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Agni Pariksha (1954 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Agni Pariksha' (alternatively 'Agni Pareeksha' or 'Agni Pariksha' or 'Agnipariksha', ) is a 1954 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Agradoot and starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen. The film was adapted from Asha Purna Devi's novel of the same name. The movie was remade in Hindi in 1967 as 'Chhoti Si Mulaqat' also starring Uttam Kumar. Before that the movie was simultaneously made into a 1959 Telugu - Tamil bilingual titled 'Mangalya Balam' in Telugu and 'Manjal Mahimai' in Tamil.
Plot
The story revolves around Tapasi, a singer who has been married forcefully as a child to an old village zamindar's grandson Bulu. Back at home, her parents discovers the truth and vows to wipe out every single memory of Tapasi ever being married. Years later, Tapasi has now grown up to be a lovely young lady and is in love with Kiriti. She introduces Kiriti to her mother, who approves of him, and plans to marry them. Things change when Tapasi finds out that she has already been married in her childhood. This creates a conflict in her. As others find out this secret and ostracize Tapasi.How will Tapasi and Kiriti deal with this stigma? Will they triumph in their love?
Cast
* Uttam Kumar as Kiriti Mukherjee
* Suchitra Sen as Tapasi Banerjee
* Anup Kumar
* Jahar Ganguly
* Jahor Roy
* Kamal Mitra
* Panchanan Bhattacharya
* Bibhu Bhattacharya
* Shikharani Bag
* Shyamali Chakraborty
* Suprabha Mukhopadhyay
* Aparna Debi
* Jamuna Singha
* Sabita Bhattacharya
Soundtrack
Remakes
The film was remade in Telugu and Tamil as 'Mangalya Balam' and 'Manjal Mahimai' respectively. The film was remade in Hindi as 'Chhoti Si Mulaqat' with Uttam Kumar reprising his role.
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