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Chandranath (1957 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Chandranath' ('English: Chandranath') is a 1957 Indian Bengali language romantic drama film under the banner of Screen Classics Private Ltd. It was directed by Kartik Chatterjee, and the music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. The film is based on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's novel of the same name, and stars Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Tulsi Chakraborty, and Chandrabati Devi.
Plot
Chandranath, a Brahmin of high lineage, lost his father some time ago. As his relationship with his uncle is not good, he moves to the house of one of his father's old servants in Kashi. There he meets Sulochana, a widower, and his daughter Saryu. They work in that servant's house. Saryu falls in love with Chandranath, marries him and returns to his home. But he is angry because he did not tell his uncle and does not go to bless his wife. Her cousin Nirmala comes to her house to see Boudi and loves her new Boudi. Meanwhile, a lustful man named Haridyal Ghoshal sends a letter to his uncle Mani Shankar Mukherjee in this regard. Mani Shankar calls Chandranath and shows him the letter. On learning all this, Chandranath kicks his pregnant wife out of the house. Saryu Moni takes refuge in her uncle's house. She has the child there. Uncle Mani Shankar realizes his mistake and sends Chandranath back to Saryu. He finds that Saryu Moni is at his uncle's house. While there, Chandranath meets his wife and son. Moni Khuro, on the other hand, forgets all about their possible separation and dies of a disease.
Cast
*Uttam Kumar as Chandranath
*Suchitra Sen as Sorju
*Tulsi Chakraborty
*Chandrabati Devi
*Kamal Mitra
*Molina Devi
*Rajlaxmi Devi
*Jahar Ganguly
*Haridhan Mukherjee
*Nitish Mukherjee
*Renuka Ray
*Moni Srimoni
*Padmadevi
Soundtrack
Release
This was the first Indian film which was released at the Metro Cinema Hall. Metro Hall was the most luxurious and expensive cinema hall at that time. Only Hollywood or English films were showing there until then. The film was released just before 'Harano Sur', which was already running successfully. 'Chandranath' was released on 15 November 1957.
Reception
There was a long queue for tickets for the film at the Metro Hall, and 'Chandranath' ran there to full houses for seven consecutive weeks. The film was then released in Darpana, Indira, and Prachi cinemas, where it ran for 13 weeks. Ticket sales were Rs 2.5 lakh in the film's first week, which was a record collection at the time.
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