Rajlakshmi O Srikanta

Rajlaxmi O Srikanto
Rajlaxmi O Srikanto
Soundtrack album by Jnan Prokash Ghosh
Released	1958
Recorded	1957
Studio	Srimati Pictures
Length	0:12:11
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Producer	Kanan Devi
Jnan Prokash Ghosh chronology

Rajlakshmi O Srikanta
Rajlakshmi O Srikanta
	রাজলক্ষ্মী ও শ্রীকান্ত
Directed by	Haridas Bhattacharya
Story by	Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Based on	Shrikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced by	Kanan Bhattachariya, Kanan Devi
Starring	Uttam Kumar; Suchitra Sen; Anil Chatterjee; Tulsi Chakraborty;
Cinematography	G.K Mehta
Edited by	Santosh Ganguly
Music by	Gyanprakash Ghosh (composer); D. M. Mitholia (lyrics); Gyanprakash Ghosh (lyrics); Shyamal Gupta (lyrics)
Production; company	Srimati Pictures
Release date	1958
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Rajlakshmi O Srikanta is a 1958 Bengali drama film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya and produced by Kanan Devi[1] based on the iconic and famous novel Srikanta of the legendary Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.[2] This film was released in 1958[3][4] under the banner of Srimati Pictures. The film starring Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen, Anil Chatterjee, Tulsi Chakraborty. Music direction of the film was done by Jnan Prakash Ghosh.

Plot

Srikanta goes to his friend Mahendra Rao's celebration where he meets Piyaribai. Although he can not recognizes her but Piyari knows him well as Srikanta was her childhood love. Piyari reveals the past fact how she become so from Rajlakshmi. She was forced by the wicked society, poverty and misfortune she had to take this unholy profession.[5]

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Srikanta
Suchitra Sen as Rajlakshmi or Piyaribai
Anil Chatterjee as Mahendra
Tulsi Chakraborty as Ratan
Jahor Roy
Shishir Batabyal as Doctor
Nripati Chattopadhyay
Rajlakshmi Devi
Haridhan Mukherjee
Santi Bhattacharya
Dwiju Bhawal

Music

All lyrics are written by D.M Mitholia, Jnan Prokash Ghosh, Shyamal Gupta; all music is composed by Jnan Prokash Ghosh

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Mero Man Nandlal"	Jnan Prokash Ghosh Krishna Gangopadhyay	6:31
2.	"Aji E Shrabone"	Krishna Gangopadhyay	2:57
3.	"Piyo Na Yeh Pyaala"	Krishna Gangopadhyay	2:43
Total length:			12:11

References

Kanan Devi (27 June 2014). My Homage to All. Zubaan. ISBN 9789383074945. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Phukan, Vikram (28 September 2017). "A collection of scattered memories". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
"Ritwick Chakraborty to play Srikanta". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
"Rajalakshmi-o-Shrikanta (Haridas Bhattacharya) 1958". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of Indiaedited. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313287787. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links

Rajlakshmi O Srikanta at IMDb

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[1] Kanan Devi (27 June 2014). My Homage to All. Zubaan. ISBN 9789383074945. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[2] Phukan, Vikram (28 September 2017). "A collection of scattered memories". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[3] "Ritwick Chakraborty to play Srikanta". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[4] "Rajalakshmi-o-Shrikanta (Haridas Bhattacharya) 1958". Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[5] Nalini Natarajan, Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of Indiaedited. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313287787. Retrieved 3 December 2018.