Subarna Golak

{{Short description|1981 Bengali-language Indian comedy drama film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Subarna Golak

| director = Manu Sen

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| label1 = Based on

| data1 = Subarna Golok by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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| screenplay = Birendra Krishna Bhadra
Beenu Bardhan

| producer = Shailen Sarkar

| starring = Dipankar De
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Utpal Dutt
Rabi Ghosh
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Debashree Roy
Chinmoy Roy

| cinematography = Ajoy Mitra

| editing = Rabin Sen

| music = Hemanta Mukherjee

| studio = Kalimata Productions

| distributor = Mitali Films

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1981|04|17}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

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Subarna Golak ({{Translation|The Golden Ball}}) is a 1981 Indian Bengali-language fantasy action comedy film directed by Manu Sen.{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/WDM/info|title=Subarna Golak|access-date=16 July 2018}} Produced by Shailen Sarkar under the banner of Kalimata Productions, the film is based on the 1885 novel of the same name by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/watch-and-munch-for-jamai-nbsp/cid/1471868|title=Watch and munch for jamai|date=10 June 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|access-date=17 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/subarna-golak-movie/14405|title=Subarna Golak (1981)|website=gomolo.com|access-date=2018-07-16}} It stars an ensemble cast of Dipankar De, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Debashree Roy, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy and Sulata Chowdhury. The film satirically plots Lord Shiva throwing a golden ball away which reaches earth and creates a number of errors.

Initially adapted as a stage play, the screenplay and dialogues of the film are jointly written and developed by Birendra Krishna Bhadra and Beenu Bardhan respectively for a film.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/mahalaya-2017-eight-decades-on-bengalis-continue-to-tune-in-to-birendra-krishna-bhadra-4848287/|title=Mahalaya 2017|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=16 July 2018}} Music of the film is composed by Hemanta Mukherjee, with lyrics penned by Shibdas Bandyopadhyay.