Agnishwar (English: The fire god) is a 1975 Indian Bengali language socio-political drama film co-written and directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[1] The story of the film is based on the novel of the same name written by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, which itself was inspired from the life of his teacher Banabihari Mukhopadhyay. it stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Madhabi Chakraborty, Sumitra Mukherjee, Kajal Gupta, Partha Mukherjee in lead roles, while Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy, Asit Baran, Jahar Roy, Haridhan Mukhopadhyay play another pivotal roles.[2][3] It deals with
| Agnishwar | |
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| Directed by | Arabinda Mukhopadhyay |
| Written by | Banaphool |
| Screenplay by | Arabinda Mukherjee |
| Based on | 'Agnishwar' |
| Produced by | Uday Samanta Ranjit Samanta |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Madhabi Chakraborty Sumitra Mukherjee Kajal Gupta Partha Mukherjee Tarun Kumar Dilip Roy Jahar Roy Asit Baran Haridhan Mukhopadhyay |
| Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh |
| Edited by | Amiyo Mukherjee |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukhopadhyay |
Production company | Pratibha Pictures |
| Distributed by | Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
the life and career of a patriotic, idealistic doctor.
Plot
editThe plot revolves around a patriotic doctor who lends moral backbone to the broken society of India.
Cast
edit- Uttam Kumar as Dr. Agnishwar Mukherjee
- Madhabi Mukherjee as Agnishwar's wife
- Sumitra Mukherjee as Suchhanda
- Kajal Gupta as 'Store' Babu's wife
- Asit Baran as Dr. Latif
- Partha Mukherjee as Agnishwar's son
- Tarun Kumar as Sarbeshwar, the manager of DTS
- Dilip Roy as Khagen
- Haridhan Mukhopadhyay as 'Store' Babu
- Jahar Roy as Ghosh
- Sulata Chowdhury as Padma
- Shambhu Bhattacharya as Jhagru
- Durgadas Banerjee
- Kshudiram Bhattacharya
References
edit- ^ "Arabinda Mukherjee, director of timeless Bengali flicks Mouchak, Dhanyee Meye, dies". NEWSMEN. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Agniswar (1975)
- ^ "Bengali director Aurobindo Mukherjee dead". The Indian Express. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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