Nishan (1978 film)

{{short description|1978 Bengali film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Nishan

| image = Nishan (1978) real poster.jpg

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| director = S.S. Balan

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| starring = {{ubl|Uttam Kumar|Arati Bhattacharya|Nazir Hussain|Shekhar Chatterjee|Sulochana Chatterjee}}

| music = Shyamal Mitra{{cite web |title=Nishan (1978) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/nishan-1978-bengali-movie/cast-crew}}

| cinematography = MC Sekar

| studio = Gemini Production Circuit Pvt. Ltd.

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| released = {{Film date|1978}}

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| country = India

| language = Bengali

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{{Italic title}}Nishan is a Bengali language action drama film directed by S.S. Balan.{{Cite book|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Madhuja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NXpDwAAQBAJ&q=Nishan+1978+film+uttam+kumar&pg=PP126|title=Popular Cinema in Bengal: Genre, Stars, Public Cultures|last2=Bakshi|first2=Kaustav|date=2020-06-09|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-44892-4|language=en}} This film was released on 4 August 1978 under the banner of Gemini Production Circuit Private Limited.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&q=Nishan+1978&pg=PT286|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|last=Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135943189|access-date=30 April 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74d45f7e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501100125/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b74d45f7e|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2018|title=NISHAN (1978)|website=bfi.org.uk|access-date=30 April 2018}}