''Fuleswari'' is a

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romance Romance may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings ** Romantic orientation, the classification of the sex or gender with which a pers ...

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 by

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Aw ...

based on a story of Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay and produced by Kartik Chandra Barman. The film was released on 3 May 1974 under the banner of Radharani Pictures. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay was the music director of the film.

Plot

Fuleswari, a young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that Brindaban is involved in a crime.

Cast

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 ...

as Fuleswari *

Samit Bhanja Samit Bhanja (; 2 January 1944 – 24 July 2003) was an Indian actor and director known for his work in the Bengali cinema. He was one of the most promising actors of his time, working in both Bengali and Hindi cinema. Early life Bhanja was ...

as Brindaban *

Utpal Dutt Utpal Dutt (; 29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little The ...

Rabi Ghosh Robi Ghosh (; 24 November 1931 – 4 February 1997) was an Indian actor known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is known for his comic appeal, though his versatile acting talent brought him success in various kinds ...

* Anup Kumar *

Tarun Kumar Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1983) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, with appearances in a few Tamil and Malayalam films. Tarun began his career as a child actor and received the National Film Award for Bes ...

Lily Chakravarty Lily Chakravarty is an Indian actress. She worked in many Bengali and Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari ...

Sulata Chowdhury Sulata Chowdhury (1945 – 16 September 1997) was a Bengalis, Bengali actress and theatre personality. Chowdhury made her film debut with ''Debarshi Narader Sansar'' (1960). As a leading actress her first film was Sudhir Mukherjee's ''Shesh Pa ...

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 ...

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 '' Ah ...

* Ashim Chakraborty

Music

The music director of this film was

Hemanta Mukherjee Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other India ...

. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Mukul Dutt,

Pulak Bandyopadhyay Pulak Bandyopadhyay (; 2 May 1931 – 7 September 1999) was a Bengali people, Bengali Indian lyricist and songwriter of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Early life He was born and brought up in Salkia, Howrah. His family had close links w ...

, Arnab Mazumder and

. The film contains total twelve songs. These songs are: * 1. ''Ami Dekhte Bhalobasi'' - sung by

* 2. ''Jeyo Na, Darao Bandhu'' - sung by Hemanta Mukherjee * 3. ''Fuleswari Fuleswari ''- sung by Hemanta Mukherjee * 4.'' Shuno Shuno Mahasay'' - sung by

Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey (; 1 May 1919 − 24 October 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer, music director, and musician. He had a classical music background, being part of the Bhendibazaar gharana, Bhendibazaar Gh ...

and chorus * 5. ''Tapur Tupur Brishti Jhore'' - sung by Hemanta Mukherjee * 6. ''Ami Tomay Baro Bhalobasi ''- sung by Haridhan Mukherjee * 7. ''Ami Tomay Koto Khujilam'' - sung by Hemanta Mukherjee * 8. ''Hay Hay Hay Hay ''- sung by

Sandhya Mukherjee Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee (also spelled Mukhopadhyay; 4 October 1931 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music. She received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the Indian sta ...

Aarti Mukherjee Aarti Mukherjee, also known as Aarti Mukherji or Arati Mukhopadhyay (born 18 July 1943), is an Indian playback singer who has sung in Hindi films such as '' Geet Gata Chal'' (1975), ''Tapasya'' (1976), ''Manokamana'', '' Masoom'' (1983), and ' ...

and chorus * 9. ''Tumi Shatadal Hoye'' - sung by Hemanta Mukherjee * 10. ''Shunun Shunun Babu Moshay'' - sung by Aarti Mukherjee * 11. ''Shuno Shuno Mahasay (Reprise)'' - sung by Manna Dey and chorus * 12. ''Hyade Go Padmarani'' - sung by

Anup Ghoshal Anup Ghoshal (1944/1945 – 15 December 2023) was an Indian playback singer and composer in Hindi and other vernacular Indian films, especially Bengali-language. He was known in his native Bengal primarily as one of the foremost artists of the ...

References

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* {{Authority control 1974 films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on Indian novels Indian romantic drama films Films set in Kolkata 1974 romantic drama films 1970s Bengali-language films Films directed by Tarun Majumdar Films scored by Hemant Kumar