Nishi Padma

Nishi Padma is a 1970 Bengali drama film written and directed by Aravinda Mukherjee,[1] based on a short story Hinger Kochuri by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, and starring Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee as leads. The film had music by Nachiketa Ghosh, and went on to win two awards at the 1970 National Film Awards: Manna Dey won Best Male Playback Singer for "Ja Khushi Ora Bole", while Sandhya Mukherjee won the Best Female Playback Singer for "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo".

Nishi Padma
Directed byAravinda Mukherjee
Screenplay byAravinda Mukherjee
Based onHinger Kochuri
by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
StarringUttam Kumar
Sabitri Chatterjee
Music byNachiketa Ghosh
Production
company
Chirantan Chitra
Release date
  • 23 October 1970 (1970-10-23) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

The film was remade into a Hindi film, Amar Prem (1972)[2] directed by Shakti Samanta, with screenplay by Aravind Mukherjee, and starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna as leads.[3]

Cast

Soundtrack
Nishipadma
Soundtrack album by
Nachiketa Ghosh

All lyrics are written by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar; all music is composed by Nachiketa Ghosh.

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Ja Khushi Ora Bole"Manna Dey 
2."Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo"Sandhya Mukherjee 
3."Na Na Aj Rate Ar Jatra Sunte"Manna Dey 
4."Rajar Pakhi Uira Gela"Shyamal Mitra 

Awards

References
  1. Also spelled Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/remakes-of-bengali-films-whats-new-in-this-trend/articleshow/72241437.cms
  3. "It's All About Love". Indian Express. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. "18th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
  5. "18th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
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