Jatugriha
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{{Infobox film
| name = Jatu Griha
| director = Tapan Sinha
| screenplay = Tapan Sinha
| producer = Uttam Kumar
| writer = Subodh Ghosh
| based_on = {{based on|Jatu Griha|Subodh Ghosh}}
| starring = Uttam Kumar
Arundhati Devi
Anil Chatterjee
| music = Ashish Khan
| cinematography = Bimal Mukherjee
| editing = Subodh Roy
| studio = Uttam Kumar Films Private Ltd
| distributor = Chayabani Productions Pvt Ltd
| released = {{film date|df=y|1964|3|20}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
| gross =
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Jatugriha is a 1964 Indian Bengali social drama film directed by Tapan Sinha and produced by Uttam Kumar based on the novel of the same name by Subodh Ghosh.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.355287|title=Jatugriha|last=Ghosh,subodh|website=archive.org|access-date=14 December 2018}} The film was produced and released on 20 March 1964 under the banner of Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited. The music of the film was composed by the legendary Ashish Khan. This was the fifth film produced by Uttam Kumar. A 1987 Bollywood film Ijaazat, directed by Gulzar, follows a similar plot.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-master-at-his-best/411439/|title=The Master at His Best|date=16 January 2009|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=28 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/Gulzar-to-make-a-Bengali-film/articleshow/44104782.cms|title=Gulzar to make a Bengali film|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=14 December 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-mumbai/Relationship-status-it%E2%80%99s-complicated/article17291185.ece|title=Relationship status: it's complicated|website=thehindu.com|access-date=14 December 2018}} The film stars Uttam Kumar, Arundhati Devi, Anil Chatterjee and Bikash Roy.It was Bengali classic movie of 1964.
Plot
Shatadal meets Madhuri after a long time in a railway station and their story is narrated through a series of flashbacks. They actually were a happily married couple. Satadal was a successful engineer who lived with his wife Madhuri. But day-by-day, their relationship runs into emotional stress due to childlessness. Madhuri cannot bear a child and her husband Shatadal is fond of children. Finally, the couple decided to break up. When they meet in the station, they realize their fondness for each other has not died.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Shatadal
- Arundhati Devi as Madhuri
- Anil Chatterjee as Supryio
- Bikash Roy
- Kajal Gupta
- Binota Roy
Soundtrack
Only song in the film scoreded by Asish Khan and composed by Rabindranath Tagore
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| released = 1964
| recorded = 1963
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| studio = Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd
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| length = 0:02:10
| label = Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
| producer = Uttam Kumar
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{{Track listing
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| all_lyrics = Rabindranath Tagore
| all_music = Rabindranath Tagore
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| title1 = Amar Je Sob Dite Hobe
| length1 = 2:10
| extra1 = Bandana Singha
| total_length = 2:10
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Production
The story of the film was written by the famous author Subodh Ghosh. Uttam Kumar was impressed by the story and wanted to produce it as a movie and requested Tapan Sinha to direct the project. This was the fifth film produced by Uttam and the third film under his own banner Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited. Uttam wanted to do something unique and Jatugriha perfectly served his purpose. Their pair became a brand in Bengal. They delivered 27 films and almost all the films became box-office success. Uttam Kumar waned a versatile actress to play the main female character of the story and hence Arundhati Devi was cast. Arundhati Devi acted with Uttam Kumar in earlier films like Bicharak 1959, and Jhinder Bandi 1961.{{Cite web |title=Jatugriha: A Forgotten ‘Modern’ Classic |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/standpoint/story/jatugriha-a-forgotten-modern-classic-1979039-2022-07-23 |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}
Release
The film was released in India on 20 March 1964 - the same year when Satyajit Ray's Charulata was released. Jatugriha literally with English translates and subtitle as The Burnt Home. The film was distributed by Chayabani Private Limited.
Reception
Award
Remakes
The film was remade again in Bollywood in 1987 as Ijaazat directed by the legendary Gulzar starring Rekha and Nasiruddin Shah in lead role.
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