Gora (film) explained

Gora is a Bengali drama film directed Naresh Mitra^[1] based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore. This film was released on 30 July 1938.^[2] Music composer of the film was Kazi Nazrul Islam.^{[3] [4]}

Plot

Gora and Mahim were two sons of Krishna Dayal. Binay, Gora's childhood friend was introduced him to a Brahma family. Gora is very conscious about his Hinduism and he like to represent himself as an orthodox Hindu. His Hinduism makes conflict with Brahma religion.

Cast

• Naresh Mitra as Haranbabu
• Jiban Ganguly as Gora
• Mohan Ghoshal as Binay
• Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Paresh Babu
• Bipin Gupta as Krishnadayal
• Ranibala as Radharani a.k.a. Sucharita
• Protima Dasgupta as Lalita
• Rajlakshmi Devi as Anandomoyee
• Devbala as Haramohini
• Manorama as Baradasundari
• Suhasini Devi

Notes and References

1. Book: Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. 10 July 2014. Routledge . 9781135943189. 7 January 2019.
2. Book: Rabindranath Tagore. The Rats' Feast: A Tagore Omnibus. 20 May 2013. Hachette India . 9789350095591. 7 January 2019.
3. Web site: Gora. 7 January 2019.
4. News: Revisiting a classic. Mukerjea. Anit. 15 August 2015. The Statesman. 15 March 2019.