Annapurnar Mandir (transl. Temple of Annapurna) was a Bengali social drama film directed by Naresh Mitra[1] based on a same name novel of Nirupama Devi.[2][3] This film was released on 6 August 1954 under the banner of Chitra Mandir and received 2nd National Film Awards in 1954. Here Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chaterjee play the lead role as hero and heroine while Suchitra Sen played supporting role.[4] This film had no music. This was the first film of Uttam Kumar to win a National Award.

Annapurnar Mandir
Directed byNaresh Mitra
Written byNirupama Devi
Screenplay byNaresh Mitra
Based onAnnapurnar Mandir novel by Nirupama Devi
Produced byNaresh Mitra, Govinda Ray
StarringSuchitra Sen
Uttam Kumar
CinematographyBishu Chakraborty
Edited byRobin Das
Production
company
Chitra Mandir
Distributed byKalpana Movies Limited
Release date
6 August 1954
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

Ramshankar is a poor man who lives with his two daughters. His elder daughter loves a young man but he arranges her marriage with an old man who is giving huge dowry. Soon she returns home as a widow. Owing to societal curse she commits suicide.

Cast

Reception

This is the only film where Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee playing lead role and Suchitra sen in supporting role.[5] The film was very critically acclaimed and also saw the commercial success. It ran for 91 days in theaters.

Award

National Film Award

1955 : Certificate of Merit Third best feature film in Bengali (Won)

References

  1. ↑ "Annapurnar Mandir". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Annapurnar Mandir ( 1954)". archive.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ↑ K. M. George (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172013240. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Annapurnar Mandir (1954) -". Washington Bangla Radio. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Uttam Kumar and Sabitri in lead and Suchitra in supporting role https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170324/http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/11952311-annapurnar-mandir-1954-uttam-kumar-sabitri-chaterjee-heroine-and-suchitra-sen-suppo. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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