Shap Mochan
Shap Mochan is a Bengali romance drama film directed and produced by Sudhir Mukherjee based on a novel Sandhyaraag of Falguni Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1955 under the banner of Production Syndicate.[1][2] Music director of the film was Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay.[3]
| Shap Mochan | |
|---|---|
 শাপ মোচন | |
| Directed by | Sudhir Mukherjee |
| Screenplay by | Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee |
| Based on | Sandhyaraag 1955 Story by Falguni Mukhopadhyay |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Hemanta Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Baidyanath Chatterjee |
Release date | 1955 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
Young Mahendra belongs to a musicians family but once the family are cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He romantically involves with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. In spite of having good singing ability Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in a mess in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Mahendra
- Suchitra Sen as Madhuri
- Pahari Sanyal as Debendra
- Kamal Mitra as Umeshchandra
- Bikash Roy
- Jiben Bose
- Amar Mullick
- Tulsi Chakraborty
- Gangapada Basu
- Suprobha Devi
- Tapati Ghosh
Music
Hemanta Mukherjee was the music director of the movie and composed tune for the songs. Lyrics were written by Bimal Ghosh (as Kavi Bimal Chandra Ghosh).[4] Playback singers were:
References
- "Ten Bengali films featuring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen that are a must watch". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- "Shap Mochon (1955)". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- "Uttam Kumar - Suchitra Sen in SHAPMOCHAN". washingtonbanglaradio.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- "Shap Mochan (1955)". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
External links
- Shap Mochan on IMDb