Sanyasi Raja is a Bengali drama film directed by Piyush Bose and produced by Asim Sarkar. This film was released on 3 October 1975 in the banner of Usha Films and is based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case.[1][2][3] The film starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Devi in lead role. The noted music of this film composed by Nachiketa Ghosh. The film became huge success at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu in 1977 as Raja Ramesh.
Sanyashi Raja | |
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Directed by | Pijush Basu |
Written by | Asim Sarkar |
Screenplay by | Pijush Basu |
Based on | Bhawal Court Case |
Produced by | Asim Sarkar |
Starring | Uttam Kumar Supriya Devi Shambhu Bhattacharya Sulata Chowdhury |
Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh |
Edited by | Baidyanath Chatterjee |
Music by | Nachiketa Ghosh |
Production company | Usha Films |
Distributed by | Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | 8 Lakhs |
Box office | 35 Lakhs (First release) |
Zamindar Surya Kishore never looks after his family and estate. Doctor Bijoy Chakraborty is a family friend of Surya and lives in the same house. He plans to kill Surya and forces Surya's wife Indu to keep quiet. In a burning ghat, a monk saves the life of Surya, but, back at his home, he finds that his whole property is already occupied by Dr Bijoy. Surya Kishore now plans to recover his lost estate.
This is the third film and one of the second film worked with Uttam Kumar produced by Ashim Sarkar under his banner Usha Films. Ashim Sarkar also wrote the story. Pijush Bose directed and screenplay for the film. There was huge controversy during the film making. The film shooted in NT1 Studio (New Theaters) to help by Prabhat Das. Total estimate budget for the film making become 8 lakhs.
Sanyashi Raja | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Studio | Usha Films | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 0:28:24 | |||
Label | Angel Digital Pvt Ltd | |||
Producer | Ashim Sarkar | |||
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Shyamal Mitra Songs become popular specially the Kaharba Noy song become blust hit.
No. | Title | Playback | Length |
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1. | "Bhalobasar Agun Jwalao" | Manna Dey | 3:51 |
2. | "Thori Bhiksha Karke Lana" | Manna Dey | 5:24 |
3. | "Ghar Sansar Sobai To Chai" | Manna Dey | 1:30 |
4. | "Se Kotha Ki Jane Indu" | Manna Dey | 1:05 |
5. | "Puja Ki Go Theme Jay" | Manna Dey | 0:59 |
6. | "Kato Rasik Dekho Bhagaban" | Manna Dey | 1:52 |
7. | "Karan Sebay Baran Karo" | Manna Dey | 1:19 |
8. | "Hujur Bole Selam Kore" | Manna Dey | 1:20 |
9. | "Ogo Beshi Daam Balo Kar" | Manna Dey | 2:09 |
10. | "Kaharba Noy Dadra Bajao" | Manna Dey | 4:01 |
11. | "Tarana" | Manna Dey | 1:44 |
12. | "Ke Tabo Kanta" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:10 |
Total length: | 28:24 |
The film remade in Telugu as Raja Ramesh in 1977 where the famous telugu star ANR starred in the lead role. In 2018 National Award winner director Srijit Mukherji made another film Ek Je Chhilo Raja based on Bhawal case of which the story line is related to some extent. Jisshu Sengupta played the role of Raja Ramendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury.[4]
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