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''Bon Palashir Padabali'' is a 1973 Indian
Bengali language Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...
romantic
action drama film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as ...
co-written and directed by
Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), widely known as Mahanayak (), was an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema ...
. It is an adaptation of a 1960 same name novel by Ramapada Chowdhury. The film was released on 9 February 1973, under the banner of Uttam foundation Shilpi Sangsad.


Plot

Girijaprasad Roy was a good student who secured first Division in the final exam. He was fond of Chhotoma whose husband was Bibhuti, the very first scholar of the village before Girija. Bibhuti changed his religion to Christianity so Chhotoma refused to go with him to City after death of Bibhuti's elder brother, Kalidas, who was a religious person and a critic of Bibhuti's religious transformation. Besides, Girija left his village for higher studies and came back after a long time. All of his villagers believed him to be rich. After a few days, everyone learned of his poor financial condition. His only daughter Bimala was attracted to Block Development Officer Pravakar. As Girijaprasad was not rich, everybody tried to neglect him and helped his only brother Girin who stayed in the same village. Girin was a wealthy and clever man. He deprived his elder brother and tried to make relation with Pravakar. But in the end, Girija's daughter Bimala was married to Pravakar instead of Girin's daughter Tia in the intervention of Girin's wife. On the other hand, Udas Kotal a soft-hearted, honest man wanted to learn driving for a better life. He married Laxmimoni to learn driving from his father-in-law. Laxmimoni's father taught him driving and made him an expert driver. Unfortunately, Laxmimoni had some psychological problem and as a result, she killed herself. Udas became very upset and after few days, he wanted to get married his childhood friend Padma but Padma refused to get married. Day by day Udas became an alcoholic, characterless bohemian kind of person. One day after a quarrel, he hears baseless and incorrect news that Padma was having an affair with the doctor, he goes to murder the doctor with a knife. In the darkness, drunken Udas killed his old mate Padma. As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to death. Doctor left the village.


Cast

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Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), widely known as Mahanayak (), was an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema ...
as Udas *
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 '' Megh ...
as Padma *
Bikash Roy Bikash Roy (16 May 1916 – 16 April 1987) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He is considered as one of the best character artists of india, all time. He has also acted in lead roles in few movies an ...
as Girija Prasada *
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 Doctor *
Madhabi Mukherjee Madhabi Chakraborty (née Mukherjee) is an Indian actress. Considered to be one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema, she has acted in some of the most critically acclaimed films in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for B ...
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Jahor Roy Jahar Roy (19 September 1919 – 1 August 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Early life Roy came from a Bengali Baidya family having its root in Mahilara, ...
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Molina Devi Molina Devi (1917 — 13 August 1977), also known as Molina Debi and Malina Debi, was an Indian Bengali actress of Bengali and Hindi film and theatre. As an actress, she played a wide variety of parts, later frequently playing matronly parts, es ...
as Atta maa * Basabi Nandi


Production

This is the second film directed by Uttam Kumar after '' Shudhu Ekti Bachhar'' in 1966 under his own association ''Shilpi Sangshad''. It is a foundation which was founded by Uttam Kumar in 1968 to help poor artists and technicians. He always arranged function and concert to collect money for the fund. But that kind of money was not came. So he decided to make a big canvas film. Uttam want to fulfilled the fund from the film profit. For his request every top artists and Uttam himself worked without any fees. Uttam also do screenplay and background music.


Soundtrack


Reception

Uttam Kumar’s massive melodrama about passion, violence and politics in the small village of Bon Palashi. The film is narrated through two sets of characters whose stories are intercut and eventually merged. Plans to develop the village loom large in the melodrama but the film impresses mainly through its scale (the title means The Songs of Bon Palashi) and its recourse to several acting idioms, including folk theatre. Uttam direction was huge praised by the critics. Hindustan Standard wrote that time In Uttam Kumar we have found a director who shows his brilliance on diverse levels. That is main again in Bon Pilashir Padabali, whose 20,000 and odd feer are studded with sparklis of present achievement and future promise''.' The film become blockbuster hit at the box office and become golden jubilee hit.


Awards

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BFJA Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...
1974 *1974: BFJA Award for Best Supporting Actress - Basabi Nandi *1974: BFJA Award for Best Lyricist - Gouri Prassanno Majumder *1974: BFJA Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Dwijen Mukheejee


References


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* {{IMDb title, 0233364 1973 films Indian romantic drama films Films based on short fiction 1973 romantic drama films Films based on Indian novels Films based on works by Ramapada Chowdhury Films directed by Uttam Kumar