Sujata (1959 film)

Sujata is a 1959 Hindi language Bimal Roy film. It stars Nutan and Sunil Dutt in lead roles, supported by Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Sulochana Latkar and Tarun Bose. Based on a Bengali short story of the same name by writer Subodh Ghosh,[1] the film explored the situation of caste in India.[2] The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.[3] It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

For other uses, see Sujata (disambiguation).

Sujata
Directed byBimal Roy
Written byNabendu Ghosh (screenplay)
Subodh Ghosh (story)
Paul Mahendra (dialogue)
Produced byBimal Roy
StarringNutan
Sunil Dutt
Shashikala
CinematographyKamal Bose
Edited byAmit Bose
Music byS. D. Burman
Release date
20 March 1959 (1959-03-20)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Sujata is a romance between a Brahmin young man, Adheer and an untouchable woman, Sujata. It's also a story of intense emotional conflict of a mother in fully accepting an adopted daughter. The film has Mahatma Gandhi's fight against untouchability and the myth of Chandalika in Hinduism as its subtexts on the basis of which it tries to criticize the practice of untouchability in India.

Brahmin couple, Upen and Charu bring up an orphaned child and name her Sujata. Although Upen is fond of the adopted child, his wife Charu and Aunt (Adheer's mother) can never fully embrace Sujata because she was born in an untouchable's family. They keep hinting to Sujata at times that she doesn't belong amongst Brahmins. Adheer falls in love with Sujata but Charu and Aunt want Adheer to marry Charu's real daughter Rama. Sujata also admires Adheer but finding her reality of being an untouchable by birth feels at discomfort. One day, Upen's wife falls down the stairs and is rushed to the hospital. The doctors tell the family that in order to save Charu, they need the rare group blood. Only Sujata's blood matches and she willingly donates blood. When Charu become aware that her life was saved by Sujata, she realizes her mistake and accepts her as her daughter. Sujata and Adheer are then married happily by everyone's consent.

Cast

Awards

Soundtrack
SongSinger
"Suno Mere Bandhu Re" S. D. Burman
"Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" Talat Mahmood
"Kali Ghata Chhaye" Asha Bhosle
"Tum Jeeo Hazaaron Saal" Asha Bhosle
"Bachpan Ke Din Bhi Kya Din The, Udte Phirte Titli Banke" Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt
"Nanhi Kali Sone Chali" Geeta Dutt
"Wah Bhai Wah" Mohammed Rafi

References
  1. Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  2. "Bollywood Rewind | Sujata: When Bimal Roy took on caste discrimination and disguised it with a love story". 9 October 2021.
  3. "Asha Bhosle dedicates 'Sujata' song to her didi Lata Mangeshkar : The Tribune India".
  4. "Festival de Cannes: Sujata". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  5. "7th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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