Datta is a 1951 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Soumyen Mukhopadhyay[1][2] and released under the banner of S. B. Production.[3] The film is based on the novel with the same name written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.[4] The film was remade twice: in 1976 and later in 2023.[5]
Plot edit
Bijoya's father Banamali had informally engaged her to Naren, the son of his friend Jagdish. But Bijoya is attracted to Bilaas, son of another friend of Banamali. She has some hearsay knowledge about Naren and develops a negative image of Naren in her mind. But when she meets Naren, who is a doctor by profession the scenario starts changing. She starts to love Naren and realises that her conception about Naren is all wrong.
Cast edit
- Sunanda Banerjee as Bijoya
- Purnendu Mukherjee as Naren
- Ahindra Choudhury as Rashbehari
- Jahar Ganguly as Bilas
- Anubha Gupta
- Kali Sarkar
- Sukhen Das
Music edit
Timir Baran composed the music
1976 remake edit
- Director: Saumyen Mukherji
- Music: Dwijen Chowdhury
Cast edit
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Naren.
- Suchitra Sen as Bijoya
- Samit Bhanja as Bilas
- Utpal Dutt as Rasbihari
- Gita De
- Sumitra Mukherjee as Nalini
- Shailen Mukherjee
- Dilip Bose
References edit
- ^ "Datta (1951)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
- ^ FilmiClub. "Datta (1951)". FilmiClub. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "New movie based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali cult classic 'Datta' to release on June 16". The Economic Times. 5 June 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Movie to mark centenary of Sarat Chandra's Datta starring Rituparna Sengupta, Joy Sengupta". The Indian Express. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
