Bipasha (film)

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Bipasha
Directed byAgradoot
Written byTarashankar Bandopadhyay
StarringUttam Kumar
Suchitra Sen
Music byRobin Chatterjee
Release date
  • 1 January 1962 (1962-01-01)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Bipasha is a 1962 Indian Bengali-language drama film starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen.[1][2] and directed by Agradoot.[3] The film is based on a novel titled "Bipasha"[4] by Sri Tarashankar Bandyopadhay.

The story fleetingly describes the horror of riots in West Pakistan during the time of Partition of India.[5] Bipasa was described as a victim of that riot in the film. However, the film deviates from the original novel and avoids describing Bipasha as a gang rape victim by Pakistani Islamist rioters.

It is one of the many hit films in which Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen worked as a pair. The other cast members included Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Debi, Pahari Sanyal, Jiben Bose and Tulsi Chakrabarti.[6]

Plot[]

The storyline goes when Dibyendu Chattopadhyay (Uttam Kumar) the young engineer meets Bipasha Bhattacharya (Suchitra Sen) in today's Maithon. Their acquaintance soon reaches a stage when the young couple decide to get married. However, on the night of her marriage to Dibyendu the latter fails to turn up due to a message sent to him by his uncle. Bipasha finds out Dibyendu's uncle and tracks him to Allahabad. Bipasha later finds that there were allegations against the moral character of Dibyendu's mother (Chhaya Devi).

The film revolves around the story of redemption of honour of Dibyendu's mother's in the eyes of society. It became known by the end of the film that Dibyendu's father had been in an affair with and thereafter married an English girl. To save himself from being imprisoned, he alleged that his wife (Dibyendu's mother) was unfaithful, and refused to acknowledge his own son (Dibyendu) as legitimate.

Cast[]

Reception[]

In an article honoring the actors 35 years after Uttam Kumar's death, The Indian Express wrote "Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar heralded the golden era of Bengali cinema", and listed Bipasha as among their most popular films.[7] The Telegraph listed it among the duo's "string of memorable hits",[8] and when speaking the two as box office draws, The Pioneer listed at as among their biggest hits.[9]

Soundtrack[]

Bipasha
Soundtrack album by
Robin Chatterjee

All lyrics are written by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar; all music is composed by Robin Chatterjee.

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Ami Swapne Tomay"Sandhya Mukherjee3:17
2."Klantir Path"Sandhya Mukherjee3:10
3."Rajani Pohalo"Sandhya Mukherjee3:02

References[]

  1. ^ staff. "Bipasha (1962)". Nth Wall. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Bipasha (1962)". Gomolo. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen; Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
  4. ^ "Bipasha By Tarashankar Bandopadhyay - PDF Bangla Book". Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/70-years-later-survivors-recall-the-horrors-of-india-pakistan-partition/2017/08/14/3b8c58e4-7de9-11e7-9026-4a0a64977c92_story.html
  6. ^ "Movies of Uttam Kumar & Tulsi Chakraborty". www.golomolo.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  7. ^ Chatterji, Shoma A. (11 July 2014). "the Eternal Hero". Indian Express. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. ^ staff (17 January 2014). "Suchitra Sen: Bengali cinema's Queen of Hearts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. ^ Chowdhury, Maitreyee B (18 January 2014). "NO ORDINARY LOVE". The Pioneer. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links[]

  • Bipasha at the Internet Movie Database


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