Hatey Bazarey

1967

133 Min

Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
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DIR Tapan Sinha

CAST Bhanu Bandopadhaya, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Ashok Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Samit Bhanja, Samita Biswas, Chhaya Devi, Partho Mukerjee, Rudraprasad Sengupta

Synopsis

Dr. Mukherjee’s (Ashok Kumar) devotion to his rural village drags him into a conflict between a young widow and the spoiled son of a local aristocrat. Based on an acclaimed novel, the film classic won Best Picture at India’s National Film Awards in 1968. Mukherjee intercedes when the cruel Laxman Lal (Ajitesh Bannerjee) tries to force himself on Chhipli (Vyjayanthimala), but the clash has tragic results.

Director

Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha was born in 1924 in Kolkata. He graduated with Physics major from University of Calcutta. Sinha began his film career as a sound engineer in Calcutta’s New Theatre studios in 1946. Four years later, he received an invitation to London film festival and an opportunity of working in Pinewood Studios. He was in UK for two years. After his return to India, Sinha’s attention went to film direction. He was influenced by American and British film making. Tagore was a great source of inspiration to him and he made three films based on Tagore’s stories : Kabuliwala, Hungry Stones (Khudito Pashan) and Atithi.

Tapan Sinha’s first film Ankush was based on Narayan Gangopadhyay’s story ‘Sainik’. In 1957, his film ‘Kabuliwala’ was shown in Berlin Film festival. He has won National award many times and was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award. His films were shown in different film festivals all over the world. He was married to actress Arundhuti Devi who passed away in… read more