Bicharak
1959 film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bicharak (English: The Judge) is a Bengali psychological drama film directed by Pravat Mukhopadhyay and produced by Arundhati Devi based on a same name novel of Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay and music is composed by Timir Bhattachariya[1][2] This film was released in 1959[3] under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1960.[4] The film starred Uttam Kumar and Arundhati Mukherjee in lead role and others like Chhabi Biswas, Pahadi Sanyal and Chandrabati Devi in important supporting role. The film showed Uttam Kumar one of the best performance ever as a Judge. This is also remembered as one of the best film in his career and best ever in Bengali Cinema history.[5] The film also received huge critically acclaimed and saw the commercial success.
Bicharak | |
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Directed by | Prabhat Mukherjee |
Written by | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay |
Screenplay by | Prabhat Mukherjee |
Based on | Bicharak novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay |
Produced by | Arundhati Devi |
Starring | Sisir Bhaduri Uttam Kumar Arundhati Devi Chhabi Biswas |
Cinematography | Ajoy Mitra |
Edited by | Haridas Mahalanbish |
Music by | Rabindranath Tagore, Timir Baran Bhattachariya |
Production company | Prabhat Production |
Distributed by | Shreebishnu Pictures Private Limited |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |