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Agni Pariksha (alternatively Agni Pareeksha or Agni Pariksha or Agnipariksha, transl. The Test Of Fire) is a 1954 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Agradoot[lower-alpha 1] and starring Uttam Kumar and Suchita Sen. The film was adapted from Asha Purna Devi's novel of the same name.[2] The film become overwhelming success from both critically and commercially. The movie was remade in Hindi in 1967 as Chhoti Si Mulaqat also starring Uttam Kumar.[3] Before that the movie was simultaneously made into a 1959 Telugu - Tamil bilingual titled Mangalya Balam in Telugu and Manjal Mahimai in Tamil.[2]

Agni Pariksha
DVD cover of Agni Pariksha
Directed by	Agradoot[lower-alpha 1]
Written by	Ashapoorna Devi
Screenplay by	Nitai Bhattachariya
Based on	Agni Pariksha by Asha Purna Devi
Produced by	Tarak Pal
Starring	Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Cinematography	Bibhuti Laha Bijoy Ghosh
Edited by	Santosh Ganguly
Music by	Anupam Ghatak
Production company	M. P. Productions
Distributed by	D Looks Films Distributors Limited
Release date	3 September 1954
Running time	120 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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

Agni Pariksha
Soundtrack album by Anupam Ghatak
Released	1954
Recorded	1954
Studio	MP Production
Genre	Feature Film Soundtrack
Length	0:17:10
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer	Tarak Pal

Every song become huge popular and become milestone for bengali romantic and mainstream films.

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Reception

This film is a milestone and a trend setter for mainstream Bengali cinema and bengal box office and this film was a breakthrough film for Uttam and Suchitra. Both became a huge star after this film. There pair become most popular and iconic pair in the history of Bengali cinema and after the film there was create a new era of romanticism. This film was huge success and ran for 126 days in theater and collected five time more than the budget become all time blockbuster. The film become highest grossing bengali film in 1954.

Controversy

To see the poster of Agnipariksha Uttam's wife Gauri Devi and Suchitra's husband Divanath both thoughts there have been a real love affairs between Uttam and Suchitra. In the poster there is written Agnipariksha : Amader Pronoyer Sakshi to see this Dibanath and Gauri become so angry on Uttam and Suchitra so there had been huge problems between all of them.[5]

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu and Tamil in 1959 as Mangalya Balam and Manjal Mahimai respectively, starring Savitri and the famous Telugu star ANR. That film was one National Film Award in 7th National Film Award. The film was remade in Hindi as Chhoti Si Mulaqat with Uttam Kumar producing and reprising his role[2][3] and Vyjaianthimala in Suchitra Sen role.

Notes

References

External links

• Agni Pariksha at IMDb
• Agni Pariksha at Complete Index to World Film

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