Harano Sur

{{Infobox film

| name = Harano Sur

| image = Harano Sur.jpg

| producer = Uttam Kumar

| caption = DVD cover

| director = Ajoy Kar

| screenplay = Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee

| based_on = Random Harvest (1942 American film)

| starring = Suchitra Sen
Uttam Kumar
Utpal Dutt
Pahari Sanyal

| studio = Alo Chaya Productions

| distributor = Chayabani Pvt Ltd

| music = Hemanta Mukherjee

| cinematography = Ajoy Kar

| editing = Ardhendu Chatterjee

| released = {{Film date|1957|09|06|df=y}}

| runtime = 162 minutes

| language = Bengali

| country = India

}}

Harano Sur ({{translation|The Lost Tune}}) is a 1957 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar, with music by Hemanta Mukherjee, sung by Geeta Dutt. This is the first film that Uttam produced along with Ajoy Kar. The film is regarded as one of the finest examples{{Cite web |title=Harano Sur |url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226034929/http://www.upperstall.com/films/harano_sur.html |archive-date=2008-02-26 |access-date=2008-03-30 |website=Upperstall}} of Bengali cinema of this early period.{{cite web | url = http://www.indiancinemas.com/News-21/Bengali+Films+in+the+history+books.html?newsid=52&linkid=21 | title = The Early Years of Bengali cinema }} The film is based on the 1942 American film Random Harvest.{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=British Film Institute and Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=349–350 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=Images: The beautiful Suchitra Sen in Aandhi, Deep Jwele Jaai and Harano Sur |url=https://www.firstpost.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/images-the-beautiful-suchitra-sen-in-aandhi-deep-jwele-jaai-and-harano-sur-1314291.html |website=Firstpost |access-date=24 April 2022 |date=17 January 2014}} The film became the highest grossing Bengali film of 1957.

Synopsis

An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is rescued after escaping from the asylum where he was admitted by Doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen) who takes him to her father's (Pahadi Sanyal) country house in a village called Palaspur. There, while treating him, she falls for him and he for her. They marry but a second accident makes him recall his life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget the memories spent with Roma. Roma follows him to Calcutta and meets him there, but he doesn't recognise her. He hires her as governess to his niece instead. Roma keeps trying to simulate Alok's memory but is looked at suspiciously by Lata, Alok's fiancée in Calcutta who thinks Roma is snatching Alok away from her and who complains to Alok's mother. The latter has Roma kicked out. Alok, realizing she is from Palaspur and that is where he got back his memory goes there and regains his memory of times spent with Roma there.{{Cite news |title='Harano Sur' (1957) – Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/ten-bengali-films-featuring-uttam-kumar-and-suchitra-sen-that-are-a-must-watch/harano-sur-1957/photostory/63785107.cms |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=The Times of India}}

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Alok Mukherjee
Suchitra Sen as Dr Roma Banerjee
Pahadi Sanyal as Roma's father
Chandrabati Devi as Alok mother
Utpal Dutta as Dr Majumder
Khagen Pathak as Station Master
Shailen Mukherjee as Manager
Haren Mukherjee as Dr. Haren Mukherjee
Dipak Mukherjee as Mihir Bhattacharya
Kajori Guha as Lata

Soundtrack

{{Infobox album

| name = Harano Sur

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Hemanta Mukherjee

| cover =

| alt =

| released = 1957

| recorded = 1956

| venue =

| studio = Alo Chaya Productions Pvt Ltd

| genre = Feature Film Soundtrack

| length = 0:6:44

| label = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

| producer = Uttam Kumar

| prev_title = Tasher Ghar

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Lukochuri

| next_year = 1958

}}

Hemanta Mukherjee composed the music of the film. All the lyrics were penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder.

{{Track listing

| headline = Songs

| extra_column = Playback

| title1 = Tumi Je Amar

| length1 = 3:08

| extra1 = Geeta Dutt

| title2 = Aaj Dujanar Duti Path

| length2 = 3:36

| extra2 = Hemanta Mukherjee

| total_length = 6:44

}}

Production

Harano Sur was the first film produced by Uttam Kumar along with Ajoy Kar. Uttam decided to keep Bengali cinema to national level, so he came into film production under their banner Alochaya Production Pvt Ltd. The film was based on 1942 Oscar nominated film Random Harvest which itself based on the novel of same name written by James Hilton.

Release & Reception

It was released in India on 6 September 1957 under the banner of Alochaya Production and distributed by Chayabani Private Limited.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar |url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/once-upon-a-cinema-beyond-the-trinity-with-ajoy-kar-10875501.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Firstpost}}

=Reviews=

The Times of India wrote The legendary Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar – that’s what this movie is all about. It’s simply their charisma, their chemistry, their presence which will captivate you throughout.{{Cite news |title=‘Harano Sur’ (1957) |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/ten-all-time-great-romantic-movies-in-bengali-cinema/harano-sur-1957/photostory/64061466.cms |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0971-8257}}

=Box office=

The film became highest grossing Bengali film in 1957.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Once Upon a Cinema: Beyond the Trinity with Ajoy Kar |url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/once-upon-a-cinema-beyond-the-trinity-with-ajoy-kar-10875501.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Firstpost}}

Themes

Random Harvest had already been adapted before in Tamil in 1956 as Amara Deepam and starred Sivaji Ganeshan and Savitri, which was later remade in Hindi as Amar Deep starring Dev Anand and Vyjainthimala.{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&dq=Amardeep+Harano+sur&pg=PT5 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=2014-07-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9}}