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Naresh Mitra {{Bengali-film-stub