Bicharak

Bicharak (English: The Judge) is a Bengali psychological drama film directed by Pravat Mukhopadhyay and produced by Arundhati Devi based on a same name novel of Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.^[1]^[2] This film was released in 1959^[3] under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1960.^[4]

Plot[]

The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveals a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti dies. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge, but realizes his crime and the past haunts him much.

Cast[]

Uttam Kumar as Gyanendra
Chhabi Biswas as Lawyer
Pahari Sanyal as Professor
Arundhati Devi as Sarama
Dipti Roy as Sumati
Chandrabati Devi
Bani Hazra
Atanu Ghosh

References[]

^ Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar. "Bicharak". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Bicharak-Bengali Movie". Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^ "Aspects of Film Festival". Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ "Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards". nettv4u.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

External links[]

Bicharak at IMDb

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[1] Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar. "Bicharak". Retrieved 15 December 2018.

[2] "Bicharak-Bengali Movie". Retrieved 15 December 2018.

[3] "Aspects of Film Festival". Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[4] "Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards". nettv4u.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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