Shap Mochan is a Bengali romance drama film directed and produced by Sudhir Mukherjee based on a novel Sandhyaraag of Falguni Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1955 under the banner of Production Syndicate starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen in lead.[1][2] Music director of the film was Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay.[3]
| Shap Mochan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sudhir Mukherjee |
| Written by | Falguni Mukhopadhyay |
| Screenplay by | Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee (Dialogues) |
| Based on | Sandhyaraag 1955 Story by Falguni Mukhopadhyay |
| Produced by | Sudhir Mukherjee |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Deoji Bhai |
| Edited by | Baidyanath Chatterjee |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee Lyricist - Poet Bimal Chandra Ghosh |
Production company | Production Syndicate |
| Distributed by | Mehta Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
editYoung Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He gets romantically involved with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. In spite of having good singing ability, Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.
Cast
edit- Uttam Kumar as Mahendra
- Suchitra Sen as Madhuri
- Pahari Sanyal as Debendra
- Kamal Mitra as Umeshchandra
- Bikash Roy
- Jiben Bose
- Amar Mullick
- Tulsi Chakraborty
- Gangapada Basu
- Suprobha Devi
- Tapati Ghosh
Production
editAt first director Sudhir Mukherjee wanted to Sachin Dev Barman as music director for the film but Barman rejected the offer to give time from his busy schedule. Then Hemanta Mukherjee who is in Mumbai that time he wanted to return to Kolkata showing any reason when he heared this news he immediately meet to Sudhir Mukherjee and signed for the film. This is marked beginning of Uttam Kumar Hemanta Kumar duo, but many people said this not the first time that Hemanta sing on Uttam's leap. They first worked in Sahajatri in 1951. But there is no footage available of Sahajatri. So Shapmochon officially recognized as their beginning.[4]
Soundtrack
edit| Shapmochon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1955 | |||
| Recorded | 1954 | |||
| Studio | Production Syndicate | |||
| Length | 0:20:00 | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma Pa | |||
| Producer | Sudhir Mukheejee | |||
| Hemanta Mukherjee chronology | ||||
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The songs become very popular. Hemanta Mukherjee was the music director of the movie and composed tunes for the songs. Lyrics were written by Bimal Ghosh (as Kavi Bimal Chandra Ghosh).[5]
All lyrics are written by Poet Bimal Chandra Ghosh; all music is composed by Hemanta Mukherjee
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tribeni Tirthapathe Ke Gahilo Gaan" | Pratima Banerjee, Chinmoy Lahiri | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Shono Bandhu Shono" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 2:31 |
| 3. | "Surer Aakashe Tumi Je Go" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Jhar Uthechhe Baul Batas" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Kaliyan Sang Karat Rang Raliyan" | D.V.Paluskar | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Bose Achhi Path Cheye" | Hemanta Mukherjee | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 20:00 | ||
Reception
editThe film became a blockbuster hit and ran near 100 days in theater. The songs become popular and contributed a lot to the film's success. After the film, The Uttam-Hemanta combination became iconic and hugely successful and regarded as the most popular singer-actor duo in the history of Bengali Cinema.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Shap Mochon (1955)". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Uttam Kumar - Suchitra Sen in SHAPMOCHAN". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Desk, IE Bangla Web. "হেমন্ত-উত্তম: তুলনাহীন জুটি, থাকলই বা কিছু কাঁটা". bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Shap Mochan (1955)". Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Desk, IE Bangla Web. "হেমন্ত-উত্তম: তুলনাহীন জুটি, থাকলই বা কিছু কাঁটা". bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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External links
edit- Shap Mochan at IMDb