Biraj Bahu

Biraj Bahu is a 1954 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy,[1] and based on a Bengali novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran and has music by Salil Chowdhury. The film won the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film.

Biraj Bahu
Directed byBimal Roy
Produced byHiten Choudhury
Written bySaratchandra Chattopadhyay (novel)
Nabendu Ghosh (adaptation)
Nasir Hussain (dialogue)
Bimal Roy (screenplay)
StarringKamini Kaushal
Abhi Bhattacharya
Pran
Music bySalil Chowdhury
CinematographyDilip Gupta
Edited byHrishikesh Mukherjee
Production
company
Hiten Choudhury Productions
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Biraj (Kamini Kaushal) was married off to Nilambar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya) when she was a little girl. The couple is childless. Nilambar is pious, generous and loving, but unemployed. His devious younger brother takes advantage of Nilambar's naiveté to force a partition of the home and buy off their joint land under an assumed name from the lender it was mortgaged to. Nilambar and Biraj are reduced to a wretched existence. To make matters worse, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor who arrives in the village, is captivated by Biraj's beauty and tries to bribe her erstwhile maid Sundari, to lure her to his boat. After several dramatic twists and turns, Biraj is kidnapped, but she jumps off the boat before he can do anything. She runs away from the hospital in the middle of the night to see her husband one last time. He had promised that he would bless her at the time of her death and that she would die at his feet.

Cast
  • Kamini Kaushal as Biraj Chakravorty
  • Abhi Bhattacharya as Nilambher Chakravorty
  • Shakuntala as Punnu Chakravorty
  • Pran as Deodhar
  • Randhir as Pitambar Chakravorty
  • Manorama as Sundari (Maidservant)
  • Kammo
  • Vikram Kapoor (as Bikram Kapoor)
  • Nazima (as Baby Chand)
  • Iftekhar Kishorilal, Deodhar's assistant
  • Moni Chatterjee as Bholanath
  • Sarita Devi
  • Shivji Bhai as Sheojibhai
  • Maya Dass as Maya Das
  • Dasarathlal as Dashrothlal
  • Sailen Bose

Music
  1. "Meraa Mann Bhula Bhula Kahe Dole" - Hemant Kumar
  2. "Jhum Jhum Manmohan Re Murali" - Hemant Kumar
  3. "Suno Seeta Ki Kahani Ke Wo Mahlo Ki Rani" - Mohammed Rafi
  4. "Na Jane Re Na Jane Re, Saiya Man Ki Battiya" - Shamshad Begum
  5. "Tera Ghar Aabad Rahe Ja Ri Dulhaniya Ja Jaha Rahe" - Shyamal Mitra, Lata Mangeshkar

Awards
  • 1954: National Film Awards for All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film[2]
  • 1955: Filmfare Best Director Award for Bimal Roy
  • 1955: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Kamini Kaushal
  • 1955: Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival: Nominated.[3][4]
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References
  1. Biraj Bahu The New York Times.
  2. "2nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Biraj Bahu". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  4. Biraj Bahu awards Internet Movie Database
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