Sagar Sangamey Explained

Sagar Sangamey
Director:	Debaki Bose
Starring:	Bharti Debi, Manju Adhikary, Jahar Roy Nitish Mukhopadhyay
Music:	Rai Chand Boral, Shailen Roy (Lyrics)
Cinematography:	Bimal Mukherjee
Editing:	Gobardhan Adhikari
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Bengali

Sagar Sangamey (Bengali: সাগর সঙ্গমে; English: The Holy Island) is a 1959 Bengali film directed by Debaki Bose. The film won the National Award for the Best Film and the Best Child Actress in 1959. The award was presented by the first President of IndiaDr Rajendra Prasad and the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It was screened at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Bharati Debi
• Manju Adhikary
• Jahar Roy
• Nitish Mukhopadhyay
• Sailen Gangopadhyay
• Tulsi Lahiri
• Manorama Debi
• Nibhanani Debi
• Master Bibhu
• Amar Pal
• Md. Israel

Awards

National Film Awards^[2]

• 1959National Film Award for Best Feature Film
• 1959National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
• 1959National Award for Best Child ActressManju Adhikari

Berlin International Film Festival

• 1959Golden BearNominated

Notes and References

1. Web site: IMDB.com: Awards for The Holy Island . 10 January 2010 . imdb.com.
2. Web site: 6th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 3 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx. 20 October 2012.