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Pathey Holo Deri is a 1957 Bengali film directed by Agradoot. The film's music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. The film stars Uttam Kumar, and Suchitra Sen in leading role and others artists like Shishir Batabyal, Anil Bhattacharya, Mihir Bhattacharya, Chhabi Biswas, Bharati Devi, Chandrabati Devi, Jahar Ganguli, Anup Kumar, Shyam Laha, Gopal Majumdar, Chitra Mandal, Sova Sen, and Kamala Mukherjee in the supporting roles. This is the first ever color Bengali film in history. The film became a huge success at the box office.




Plot


The story follows Jayanta, a poor doctor, who falls in love with Mallika, the granddaughter of a wealthy man. Mallika helps Jayanta by giving him her mother's jewellery in order to fund his study of medicine in Europe. However, her grandfather, who is against their relationship, creates misunderstandings between the two and plans to wed Mallika off to another man. Things change when Jayanta comes back to find Mallika in a psychotic vegetative state resulting out of the anxiety and depression of being estranged from him. He sets out on a mission to devote all his life to cure her.




Cast


Uttam Kumar as Jayanta
Suchitra Sen as Mallika
Shishir Batabyal
Anil Bhattacharya
Mihir Bhattacharya
Chhabi Biswas
Bharati Devi
Chandrabati Devi
Jahar Ganguli
Anup Kumar
Shyam Laha
Gopal Majumdar
Chitra Mandal
Sova Sen
Kamala Mukherjee




Soundtrack



Robin Chatterjee composed the songs for the film and Gouri Prasanna Majumdar has written the lyrics. The songs became very popular and are famous even today. They are considered as timeless classics.




Reception


This was a milestone film for Bengali Cinema. This was the first ever color Bengali film in history shot in Gravacolor. But now only the black and white print is available. The film received mixed reviews at that time. The Times of India wrote With their sheer charisma and chemistry, Uttam-Suchitra used to beat any other on-screen couple hollow. Their classic romantic films together are a treat to watch even today and ‘Pathey Holo Deri’ seems to be no exception. The film become all-time blockbuster and ran for 100 days in the theaters.




References






External links


Pathey Holo Deri at IMDb
Pathey Holo Deri at The Times of India

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Uttam Kumar
• Pathey Holo Deri
• Uttam Kumar filmography
• Robin Chatterjee
• Gauriprasanna Mazumder
• Agradoot
• Robin Chatterjee discography
• List of Bengali films of 1957