Jadu Bhatta (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Jadu Bhatta
| image = Jadu Bhatta (film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Niren Lahiri
| writer = Nitai Bhattacharya
| screenplay = Nitai Bhattacharya
| producer = Sunrise Films
| based_on =
| starring = Basanta Chowdhury
Chhabi Biswas
Ajit Prakash
| music =
| cinematography = Bijoy Ghosh
| editing = Santosh Gangopadhyay
| released = {{Film date|1954|11|16|df=yes}}
| studio =
| distributor = Nandan Pictures Limited
| runtime = 202 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
}}
Jadu Bhatta also known as Jadubhatta, is a 1954 Bengali-language Indian musical film directed by Niren Lahiri. Its story and screenplay were written by Nitai Bhattacharya. It stars Basanta Chowdhury in the title role and features Chhabi Biswas, Ajit Prakash, and Nitish Mukherjee in supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Jnan Prakash Ghosh.{{cite web |title=Bilingual E-archive Digital Platform for Bengal's Cinema |url=https://www.bengalfilmarchive.com/filmography-details.php?t=NjAw |website=Bengal Film Archive}}
The film was released on 16 November 1954.{{cite web |title=Jadu Bhatta |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/jadu-bhatta/movieshow/66746849.cms |website=The Times of India}} It won the Certificate of Merit for Best Bengali Language Feature Film at the 2nd National Film Awards .{{citation|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=Directorate of Film Festivals(DFF)|last= |first= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316222437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-16}}
Cast
- Basanta Chowdhury - Jadu Bhatta
- Samar Kumar - Boy Jadubhatta
- Chhabi Biswas - Gangadhar Chakraborty
- Ajit Prakash - Ram Shankar Bhattacharya
- Nitish Mukherjee - Ali Baksa
- Prashant Kumar - Shabbir Khan
- Ranjan Mukherjee - Kashem Ali
- Bratin Tagore - Maharishi Debendranath Tagore
- Tulsi Chakraborty - Yatra Adhikari
- Anubha Gupta - Jhinnana
- Jamuna Singha - Rabeya
- Rani Banerjee - Ratan Bai
- Aparna Devi - Begum Saheba
Music
The music for the film Jadu Bhatt was composed by Jnan Prakash Ghosh. The lyrics were written by Rabindranath Tagore, Mirabai, Jadu Bhatta, and Gouri Prasanna Majumdar . The songs were sung by Ramesh Chandra Banerjee, Mainuddin Dagar, Tarapada Chakraborty, A. T. Kanan, Pandit Maniram, Sukhendu Goswami, Pandit Jayasraj, Prashant Kumar, Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banerjee, and Prasun Banerjee.
Award
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0233961}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
{{Niren Lahiri}}
Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:Indian black-and-white films