Nayika Sangbad
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{{short description|1967 film by Agradoot}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Nayika Sangbad
| image = Nayika Sangbad.jpg
| director = Agradoot
| writer = Prasanta Deb
| starring = Uttam Kumar
Anjana Bhowmick
| cinematography = Bibhuti Laha
| editing = Baidyanath Chattopadhyay
| music = Hemant Kumar
| studio = B. K. Productions
| released = {{Film date|1967}}
| country = India
| language = Bengali
}}
Nayika Sangbad ({{translation|News About the Heroine}}) is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).
Plot
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Urmila, a popular film actress, accidentally misses a train somewhere in the midway to her new shooting spot. She takes shelter in the quarter of the station master Alok for the next few days and falls in love with the new place as well as its people.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Alok
- Anjana Bhowmick as Urmila
- Pahari Sanyal as Lahiri
- Anubha Gupta as Rama
- Mrinal Mukherjee
Production
Nayika Sangbad was produced under B. K. Productions, directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. Cinematography was handled by Bibhuti Laha, and editing by Baidyanath Chattopadhyay. The film was shot in black and white, and contained on 14 reels.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Hemant Kumar.{{Cite web |title=Nayeeka Sangbad |url=https://gaana.com/album/nayeeka-sangbad |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407121845/https://gaana.com/album/nayeeka-sangbad |archive-date=7 April 2019 |access-date=7 April 2019 |website=Gaana}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ei Purnima Raat
| lyrics1 = Gauri Prasanna Majumder
| extra1 = Hemant Kumar
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = Aaj Chanchal Mon Jodi
| lyrics2 = Gauri Prasanna Majumder
| extra2 = Sandhya Mukherjee
| length2 = 2:41
| title3 = Keno E Hriday Chanchal Holo
| lyrics3 = Mohini Chowdhury
| extra3 = Sandhya Mukherjee
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = Ki Mishti Dekho Mishti
| lyrics4 = Mohini Chowdhury
| extra4 = Sandhya Mukherjee
| length4 = 3:02
| total_length = 12:13
}}
Other versions
Nayika Sangbad was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).{{Cite news |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |title=Tamil cinema's bong connection |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228093357/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/ |archive-date=28 February 2019}} The 2013 film Nayika Sangbad has no relation to its 1967 namesake apart from involving the same premise of a film actress disappearing.{{Cite web |date=6 August 2012 |title=Another Nayika Sangbad |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Another-Nayika-Sangbad/articleshow/15372229.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230727111648/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Another-Nayika-Sangbad/articleshow/15372229.cms |archive-date=27 July 2023 |access-date=10 December 2019 |website=The Times of India}}
References
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{{Cite book |last=Sur |first=Ansu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-hkAAAAMAAJ&q=sangbad |title=Bengali Film Directory |last2=Goswami |first2=Abhijit |publisher=Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre |year=1999 |pages=142 |access-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908064229/https://books.google.com/books?id=R-hkAAAAMAAJ&q=sangbad |archive-date=8 September 2022 |url-status=live}}
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