Kalankini Kankabati
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| Directed by | Uttam Kumar Pijush Basu |
| Written by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Supriya Choudhury Sharmila Tagore Mithun Chakraborty |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Kalankini Kankabati (transl. Stigmatized Kankabati) is a 1981 Indian Bengali language action-adventure film directed by Uttam Kumar and Pijush Basu.[1] Based on a novel of Nihar Ranjan Gupta[2] it stars Uttam Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Sharmila Tagore (in a dual role) and Supriya Devi in lead roles.[3]
Plot
[edit]Zamindar Raj Shekhar Rai lives with his wife Sureshwari, a son and a daughter. Despite being married, he brings Aparna Bai and falls in love with her. This tradition is from generation to generation in the house. To save her son from this tradition, Sureshwari sends him to Kolkata city to study. Meanwhile, Raj Shekhar Rai tries to convince Aparna Bai giving different facilities, but she is in love with another man, who is the henchman of Raj Shekhar. When Raj Shekhar hears about it, he orders her to get out from his area, but the henchman desperately comes to meet Aparna Bai to take her with him. By the other henchmen, Raj Shekhar knows about it, as a result, the henchman was killed by Raj Shekhar, but Aparna Bai survives and gives birth to a daughter Kankabati. Years later, Raj Shekhar learns of it and kidnaps Kankabati to take revenge on Aparna Bai.
Years pass, Raj Shekhar's son Shashanka Shekhar, returns to his house. Now he sees Kankabati and falls in love with her, but he doesn't know that his mother Sureshwari, has already fixed his marriage with the daughter of Zamindar from Nishchindapur.
Cast
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- Uttam Kumar as Raj Shekhar Rai
- Supriya Choudhury as Sureshwari Rai
- Sharmila Tagore as Aparna Bai / Kankabati
- Mithun Chakraborty as Shashanka Shekhar Rai
Soundtrack
[edit]| Song | Singer |
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| "Na Na, Kachhe Eso Na" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| "O Amar Kandher Anchol" | Asha Bhosle |
| "Aadho Aalo Chhayate, Kichhu Bhalobashate" | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar |
| "Bendhechhi Beena" | Parveen Sultana |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kalankini Kankabati (1981) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Book - Kalankini Kankabati - Niharranjan Gupta". Calcuttaweb Shopping. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Kalankini Kankabati (1981) Movie: Watch Full Movie Online on JioCinema". Jiocinema. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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