''Nilachaley Mahaprabhu'' was a

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Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (; ), born Vishvambhara Mishra () (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindus, Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bha ...

, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the

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during his years at

Nilachal Nilachala, also rendered Niladri is a region corresponding to Puri, in the Indian state of Odisha. Description According to the Skanda Purana, King Indradyumna of Avanti is said to have dreamt of the deity Nilamadhava. The king is regarded ...

, the shrine of

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at Puri. It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay,

Nripati Chattopadhyay Nripati Nath Chttopadhyay (; born 1907 – 27 May 1975) was a Bengali actor, known for his role in '' Teen Kanya'' (1961), '' Bhanu Pelo Lottery'' (1958) and ''Dui Bari'' (1963). He died on 27 May 1975 in India. Early life Nripati Chattopadhyay ...

and

Chhabi Biswas Chhabi Biswas (''Chabi Biśbās''; 13 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's '' Kabuliwala'' and Satyajit Ray's films '' Jalsaghar'' (''The Music Room'', 1958), ''Devi'' (''The G ...

in supporting roles. At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old

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 ...

was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with '' Apur Sansar'' (1959). The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and

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followers. The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai followed by this film.

Cast

* Asim Kumar as

Chaitanya Chaitanya or Chaithanya may refer to Philosophy *Chaitanya (consciousness), Hindu philosophical concept People *Chaitanya (name) *Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1533), founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism Media *Chaitanya (film), ''Chaitanya'' (film), ...

* Dipti Roy as Vishnupriya * Ahindra Choudhury * Dhiraj Bhattacharya * Nitish Mukhapadhyay *

Kanu Banerjee Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay; 20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema and Bengali theatre, theatre.Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012)"The matter-of-fact ac ...

* Gurudas Bandyopadhyay * Bhanu Bandopadhyay * Nripati Chattopadhyay *

* Sumitra Devi *

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 ...

* Padma Devi * Shikharani * Sumita Bandha * Gyanada Kakati * Suruchi Sengupta * Kumari Indrani

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