| Basanta Bilap | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Dinen Gupta |
| Screenplay by | Shekhar Chatterjee |
| Story by | Bimal Kar |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Aparna Sen Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar |
| Cinematography | Dinen Gupta |
| Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
| Music by | Sudhin Dasgupta |
Production company | Sonali Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Basanta Bilap is a 1973 Indian Bengali language romantic comedy film directed by Dinen Gupta, based on a story by Bimal Kar. [1] [2]
The story revolves around a group of girls (4 of them are focussed mainly), all boarders of a working ladies' hostel Basanta Bilap, and a group of 4 boys from the neighborhood, a series of hilarious clashes between them eventually leading to their romance.
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| Soundtrack album |
All music is composed by Sudhin Dasgupta. [3]
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ami Miss Calcutta" | Arati Mukhopadhyay | |
| 2. | "Agun Legeche Legeche" | Manna De, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy | |
| 3. | "O Shayam Jakhan Takhan" | Arati Mukhopadhyay, Sujata Mukherjee | |
| 4. | "Ek Charatei Thanda" | Arati Mukhopadhyay |
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