''Pratham Kadam Phool'' is a 1969 Bengali film, written and directed by Inder Sen, based on a story of the same name, by Achintya Kumar Sengupta. It stars

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and

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in the lead. The film was produced by Dipangshu Kumar Deb, and edited by Arabinda Bhattacharya.

Plot

Sukanta meets Kakali in a library reading room and discovers his passion for her, though she rejects him initially. Pranta's wife, Sukanta's sister in law, suspects the truth yet does not dare to encourage the affair since Sukanta is not established. On another day, Kakali and Sukanta become stranded in a library lift for many hours as electric power goes off. Here, they become close to each other, and start meeting frequently thereafter. Later, Sukanta comes to the house of Kakali, but her parents do not approve of him. Sukanta meets Baren, his school friend, who is now very well off. Baren works with a European firm in a high post. He has a four-wheeler and a flat where he stays with his widowed mother. Baren's mother wishes to get her son a suitable bride. Kakali comes to the house of Sukanta one day. Every single member of Sukanta's family likes her. In fact, the mother of Sukanta wants them to marry. The parents of Kakali refuse. So Kakali leaves her parents. She joins Baren's office as a receptionist. And trouble starts in Sukanta's family. Sukanta the research scholar misjudges the relation of Kakali and Baren. Kakali leaves one day after a heated exchange. The nephew of Sukanta, who loves his aunt, misses her. He goes missing. In the meantime, Baren hears about everything from Kakali and he takes the initiative to solve it. Ultimately Kakali comes to the police station, where a happy reunion takes place.

Cast

as Sukanto Basu *

as Kakoli Mitra * Subhendu Chatterjee as Baren * Chhaya Devi as Sukanto's Mother * Shamit Bhanja as Bhajahari Manna (singer in Picnic) *Subrata Chatterjee as Sukanto's sister in law *

Anubha Gupta Anubha Gupta (27 December 1929 – 14 January 1972) was an Indian Bengalis, Bengali actress and singer who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She received the Best Actress in Supporting Role Award at the 26th Annual ...

as Sukanto's aunt *Padmadevi as Baren's mother (as Padma Devi) *Sadhana Roychoudhury as Kakoli's mother * Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Prashanta (Sukanto's brother) *Shailen Mukherjee as Sukanto's father *Ajit Banerjee *Mihir Bhattacharya *

Bhanu Banerjee Bhanu Banerjee, also known as Bhanu Bandyopadhyay (born as Samyamoy Banerjee; 26 August 1920 – 4 March 1983), was an Indian actor, known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and ...

as Servant (Kakoli's home) *Simantini Roy *Raktim Ghoshal *Fakir Das Kumar *Rajlakshmi Devi *Tushar Majumdar *Prabir Roy

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack has been scored by Sudhin Dasgupta and three out of four songs were written by him. Pulak Banerjee wrote the song "Ami Shri Shri Bhojohori Manna".

References

External links

* 1969 films Bengali-language Indian films 1960s Bengali-language films Films based on Indian novels Indian drama films 1969 drama films Films scored by Sudhin Dasgupta {{1960s-Bengali-film-stub