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Kapalkundala is a 1933 Bengali social family film directed by Premankur Atorthy for New Theatres Ltd. Calcutta. The film starred Umasashi, Durgadas Bannerjee, Manoranjan Bhattacharya and Molina Devi. It is based on Kapalkundala, a famous Bengali novel written by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay in 1866. This was the second remake of Kapalakundala, the first being made in 1929 by Priyanath Ganguly. The film was made three more times: 1939, 1952, 1981. The film did well celebrating a run of twenty-five weeks.




Plot


The film is about a girl named Kapalkundala (Uma Sashi), who is brought up in a forest by the sage Kapalik (Manoranjan Bhattacharya). She meets a young man, Nabakumar (Durgadas Bannerjee), who loses his way in the forest, and she falls in love with him. They elope and marry. She relocates to the city with her husband but finds herself unable to adapt to city life. Kapalik with the help of Shyama (Molina Devi) tries to malign her wanting her to return. The story ends with Kapalkundala killing herself by jumping in the river.




Cast


Umasashi as Kapalkundala
Durgadas Bannerjee as Naba Kumar
Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Kapalik
Molina Devi as Shyama
Amar Mullick
Nibhanini Devi as Motibibi
Amulya Mitra




References






External links


Kapalkundala at IMDb

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• New Theatres
• Kapalkundala (1933 film)
• Kapalkundala
• Durgadas Bannerjee
• Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
• List of Bengali films of 1933
• Molina Devi
• List of silent Bengali films
• Raichand Boral
• Umasashi
• List of films: J–K