Jadu Bhatta (film)

Jadu Bhatta
Directed byNiren Lahiri
Written byNitai Bhattacharya
Screenplay byNitai Bhattacharya
Produced bySunrise Films
StarringBasanta Chowdhury
Chhabi Biswas
Ajit Prakash
CinematographyBijoy Ghosh
Edited bySantosh Gangopadhyay
Distributed byNandan Pictures Limited
Release date
  • 16 November 1954 (1954-11-16)
Running time
202 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Jadu Bhatta also known as Jadubhatta, is a 1954 Bengali-language Indian musical film directed by Niren Lahiri. Its story and screenplay were written by Nitai Bhattacharya. It stars Basanta Chowdhury in the title role and features Chhabi Biswas, Ajit Prakash, and Nitish Mukherjee in supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Jnan Prakash Ghosh.[1]

The film was released on 16 November 1954.[2] It won the Certificate of Merit for Best Bengali Language Feature Film at the 2nd National Film Awards .[3]

Cast

Music

The music for the film Jadu Bhatt was composed by Jnan Prakash Ghosh. The lyrics were written by Rabindranath Tagore, Mirabai, Jadu Bhatta, and Gouri Prasanna Majumdar . The songs were sung by Ramesh Chandra Banerjee, Mainuddin Dagar, Tarapada Chakraborty, A. T. Kanan, Pandit Maniram, Sukhendu Goswami, Pandit Jayasraj, Prashant Kumar, Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banerjee, and Prasun Banerjee.

Award

National Film Award
1954

References

  1. ^ "Bilingual E-archive Digital Platform for Bengal's Cinema". Bengal Film Archive.
  2. ^ "Jadu Bhatta". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Directorate of Film Festivals(DFF) (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16