Sanyasi Raja
Sanyasi Raja is a Bengali drama film directed by Piyush Bose and produced by Asim Sarkar. This film was released on 3 October 1975 in the banner of Usha Films and is based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case.[1][2][3] The film was remade in Telugu in 1977 as Raja Ramesh.
Plot[]
Zamindar Surya Kishore never looks after his family and estate. Doctor Bijoy Chakraborty is a family friend of Surya and lives in the same house. He plans to kill Surya and forces Surya's wife Indu to keep quiet. In a burning ghat, a monk saves the life of Surya, but, back at his home, he finds that his whole property is already occupied by Dr Bijoy. Surya Kishore now plans to recover his lost estate.
Cast[]
- Uttam Kumar as Surya Kishore
- Supriya Choudhury as Indu
- Satya Bandopadhyay as Thomas
- Rabin Banerjee as Dr. Bijay
- Shambhu Bhattacharya as Nitai
- Sulata Chowdhury
- Kalyani Adhikari
- Sunil Bandyopadhyay
Remake[]
In 2018 Director Srijit Mukherji made another film Ek Je Chhilo Raja based on Bhawal case of which the story line is related to some extent. Jisshu Sengupta played the role of Raja Ramendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury.[4]
References[]
- ^ "The man who would be prince". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "The man who would be king". The Hindu. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Prakash Jha to adapt Sanyasi Raja for national TV?". 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Ek Je Chilo Raja': Srijit Mukherji reveals how differently he has used Bhawal Sanyasi". The Times of India. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
External links[]
- Sanyasi Raja at IMDb
- Indian drama films
- 1970s drama films
- Indian films
- Bengali films remade in other languages
- Films scored by Nachiketa Ghosh
- 1970s Bengali-language films
- Films based on actual events
- Bengali-language film stubs
- 1970s film stubs