Uttar Falguni

Uttar Falguni is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Asit Sen and produced by Uttam Kumar, starring Suchitra Sen in a double role, Bikash Roy and Dilip Mukherjee. At the 11th National Film Awards, the film was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1] The film was remade by director Asit Sen himself in Hindi, as Mamta (1966) again with Suchitra Sen as the lead.[2] The film was also remade in Tamil as Kaaviya Thalaivi (1970),[3] and in Malayalam as Pushpanjali (1972).[4]

Not to be confused with a Nakshatra in Hindi astrology, Uttara Phalgunī.

Uttar Falguni
Poster
Directed byAsit Sen
Produced byUttam Kumar
Screenplay byNripendra Krishna Chatterjee
Story byNihar Ranjan Gupta
StarringSuchitra Sen
Bikash Roy
Music byRobin Chatterjee
CinematographyAnil Gupta
Jyoti Laha
Edited byTarun Dutta
Release date
  • 11 October 1963 (1963-10-11)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Cast
  • Suchitra Sen as Debjani (aka Pannabai) / Suparna
  • Bikash Roy as Manish Roy
  • Chhaya Devi as Baijee, Debjani's saviour
  • Dilip Mukherjee as Indranil
  • Padmadevi as Indranil's mother
  • Kalipada Chakraborty as Rakhalbabu
  • Pahari Sanyal as Barrister
  • Jahar Ganguli as Debjani's father
  • Sita Mukherjee as Mother Mary
  • Ajit Bandyopadhyay
  • Renuka Roy

Soundtrack

All music is composed by Robin Chatterjee.

No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Kaun Tarah Se Tum"Sandhya Mukherjee3:13
2."Tore Naina Lage"Sandhya Mukherjee, Chhaya Devi2:57
3."Tum Chatur Medley"Sandhya Mukherjee2:42
4."Zindagi Ki Ek Bhool"Sandhya Mukherjee3:23

References
  1. "11th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017.
  2. "Forgotten heroes of Bengali screen". The Times of India. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's Bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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