Nadi Theke Sagare Explained
Nadi Theke Sagare |
Director: | Arabinda Mukhopadhyay |
Producer: | Sitalamata Pictures[1] |
Story: | Prasanta Chowdhury |
Music: | Hemanta Mukherjee |
Editing: | Subodh Ray |
Released: | [2] |
Runtime: | 135 min. |
Country: | India |
Language: | Bengali |
Nadi Theke Sagare (Bengali: নদী থেকে সাগরে) is a 1978 Bengali feature film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[3] The film was written by Prasanta Chowdhury.[4] The screenplay was written by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[5] It revolves around a prostitute who struggles to get her daughter married to a decent man.[6] It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy, Mithun Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar.[7] [8] [9] [10] Debashree Roy was credited as Rumki Roy in the film.[11] The music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[12]
This is the film where Debashree Roy, for the first time played a leading role.[13] It was the first film where Mithun Chakraborty and Debasree Roy collaborated together.[14] She played Champa, the unfathered daughter of Sohagi played by Sandhya Roy, and had to enact the adolescence as well as the adulthood of the character she was given.[15] She drew critical favour for her gaze in the film. Soumitra Chatterjee and Ajitesh Banerjee won critical favour for their performance in the film.[16] The film was a major success at box office.[17] [18]
Plot
Sohagi is a prostitute who attempts to commit suicide as she has been deceived by a man whom she loved. She is saved by Shyamapada who is a priest. She returns to Basak Lane where she works as a prostitute. She gives birth to daughter named Champa. When Champa grows up, her mother Kusum insists that she be a prostitute just like Sohagi but she refuses her mother's proposal stating that she wants Champa to marry Sagar.
Cast
Notes and References
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare (1978) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402043919/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/nadi-theke-sagare-35133. live. 2 April 2018. Cinestaan. 26 March 2019.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare. Moviebuff.com. 2019-03-26.
- Web site: সিনেমার জন্য ডাক্তারি ছেড়েছিলেন এই পরিচালক. 2021-08-21. www.anandabazar.com. bn.
- Web site: বাংলা ছবির আইকনিক 'মা' ছায়াদেবী, বাস্তবে তাঁকে আগলে রেখেছিলেন মানসকন্যা তনুশ্রী-দেবশ্রী TheWall. 3 June 2020 . 2021-08-21.
- Web site: Bengali Cinema: 'An Other Nation' (e-Book) - Routledge. Routledge.com. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: নদী থেকে সাগরে . 2023-05-25 . banglacinema100.com . Bn.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare on Moviebuff.com. www.moviebuff.com. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare (1978). FilmiClub. FilmiClub. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare (1978). gomolo.com. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare. KnowYourFilms. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: Lesser Known Facts about Debasree Roy. filmsack. 2017-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805191230/https://filmsack.jimdo.com/lesser-known-facts-about-debasree-roy/. 5 August 2017. dead.
- Web site: Nadi Theke Sagare (1978) Cast and Crew. gomolo.com. 2017-10-28.
- Web site: ধন্যি ঢুলুবাবু - Anandabazar. anandabazar.com. bn. 2019-03-28.
- Web site: কলকাতা . পুরনো জুটিই কি এখন হিট? মিঠুন-দেবশ্রীর প্রত্যাবর্তন উস্কে দিল ‘ত্রয়ী’র স্মৃতি . 2023-10-17 . www.anandabazar.com . bn.
- Web site: ঢাকায় আসছেন দেবশ্রী, উদ্দেশ্য চট্টগ্রাম রেলস্টেশন. BanglaTribune. bn-BD. 2019-08-11.
- Web site: Soumitra Chatterjee – Bengal's Last Renaissance Man. The Wire. 2019-03-28.
- News: Arabinda Mukherjee, director of timeless Bengali flicks Mouchak, Dhanyee Meye, dies. 2016-02-10. NEWSMEN. 2017-10-28.
- News: 2023-10-17 . Mithun Chakraborty’s next movie announced, actor all set to reunite with yesteryear heroine . The Times of India . 2023-10-17 . 0971-8257.