Bandini (film)
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| Directed by | Bimal Roy |
| Produced by | Bimal Roy |
| Written by |
Nabendu Ghosh (screenplay) Paul Mahendra (dialogue) |
| Based on |
Tamasi by Jarasandha |
| Starring |
Nutan Ashok Kumar Dharmendra |
| Music by |
Sachin Dev Burman Shailendra(lyrics) Gulzar (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Kamal Bose |
| Edited by | Madhu Prabhavalkar |
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Production
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Mohan Studios, Mumbai
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| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Release date
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1963 |
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Running time
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157 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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| Soundtrack album by S.D. Burman | ||||
| Released | 1963 (India) | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | EMI Records | |||
| Producer | S.D. Burman | |||
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Bandini (Hindi: बन्दिनी, Urdu: بندِنی, translation: Imprisoned) is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, the man who directed classics like Do Bigha Zameen and Devdas. Bandini stars Nutan giving one of the finest performances of her career, along with Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra as leads, and explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani (Nutan).The lead female role was offered to one of Roy's favourite actress Vyjayanthimala who earlier worked with Roy in Devdas and Madhumati. However, due to her busy schedule she refused the role which later went to Nutan, who had worked with Roy in Sujata (1959). The movie tells the story of a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, Kalyani, the all suffering, selfless, sacrificing, and strong yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past.
The film is based on a Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences.
Bandini was the tenth highest grosser of the year and was declared a 'Semi Hit' at the Indian Box Office, though it received not just critical acclaim but also swept that year's Filmfare Awards, winning six awards in all including the top awards of Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Actress, and is still considered a landmark movie of the 1960s, especially being last feature film as a director of Bimal Roy, a master of realism.
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