Neel Akasher Neechey

Neel Akasher Neechey (Bengali: নীল আকাশের নীচে Nil akasher niche, "Under the Blue Sky") is a 1958 Bengali language film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Hemanta Mukherjee, starring Kali Bannerjee, Manju Dey, Bikash Roy, and others.

Neel Akasher Neechey
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Directed byMrinal Sen
Produced byHemanta Bela Production
Written byBased on the short story "Chini Feriwala" written by Mahadevi Varma[1]
StarringKali Banerjee
Manju Dey
Bikash Roy
Smriti Biswas
Suruchi Sengupta
Ajit Chatterjee
Rasaraj Chakraborthy
Monu Mukherjee
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
CinematographySailaja Chatterjee
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Set in the background of the last days of the British Raj in Calcutta, the film explores the lives of a number of characters, including the platonic relationship between an immigrant Chinese wage worker, Wang Lu, and the main female character Basanti. The film had overt political overtones and was the first film to be banned by the Government of India.[2] The ban was effective for two months.[3]

Plot

Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of an honest Chinese hawker, Wang Lu, who sells silk in Calcutta's streets while refusing to get involved in the opium trade run by his fellow countrymen. He feels a sisterly affection towards Basanti, the wife of a lawyer who's engaged in a political group. Basanti is arrested and imprisoned causing Wang Lu to get involved with her political group. He later returns to China to join the resistance movement against the Japanese invasion of China in 1931.

Cast

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Hemant Kumar.

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."O Nadi Re"Hemant Kumar4:13
2."Neel Akasher Neechey Ei Prithibi"Hemant Kumar3:48

References
  1. https://www.totalnewsbd.com/tag/indian-cinema/%5B%5D
  2. "Know about the first movie banned in the independent India!". India TV.
  3. "Clamping down on creativity". The Hindu.


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