Harano Din Explained

Harano Din
Director:	Mustafiz
Producer:	Ehtesham
Music:	Robin Ghosh
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Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Bengali

Harano Din (Bengali: হারানো দিন; English: The Lost Days) is a 1961 East Pakistani Bengali-language film directed by Mustafiz^[1] and starring Shabnam and Ghulam Mustafa in the lead roles. Mustafiz's brother Ehtesham produced the movie. Ferdousi Rahman crooned the evergreen hit song "Ami Rupnagarer Rajkanya", composed by Robin Ghosh.

Story

Mala is a snake charmer's daughter. Rich landlord Bashir Chowdhury has his evil eyes on her. He triesto rape her, but Mala escapes.

Cast

• Shabnam^[2] as Mala (snake charmer's daughter)
• Rahman^[3] as Bashur Chowdhury
• Subhash Dutta^[4]

Music

The film's music was composed by Robin Ghosh.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Track No	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Ami Rupnagarer Rajkanya"	Ferdousi Rahman
2	"Obhimaan Korona"	Nazmul Huda Bachchu^[8]

Reception

Alamgir Kabir wrote that the film did "good to tolerable business".^[9] This was in marked contrast to most Bengali films made in Dhallywood until 1965, ninety percent of which were financial disasters.^[10]

Further reading

• News: Jahangir . Apurba . 29 July 2016 . In Garden of Roses . Star Weekend . The Daily Star.

Notes and References

1. Hoek . Lotte . 2014 . Cross-wing Filmmaking: East Pakistani Urdu Films and Their Traces in the Bangladesh Film Archive . BioScope . 5 . 2 . 108 . 10.1177/0974927614547989. 154148790 .
2. News: Shabnam to get Lifetime Achievement Award . The New Nation . 2 February 2015.
3. News: Rubaiyat . Md. Quamrul Islam . 20 July 2014 . Renowned film actor Rahman's 9th death anniversary observed . The Daily Star.
4. News: 3rd death anniversary of Subhash Dutta observed . The New Nation . 22 November 2015.
5. News: Robin Ghosh passes away . The Daily Star . 14 February 2016.
6. News: Ali . Sarwat . 21 February 2016 . Robin Ghosh: The magical musician . The News on Sunday.
7. News: Chowdhury . HQ . 12 February 2017 . The Last Legend . The News on Sunday.
8. News: Veteran actor Nazmul Huda Bachchu passes away . The Daily Star . 29 June 2017.
9. Book: Kabir, Alamgir . Alamgir Kabir (film maker) . Film in Bangladesh . 1979 . Bangla Academy . 568718290.
10. Book: Raju, Zakir Hossain . Zakir Hossain Raju . Vasudev . Aruna . Padgaonkar . Latika . Doraiswamy . Rashmi . Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor . Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia . 2002 . MacMillan . 12 . 0333-93820-8.