Nadi Theke Sagare
1978 Indian film
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Nadi Theke Sagare (Bengali: নদী থেকে সাগরে) (transl. From river to ocean) is a 1978 Bengali feature film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[4][5] The film was written by Prasanta Chowdhury.[6] The screenplay was written by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[7][8] It revolves around a prostitute who struggles to get her daughter married to a decent man.[9] It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy, Mithun Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar.[10][11][12] Debashree Roy was credited as Rumki Roy in the film.[7] The music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[13]
- Sunil Gangopadhyay
- Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
| Nadi Theke Sagare | |
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| Directed by | Arabinda Mukhopadhyay |
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| Story by | Prasanta Chowdhury |
| Produced by | Sitalamata Pictures[1] |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Subodh Ray |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
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Running time | 135 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
This is the film where Debashree Roy, for the first time played a leading role.[14] It was the first film where Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy collaborated.[15] She played Champa, the unfathered daughter of Sohagi played by Sandhya Roy, and had to enact the adolescence as well as the adulthood of the character she was given.[16] She drew critical favour for her gaze in the film. Soumitra Chatterjee and Ajitesh Banerjee won critical favour for their performance in the film.[17] The film was a major success at box office.[18][19]
Plot
Sohagi is a prostitute who attempts to commit suicide as she has been deceived by a man whom she loved. She is saved by Shyamapada who is a priest. She returns to Basak Lane where she works as a prostitute. She gives birth to a daughter named Champa. When Champa grows up, Sohagi's mother Kusum insists that Champa be a prostitute just like her mother Sohagi but Sohagi refuses her mother's proposal stating that she wants Champa to marry Sagar.
Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Shyamapada
- Sandhya Roy as Sohagi
- Mithun Chakraborty as Sagar
- Debashree Roy as Champa
- Chhaya Devi as Bhaba Dasi
- Shamita Biswas as Kusum
- Gita Dey
- Sulata Chowdhury
- Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
- Rabi Ghosh
- Anup Kumar
- Mrinal Mukherjee
- Ajit Chatterjee
Reception
The film drew critical favour for the performance of the cast. It was criticised for its slow-paced screenplay.[21]
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