| Biraj Bahu | |
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| Directed by | Bimal Roy |
| Produced by | Hiten Choudhury |
| Written by |
Saratchandra Chattopadhyay (novel) Nabendu Ghosh (adaptation) Nasir Hussain (dialogue) Bimal Roy (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Kamini Kaushal Abhi Bhattacharya Pran |
| Music by |
Salil Choudhury Prem Dhawan (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Dilip Gupta |
| Edited by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Biraj Bahu is a 1954 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy, and based on a Bengali novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran and has music by Salil Choudhury. The film won the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film.
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Plot
Biraj (Kamini Kaushal) was married off to Nilambar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya) when she was a little girl. The couple is childless. Nilambar is pious, generous and loving, but unemployed. His devious younger brother takes advantage of Nilambar's naiveté to force a partition of the home and buy off their joint land under an assumed name from the lender it was mortgaged to. Nilambar and Biraj are reduced to a wretched existence. To make matters worse, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor who arrives in the village, is captivated by Biraj's beauty and tries to bribe her erstwhile maid Sundari, to lure her to his boat. After several dramatic twists and turns, Biraj is kidnapped, but she jumps off the boat before he can do anything. She runs away from the hospital in the middle of the night to see her husband one last time. He had promised that he would bless her at the time of her death and that she would die at his feet.
Cast
- Kamini Kaushal ... Biraj Chakravorty
- Abhi Bhattacharya ... Nilambher Chakravorty (as Abhi Battacharjee)
- Shakuntala ... Punnu Chakravorty
- Pran ... Deodhar
- Randhir ... Pitambar Chakravorty
- Manorama ... Sundari (Maidservant)
- Kammo
- Vikram Kapoor (as Bikram Kapoor)
- Nazima (as Baby Chand)
- Iftekhar ... Kishorilal, Deodhar's assistant (as Iftikhar)
- Moni Chatterjee ... Bholanath
- Sarita Devi
- Shivji Bhai (as Sheojibhai)
- Maya Dass (as Maya Das)
- Dasarathlal (as Dashrothlal)
- Sailen Bose
Music
Awards
- 1954: National Film Awards for All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film
- 1955: Filmfare Best Director Award for Bimal Roy
- 1955: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Kamini Kaushal
- 1955: Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival: Nominated.[4]
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