Rajlakshmi O Srikanta

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.

Rajlakshmi O Srikanta
রাজলক্ষ্মী ও শ্রীকান্ত
Directed byHaridas Bhattacharya
Story bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Based onShrikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced byKanan Bhattachariya, Kanan Devi
Starring
CinematographyG.K Mehta
Edited bySantosh Ganguly
Music byGyanprakash Ghosh (composer)
D. M. Mitholia (lyrics)
Gyanprakash Ghosh (lyrics)
Shyamal Gupta (lyrics)
Production
company
Srimati Pictures
Release date
1958
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

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

Music

Rajlaxmi O Srikanto
Soundtrack album by
Jnan Prokash Ghosh
Released1958
Recorded1957
StudioSrimati Pictures
Length0:12:11
LabelSa Re Ga Ma Pa
ProducerKanan Devi
Jnan Prokash Ghosh chronology
Andhare Alo
(1957)
Rajlaxmi O Srikanto
(1958)

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

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Mero Man Nandlal"Jnan Prokash Ghosh Krishna Gangopadhyay6:31
2."Aji E Shrabone"Krishna Gangopadhyay2:57
3."Piyo Na Yeh Pyaala"Krishna Gangopadhyay2:43
Total length:12:11

References

  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.


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