Nastaneer
Directed byPashupati Chatterjee
Written bySashisekhar Sharma
Screenplay byPashupati Chatterjee (Dialogues)
Story byRabindranath Tagore
Based onNashtanir novel by Rabindranath Tagore
Produced byTarak Pal
StarringSunanda Banerjee
Uttam Kumar
Dhiraj das
Kamal Mitra
CinematographySushanta Moitra
Edited byKamal Ganguly
Music byRabin Chattopadhyay
Production
company
M.P Productions
Distributed byD Looks Entertainment
Release date
1951
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Nastaneer (transl. The Broken Nest) is a Bengali-language drama film directed by Pashupati Chatterjee.[1] This movie was released in 1951 under the banner of M. P. Productions Pvt. Ltd. The music direction was done by Rabin Chattopadhyay.[2] This film stars Uttam Kumar, Sunanda Banerjee, Dhiraj Das who played in lead roles where Karabi Gupta and Kamal Mitra played the supporting roles.[3] This is the fifth film of Uttam Kumar. The film is based on the novella Nastanirh of Rabindranath Tagore wrote in 1901. Later Satyajit Ray made a film based on this same novel Charulata in 1964.

Plot

Nastanirh takes place in late 19th-century Bengal and explores the lives of the "Bhadralok", Bengalis of wealth who were part of the Bengal Renaissance and highly influenced by the Brahmo Samaj. Despite his liberal ideas, Bhupati is blind to the loneliness and dissatisfaction of his wife, Charu. It is only with the appearance of his cousin, Amal, who incites passionate feelings in Charu, that Bhupati realizes what he has lost.

Cast

  • Uttam Kumar as Amal
  • Sunanda Banerjee as Charu
  • Dhiraj Das as Bhupati
  • Goutam Mukhopadhyay
  • Kamal Mitra
  • Karabi Gupta
  • Nibhanani Devi
  • Rajlakshmi Devi
  • Santosh Singha
  • Sikharani Bag

Soundtrack

Nashtaneer
Soundtrack album by
Rabin Chatterjee
Released1951
Recorded1950
StudioM.P Productions
GenreFeature Film Soundtrack
Length0:11:56
LabelJio Saavan
Rabin Chatterjee chronology
Ratnadeep
(1951)		 Nashtaneer
(1951)		 Subhadra
(1951)

All lyrics are written by Sailen Roy; all music is composed by Rabin Chatterjee

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Kon Mayamriga Dhara Dile"Alpana Banerjee2:58
2."Jadi Chhoan Lage Mone"Sachin Gupta, Alpana Banerjee3:07
3."Ankhi Meli Chao"Madhabi Ghosh2:40
4."Keno Chharao Phulban"Dhananjay Bhattacharya3:11
Total length:11:56

References

  1. ↑ "Nastaneer | GoldPoster Movie Poster Gallery". GoldPoster. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Nastaneer on Moviebuff.com". Moviebuff.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Nastaneer (1951) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 25 April 2020.


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