Bilambita Loy

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Bilambita Loy
Directed by Agragami [1]
Produced byAjoy Basu and Anil Shah
Starring
CinematographyKrishna Chakraborty
Edited byKali Raha
Music by Nachiketa Ghosh [2]
Release date
  • 1 December 1970 (1970-12-01) [3]
Country India
Language Bengali

Bilambita Loy is a 1970 Indian Bengali romantic musical film directed by Agragami and starring actors Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi and Shyamal Ghoshal. Nachiketa Ghosh composed the film's music. [4] Based on the 1954 version of A Star Is Born, it reportedly also inspired the 1973 Hindi film Abhimaan. [lower-alpha 1]

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Plot

A promising singer falls in love in college. [7] After some time she gets married against their families' wishes. She then begins performing to support her husband and becomes very much renowned. On the other hand, the husband of the artist fails to earn a livelihood and becomes an alcoholic. Later he the gets shelter of a nurse. [8]

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Nachiketa Ghosh and penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay.

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1937 version of the film is in the public domain and was based on the film What Price Hollywood? (1932), itself adapted from a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, who loosely based her plot on the experiences of actress Colleen Moore and her husband, alcoholic producer John McCormick, and the life and death of director Tom Forman, who committed suicide following a nervous breakdown. [5] [6]

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