Biraj Bahu
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| Directed by | Bimal Roy |
| Produced by | Hiten Choudhury |
| Written by | Saratchandra Chatterjee (novel) Nabendu Ghosh (adaptation) Nasir Hussain (dialogue) Bimal Roy (screenplay) |
| Starring | Kamini Kaushal Abhi Bhattacharya Pran |
| Music by | Salil Choudhury Prem Dhawan (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Dilip Gupta |
| Editing by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Release date(s) | 1954 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Biraj Bahu is a 1955 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy,[1] and based on a novel by Saratchandra Chatterjee. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran. The films music is by Salil Choudhury
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[edit] Plot
Biraj (Kamini Kaushal) is married off to Nilambar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya) when she was a little girl. The couple is childless. Nilambar is pious, generous and loving, but unemployed. His devious younger brother takes advantage of Nilambar's naiveté to force a partition of the home and buy off their joint land under an assumed name from the lender it was mortgaged to. Nilambar and Biraj are reduced to a wretched existence. To make matters worse, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor who arrives in the village, sees Biraj and captivated by her beauty, tries to bribe Biraj's erstwhile maid Sundari, to lure her to his boat. After several dramatic twists and turns, Biraj is kidnapped but she jumps off the boat before he can do any harm. She runs away from the hospital in the middle of the night to see her husband one last time. He had promised that he would bless her at the time of her death and that she would die at his feet.
[edit] Cast
- Kamini Kaushal ... Biraj Chakravorty
- Abhi Bhattacharya ... Nilambher Chakravorty (as Abhi Battacharjee)
- Shakuntala (actress) ... Punnu Chakravorty
- Pran ... Deodhar
- Randhir ... Pitambar Chakravorty
- Manorama ... Sundari (Maidservant)
- Kammo
- Vikram Kapoor (as Bikram Kapoor)
- Nazima (as Baby Chand)
- Iftekhar ... Kishorilal, Deodhar's assistant (as Iftikhar)
- Moni Chatterjee ... Bholanath
- Sarita Devi
- Shivji Bhai (as Sheojibhai)
- Maya Dass (as Maya Das)
- Dasarathlal (as Dashrothlal)
- Sailen Bose
[edit] Awards
- 1955 Filmfare Best Director Award for Bimal Roy
- 1955 Filmfare Best Actress Award for Kamini Kaushal
- 1955: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): Cannes Film Festival: Nominated[2][3].
- 1955: National Film Award - All-India Certificate of Merit.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Biraj Bahu New York Times.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Biraj Bahu". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3736/year/1955.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ Biraj Bahu awards Internet Movie Database
- ^ 2nd National Film Awards
[edit] External links
- Biraj Bahu at the Internet Movie Database
- Biraj Bahu at AllRovi
- Video links
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