Bilambita Loy
| Bilambita Loy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Agragami[2] |
| Screenplay by | Agragami |
| Story by | Narendranath Mitra |
| Produced by | Ajoy Basu Anil Shah |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Supriya Choudhury Shyamal Ghoshal Nirmal Kumar |
| Cinematography | Krishna Chakraborty |
| Edited by | Kali Raha |
| Music by | Nachiketa Ghosh[3] |
Production company | Anuradha Films |
| Distributed by | Chandimata Films Pvt. Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Bilambita Loy (/biˈlʌm.bɪ.toʊ lɔɪ/ transl. The Delayed Rhythm) is a 1970 Indian Bengali-language drama film co-written and directed by Agragami. Produced by Ajoy Basu and Anil Shah under the banner of Anuradha Films, the film is based on a story by Narendranath Mitra. Also inspired by the 1954 version of A Star Is Born, it stars Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi and Shyamal Ghoshal. Nachiketa Ghosh composed the film's music.[4] It reportedly also inspired the 1973 Hindi film Abhimaan.[a]
Plot
[edit]A promising singer falls in love in college.[7] After some time she gets married against their families' wishes. She then begins performing to support her husband and becomes very much renowned. On the other hand, the husband of the artist fails to earn a livelihood and becomes an alcoholic. Later he the gets shelter of a nurse.[8]
Cast
[edit]- Uttam Kumar[9]
- Supriya Choudhury[10]
- Deepa Chatterjee
- Nirmal Kumar[11]
- Asit Baran
- Bimal Banerjee
- Jyotsna Banerjee
- Balai Das
- Arindam Gangopadhyay
- Tarun Kumar
- Firoz Chowdhury
- Shyamal Ghoshal
- Arindam Ganguly
Soundtrack
[edit]All songs were composed by Nachiketa Ghosh and penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay.
- "Ek Baishakhe Dekha Holo Dujanay" - Aarti Mukherjee
- "Bendhona Phulomala Dore" - Manna Dey, Aarti Mukherjee
- "Anka Banka Pathe Jodi" - Aarti Mukherjee
- "Taap Chare To" - Manna Dey, Aarti Mukherjee
- "Sona Roder Gaan" - Aarti Mukherjee
Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1937 version of the film is in the public domain and was based on the film What Price Hollywood? (1932), itself adapted from a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, who loosely based her plot on the experiences of actress Colleen Moore and her husband, alcoholic producer John McCormick, and the life and death of director Tom Forman, who committed suicide following a nervous breakdown.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bilambita Loy". pendujatt.net. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy (1970)". MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy". gaana.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy". digit.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.
- ^ "What Price Hollywood?". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy". ottplay.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy (1970) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy". saregama.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy (1970)". outlookindia.com. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Bilambita Loy". saregama.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.