Bipasha (film)

Bipasha is a 1962 Indian Bengali-language drama film starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen.[1][2] and directed by Agradoot.[3] The story is based on the Partition of Bengal.[4] 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, Kamal Mitra, Pahari Sanyal, and Tulsi Chakrabarti.[5]

Bipasha
Directed by	Agradoot
Written by	Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Starring	Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Music by	Robin Chatterjee
Release date	1 January 1962
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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 her uncle and tracks him to Allahabad. Bipasha later finds that there were some rumours about the character of Dibyendu's mother (Chaya Devi). The film revolves round the journey of Dibyendu in redeeming his mother's innocence and chastity. And finally truth is revealed that Dibyendu's father had been in an affair with an English girl and did not recognise his son and had called his mother unfaithful. But actually nothing was what it seemed and Dibyendu was a lawful son.

Cast

• Suchitra Sen as Bipasha Bhattacharya
• Uttam Kumar as Dibyendu Chattopadhyay
• Chhabi Biswas
• Kamal Mitra
• Pahari Sanyal
• Tulsi Chakrabarti

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.[6] The Telegraph listed it among the duo's "string of memorable hits",[7] and when speaking the two as box office draws, The Pioneer listed at as among their biggest hits.[8]

Soundtrack

Bipasha
Soundtrack album by Robin Chatterjee

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

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Ami Swapne Tomay"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:17
2.	"Klantir Path"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:10
3.	"Rajani Pohalo"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:02

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. Gera, Roy, Anjali; (eds), Bhatia, Nandi (2008). Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement. p. 80. ISBN 978-93-325-0620-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
5. "Movies of Uttam Kumar & Tulsi Chakraborty". www.golomolo.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
6. Chatterji, Shoma A. (11 July 2014). "the Eternal Hero". Indian Express. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
7. staff (17 January 2014). "Suchitra Sen: Bengali cinema's Queen of Hearts". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
8. Chowdhury, Maitreyee B (18 January 2014). "NO ORDINARY LOVE". The Pioneer. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

External links

• Bipasha at the Internet Movie Database