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Deya Neya is a Bengali film directed by Sunil Bandopadhyay and starring Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in lead roles. This is a romantic comedy film which portrays a man's struggle on a light note and ends with a happy ending. The film was produced and composed by Shymal Mitra. The film was also loosely inspired by Shymal Mitra's real life. The film is noted for its outstanding music and generally the film became an all-time blockbuster hit.
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Bon Palashir Padabali is a 1973 Indian Bengali language romance drama film co-written and directed by Uttam Kumar. It is an adaptation of a 1960 same name novel by Ramapada Chowdhury. The film was released on 9 February 1973, under the banner of Uttam foundation Shilpi Sangsad.
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Sanyasi Raja is a 1975 Indian Bengali language period action drama film directed by Pijush Bose and produced by Ashim Sarkar, under the banner of Usha Films. Based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case, it stars Uttam Kumar in the title role alongside Supriya Devi in lead roles. The film was remade in Telugu in 1977 as Raja Ramesh.
Bagh Bondi Khela(English: The Caged Tiger Game) is a 1975 Indian Bengali-language political action crime-thriller film co-written and directed by Pijush Basu. It is based on a novel written by Prafulla Roy which stars Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Partha Mukherjee and Mahua Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. This movie is believed to be Uttam Kumar’s best appearance as an antagonist. The film become superhit at the box office.
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Sonar Harin is a 1959 Indian Bengali-language action thriller spy film co-written and directed by Mangal Chakravarty. This film was written by Rashbehari Lal. The production company for this film is National Pictures. It was distributed by S.K. Films. The music for the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Kali Bannerjee Supriya Choudhury in lead and this is the first film that Supriya Devi appears as a leading heroine. Others Bhanu Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas and Tarun Kumar played in supporting roles.
Prithibi Amare Chaay is a Bengali romantic drama film directed by Niren Lahiri and story written by Bidhayak Bhattachariya who wrote the screenplay and dialogues also. Nachiketa Ghosh was the music director of the movie. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead role and others like Asit Baran, Sandhyarani, Chandravati Devi and Pahadi Sanyal in supporting role. The film become huge successful.
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