Shyamali

{{Infobox film

| name = Shyamali

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| native_name =

| director = Ajoy Kar

| writer = Nirupama Devi

| screenplay = Nitai Bhattacharya, Hiren Nag

| story =

| based_on = Shyamali novel Nirupama Devi

| producer = Kalpana Devi

| starring = Uttam Kumar
Kaberi Basu

| narrator =

| cinematography = Ajoy Kar

| editing = Ardhendu Chatterjee

| music = Kalipada Sen

| studio = Kalpana Movies Limited

| distributor = Kalpana Movies Limited

| released = {{Film date|1956}}

| runtime = 124 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

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Shyamali (Bengali: শ্যামলী) is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Ajoy Kar and stars Kaberi Bose as the title character Shyamali. Uttam Kumar stars in this movie as the male protagonist. The film is based on the novel by same name of Nirupama Devi. The music director of the film was Kalipada Sen. The film was remade in Tamil in 1966 as Kodimalar.{{Cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=T. M. |date=2 April 1966 |title=Some Recent Releases |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20950/page/n725 |magazine=Sport and Pastime |volume=20 |page=52}}

Plot

Shyamali (kabari basu) was a deaf and mute girl. Nobody used to give her much attention. But she was like a normal girl who had dreams in her eyes and feelings in her heart. She also had the dreams of her own family. It was her sister's marriage day. Her sister was getting ready. She also dressed up like a bride. Hher father thought that God also wanted that Shayamali should get married and thought he will keep his daughter with him, but the groom (uttam kumar) accepted her. But the groom's mother did not accept her. And the separation begins when she gets separated from her husband. She becomes sick, then again he has to bring Shamali to his house again. Then groom's mother accepted her.

Cast

Soundtrack

{{Infobox album

| name = Shyamali

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Kalipada Sen

| cover =

| alt =

| released = 1956

| recorded = 1955

| studio = Kalpana Movies Limited

| length = 0:07:49

| label = Angel Digital Pvt Ltd

| producer = Kalpana Devi

| prev_title = Debatra

| prev_year = 1955

| next_title = Laksha Hira

| next_year = 1956

}}

The music of the film has been composed by Kalipada Sen. The lyrics was written by Pandit Bhusan and Gauriprasanna Mazumder.

{{Track Listing

| headline =

| extra_column = Playback

| title1 = Mon Mohon Shyam Hamare

| extra1 = pratima Bandyopadhyay

| length1 = 2:02

| title2 = Himo Mandiro Shovito

| extra2 = Sandhya Mukherjee

| length2 = 1:53

| title3 = Chini Go Tare Elo Je

| extra3 = Satinath Mukherjee

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = Amar E Prem

| length4 = 3:14

| extra4 = Sandhya Mukherjee

| total_length = 7:49

}}

Reception

The film is based on Nirupama Devi's novel of same name. The novel was remade before in theater in 1953 to 1956 under Star Theater banner where also Uttam worked as hero and Sabitri Chatterjee as Shyamali. That Shyamali drama create a record in theater and ran over 486 night show. For the popularity of that drama director Ajoy Kar decided to adapted in film so he made this film which also became a blockbuster hit.{{Cite web |last=সববাংলায় |date=2019-09-12 |title=উত্তমকুমারের নাট্যজীবন |url=https://sobbanglay.com/sob/theatre-life-of-uttam-kumar/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=সববাংলায় |language=bn-BD |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113084752/https://sobbanglay.com/sob/theatre-life-of-uttam-kumar/ |url-status=live }}

Remakes

The movie was remade in Tamil in 1966 as Kodimalar starring Muthuraman and Vijayakumari in lead role.

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0049757}}

Category:1956 films

Category:Indian black-and-white films

Category:Bengali-language Indian films

Category:1950s Bengali-language films

Category:Films directed by Ajoy Kar

Category:Bengali films remade in other languages

Category:Indian romantic drama films

Category:1956 romantic drama films