Jhinder Bandi
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| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Produced by | Bhola Nath Roy |
| Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
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Jhinder Bondi by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope |
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Uttam Kumar Arundhati Devi Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Music by | Ali Akbar Khan |
| Cinematography | Bimal Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Subodh Roy |
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B. N. Productions
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Jhinder Bandi (Bengali: ঝিন্দের বন্দী;English:Prisoner of Jhind) is a 1961 Indian Bengali fictional historical drama film directed by Tapan Sinha, starring Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arundhati Devi and Radhamohan Bhattacharya.
The film was based from a novel with the same name written by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay and The Prisoner of Zenda , a 1894 novel by Anthony Hope, which was adapted to film The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). Human emotions like hate, love, jealousy and betrayal are all well dealt in the movie. For the first time Soumitra Chatterjee is seen in a villainous role. Soul touching music by Ali Akbar Khan further adds a facet to the film.
A person comes to meet with Gauri Shankar Roy (Uttam Kumar) living in Kolkata. He introduces himself as a 'fauji Sardar' of Jhind, Jhind being a small kingdom in Madhya Pradesh. He says that the to-be king of Jhind, Shankar Singh, is found missing from the kingdom right before his coronation and this is apparently a conspiracy by his own brother Udit Singh, who wants the kingdom for himself. Earlier too there were two occasions when abhishek was arranged but both the times the king was found missing. Udit is a cruel hearted man, unfit to be a good king. Shankar Singh has his vices too but is a kind hearted person who would care for his citizens and is thus worthy to be the king. Now, coincidentally, Gauri has exactly the same appearance as Shankar Singh(also played by Uttam Kumar). This being the last hope, Sardar requests him to enact the role of the King for the abhishek until he finds the real king. Gauri agrees.The two set off for Jhind.
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