Hatey Bazarey
Directed byTapan Sinha
Written byTapan Sinha (script)
Banaphool (story)
Produced byAsim Dutta
StarringAshok Kumar
Vyjayanthimala
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
CinematographyDinen Gupta
Edited bySubodh Roy
Music byTapan Sinha
Distributed byPriya Films
Neptune Distributors
Release date
  • 25 June 1967 (1967-06-25)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Hatey Bazarey or Hate Bazare (Bengali: হাটে বাজারে; English: The Market Place) is a 1967 award-winning art film by noted Bengali director Tapan Sinha[1] and produced Asim Dutta, the story revolves around the conflict between good and evil. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Vyjayanthimala (in her first Bengali venture)[2] and Ajitesh Bandopadhyay in the lead with Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Samit Bhanja, Rudraprasad Sengupta and Gita Dey as the ensemble cast of the film.[3] The film was produced by Priya Entertainment Production Limited owned by Asim Dutta.[4]

Plot

Dr. Anaadi Mukherjee (Ashok Kumar) is the civil surgeon in a small tribal-dominated market town in Birbhum. He is a god-like figure, loved and respected by both the poor tribal folks of the area like the beautiful young widow Chhipli (Vyjayanthimala), Jagadamba the vegetable seller and old women like Komlididi and Nani (Chhaya Devi) and the bigwigs of the area like the District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police Mr. Pandey. Dr. Mukherjee is a workaholic and lives with his young wife Manu, who has a chronic heart ailment. He comes into conflict with Lacchmanlal (Ajitesh Bannerjee), the son of the local feudal lord Chhabilal, a veritable rogue who lusts after Chhipli, who is protected by the good doctor. After the death of his wife Manu, Dr. Mukherjee leaves his official job and utilizes his savings to start a mobile dispensary for the poor. Lacchmanlal gets irritated by his actions and spreads canards about Dr Mukherjee's relationship with Chhipli, who had been appointed as trainee nurse in the medical team. On the night of a tribal festival, Lacchmanlal tricks Chhipli into a tryst and attempts to rape her. Dr. Mukherjee gets the news and in a fight with Lacchmanlal strangles the villain to death while getting mortally injured. The next morning he dies, but the work of the clinic is carried on by Chhipli and others of the team under the guidance of a young doctor who had earlier been reprimanded by Dr. Mukherjee.

Cast

Music

Inspiration

This film's story was based on a novel written by Banaphool with the same name.[2] The novel won several awards including Rabindra Puraskar Award in 1962.

Box office

The film was one of the most successful Bengali films of the 1960s.[2]

Awards

Ceremony Award Category Nominee Outcome Ref.
13th Asia Pacific Film Festival Asia Pacific Film Festival Best Film Tapan Sinha
Asim Dutta		 Won [2]
[5]
[6]
[7]
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32nd Annual BFJA Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Indian Film
15th National Film Awards National Film Awards Best Feature Film
Best Actor Award Ashok Kumar Nominated
Presidential Award 1968 Presidential Award Best Film Tapan Sinha
Asim Dutta		 Won
1st Phnom Penh Film Festival Phnom Penh Film Festival Silver trophy (Cup of honour)

References

  1. ↑ "Film-maker Tapan Sinha passes away". Rediff. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 boorback. "Tapan Sinha". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bengali actress Gita Dey dead". Sify. Kolkata. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Ashish Mitra (17 November 2009). "Priya Entertainment to venture into multiplexes in Bengal and Bhutan". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Ranjan Das Gupta (22 October 2010). "Romancing the camera". The Hindu. Coimbatore. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Pandit Shimpi (4 May 2001). "Films: 1968 files". Screen. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "BFJA Awards (1968)". Gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. ↑ The Times of India, Entertainment. "National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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