Shap Mochan

Shap Mochan is a Bengali romance drama film directed and produced by Sudhir Mukherjee based on a novel Sandhyaraag of Falguni Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1955 under the banner of Production Syndicate starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen in lead.[1][2] Music director of the film was Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay.[3] The film remembered for its music and Uttam - Hemanta combination. There pair become popular after this film and one of the most popular singer actor duo in the history of Bengali cinema.

Shap Mochan
শাপ মোচন
Directed bySudhir Mukherjee
Written byFalguni Mukhopadhyay
Screenplay byNripendrakrishna Chatterjee (Dialogues)
Based onSandhyaraag
1955 Story
by Falguni Mukhopadhyay
Produced bySudhir Mukherjee
Starring
CinematographyDeoji Bhai
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
Lyricist - Poet Bimal Chandra Ghosh
Production
company
Production Syndicate
Distributed byMehta Pictures
Release date
  • 1955 (1955)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

Young Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He gets romantically involved with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. In spite of having good singing ability, Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.

Cast

Soundtrack
Shapmochon
Soundtrack album by
Hemanta Mukherjee
Released1955
Recorded1954
StudioProduction Syndicate
Length0:20:00
LabelSa Re Ga Ma Pa
ProducerSudhir Mukheejee
Hemanta Mukherjee chronology
Swapno O Samadhi
(1952)		 Shapmochon
(1955)		 Surya Mukhi
(1956)

The songs become very popular. Hemanta Mukherjee was the music director of the movie and composed tunes for the songs. Lyrics were written by Bimal Ghosh (as Kavi Bimal Chandra Ghosh).[4]

All lyrics are written by Poet Bimal Chandra Ghosh; all music is composed by Hemanta Mukherjee

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Tribeni Tirthapathe Ke Gahilo Gaan"Pratima Banerjee, Chinmoy Lahiri2:50
2."Shono Bandhu Shono"Hemanta Mukherjee2:31
3."Surer Aakashe Tumi Je Go"Hemanta Mukherjee2:54
4."Jhar Uthechhe Baul Batas"Hemanta Mukherjee3:17
5."Kaliyan Sang Karat Rang Raliyan"D.V.Paluskar5:01
6."Bose Achhi Path Cheye"Hemanta Mukherjee3:27
Total length:20:00

Reception

Film become blockbuster hit and ran for 77 days in theater. The songs become popular to the Bengali audiences and after the film Uttam and Hemanta combination become huge successful and regarded most popular Singer-actor duo in Bengali Cinema history.

References
  1. "Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Shap Mochon (1955)". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "Uttam Kumar - Suchitra Sen in SHAPMOCHAN". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. "Shap Mochan (1955)". Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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