Nimantran
Directed byTarun Majumdar
Written byBibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (original story),
Tarun Majumdar (screenplay)
StarringSandhya Roy, Anup Kumar, Nandini Maliya
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Edited byDulal Dutta
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
Release date
  • 21 May 1971 (1971-05-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Nimantran (transl. The invitation) is a 1971 Bengali film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a story by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, and starring Sandhya Roy and Anup Kumar in the lead roles. At the 19th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1]

Synopsis

The film tells the story of two people who fall in love with each other, are separated, and meet again many years later. Hirendranath or Hiru (Anup Kumar), a young man from Calcutta, goes to visit his aunt in her village. There he meets Kumudini or Kumu (Sandhya Roy), a simple girl who has lost her father and lives with her uncle. Gradually, Hiru and Kumu get close, but marriage is denied by Kumu's uncle. Hiru returns to the city with a heavy heart, and gets a job in the railways in Jamalpur. There the boiler inspector becomes very fond of him. After an accident, the boiler inspector, on his deathbed, requests Hiru to marry his daughter Surama. They get married. However, Surama is ambitious and not satisfied with their financial and social status. Subsequently, Hiru quits his job, starts a business and becomes a successful man. However, he cannot give time and attention to his wife. Despite being a financially rich couple, both Hiru and Surama feels alone.

One day, Hiru's aunt writes to him many years after his first visit. He goes to the village and discovers that Kumu is now married, but that her husband does not care for her. Old feelings are rekindled in both of them. However, they cannot go against social customs.

Cast

  • Sandhya Roy as Kumi/Kumudini
  • Anup Kumar as Hiru/Hirendranath Ganguly
  • Nandini Maliya as Suro
  • Kali Bannerjee as Dayal Dutta/village postmaster
  • Pahari Sanyal as Suro's father
  • Jahar Roy as village doctor
  • Sandhya Rani as Kumudini's mother
  • Ajit Banerjee as Hiru's uncle
  • Aparna Debi as Hiru's mother
  • Gyanesh Mukherjee as the boatman
  • Arun Mukherjee as the doctor(Hiru's friend)
  • Haridhan Mukherjee as ghatak

Crew

Music

All songs composed by Hemanta Mukherjee (except Dure Kothay, a Rabindra Sangeet). The songs are:

1. Amar Dukhe Dukhe (sung by Nirmalendu Chowdhury, Banashree Sengupta)

2. Ami Bondhur Premagune Pora (sung by Nirmalendu Chowdhury)

3. Chyang Dhore Byang (sung by Anup Ghoshal, Geeta Chowdhury and chorus)

4. Dure Kothay (sung by Kanika Banerjee)

5. Peeriti Boliya Ekti Kamal (sung by Hemanta Mukherjee and chorus)

6. Tara Ma Mago Tara, Singhaprishthe Bhar Koriye (sung by Hemanta Mukherjee)

Reception

When released, the film received both commercial and critical success. It not only won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, but also won a number of BFJA Awards, including Best Indian Films (along with others). It continues to be popular, as shown by its availability in DVD form in multiple distributions. [2] The songs of the film, sung by Hemanta Mukherjee (who won a National Award for Nimantran), Kanika Bandyopadhyay and others, remain popular.

Preservation

Nimantran has been restored and digitised by the National Film Archives of India. [3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "National Film Awards (1971)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Buy, rent Nimantran DVD/VCD online". gomolo.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Digitized and Restored Films List" (PDF). nfai.nfdcindia.com. National Film Archives of India. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Awards won by Nimantran". gomolo.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "BFJA Awards (1972)". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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