Aparichita (1969 film)

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Aparichita
Directed by Salil Dutta
Based onAparichita by Samaresh Basu
Screenplay bySalil Dutta
Story bySamaresh Basu
Produced byDebnath Roy
Geetali Dutta
Starring Uttam Kumar
Soumitra Chatterjee
Sandhya Roy
Aparna Sen
Utpal Dutt
Bikash Roy
Tarun Kumar
Dilip Roy
Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
CinematographyPankaj Das
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music by Robin Chatterjee
Production
company
R. D. Productions
Distributed byChandimata Films Pvt Ltd.
Release date
  • 5 December 1969 (1969-12-05)
CountryIndia
Language Bengali

Aparichita is a 1969 Indian Bengali-language thriller film co-written and directed by Salil Dutta. Produced by Debnath Roy and Geetali Dutta under the banner of R. D. Productions, [1] the film is based on the novel of the same name by Samaresh Basu, [2] which itself was actually inspired by The Idiot written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. [3] It stars Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Aparna Sen in the lead, while Utpal Dutt, Bikash Roy, Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy and Haradhan Bandyopadhyay in another pivotal roles. [4] [5] [6]

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Plot

Politician Priyanath forces Sunita for prostitution. She is abducted by the gangster Ranjan but latter involves and falls in love with Sujit. Sujit, just recovered from mental breakdown also involves with Sunita. While Sunita is going to marry Sujit, Ranjan kills Sunita. [7]

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