Ganadevata
Directed byTarun Majumdar
Screenplay byTarun Majumdar
Rajen Tarafdar
Arnab Majumdar (dialogue)
Based onGanadevata (1942)
by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Produced byDepartment of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal
StarringSoumitra Chatterjee
Ajitesh Bannerjee
Samit Bhanja
Nilkantha Sengupta
Rabi Ghosh
Anup Kumar
CinematographyShakti Banerjee
Edited byRamesh Joshi
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
Release date
  • 29 June 1978 (1978-06-29) (India)
Running time
172 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Ganadevata (English: The People) is a 1978 Bengali drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a novel by same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay.[1] The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in the 1920s during the British Raj, about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal. It had also won the writer Bandopadhyay, the 1966 Jnanpith Award.[2][3]

At the 26th National Film Awards (1978), it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Child Artist Award for Kanchan De Biswas.[4]

Cast

Music

The music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee. The lyrics were penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Mukul Dutta, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay and Lt. Ganga Charan Sarkar. The songs are:

1. Bhor Hoilo Jagata Jagilo (sung by Manna Dey)

2. Bhalo Chhilo Sishubela (Sung by Sipra Bose)

3. Shone Re Boli (sung by Manna Dey)

4. Dekhe Ja Rey Dekhe Ja (sung by Hemanta Mukherjee and Aarti Mukherjee)

5. Ek Ghentu Tar Saat Beta (sung by Manna Dey)

6. Eso Poush Sonar Poush (Sung by chorus)

7. Lathi Kheye Aar Katodin (sung by Manna Dey)

Reception

References

  1. ↑ "Ganadevata". Upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Jnanpith Laureates Official listings". Jnanpith Website. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "GANADEVATA (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "26th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2011.


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