1957 film by Kartik Chattopadhyay
| Nilachaley Mahaprabhu |
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| Directed by | Kartik Chattopadhyay |
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| Screenplay by | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Bimal Mitra |
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| Story by | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay |
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| Based on | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
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| Starring | Asim Kumar
Dipti Roy
Sumitra Devi
Chhabi Biswas
Ahindra Choudhury
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay
Kanu Banerjee
Nripati Chattopadhyay |
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| Cinematography | Amulya Mukhopadhyay |
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| Edited by | Haridas Mahalanobis |
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| Music by | Rai Chand Boral
Pranab Ray (lyrics)
Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics) |
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Production
company | Udoy Chitra Pratisthan |
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| Distributed by | Movie Maya Pvt. Ltd. |
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Release date |
- 28 June 1957 (1957-06-28) (India)
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| Country | India |
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| Language | Bengali |
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Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri.[1][2] It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles.[1][3]
At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959).[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.[5] The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai followed by this film.
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