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Bon Palashir Padabali is a Bengali romance drama Film directed, produced and screenplayed by Uttam Kumar. It is an adaptation of a 1960 same name novel by Ramapada Chowdhury. This is a dream project for Uttam and one of the second film where he directed. The film was released on 9 February 1973, under the banner of Uttam' foundation Shilpi Sangsad. The film became a success at the box office. This is multi-starred film, starring Uttam himself with Supriya Devi, Anil Chatterjee, Bikash Roy and many others.
Nishan is a Bengali language action drama film directed by S.S. Balan. This film was released on 4 August 1978 in the banner of Gemini Production Circuit Private Limited.
Dhanraj Tamang is a Bengali language action drama film directed by Pijush Bose. This film was released on 29 September 1978 in the banner of Usha Films. The story was written by Jorasandha. The film starring Uttam Kumar in name lead with Sandha Roy, Anil Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Chaya Devi. Music direction was done by Shyamal Mitra. The film produced by Ashim Sarkar who worked with Uttam before Sabyasachi 1977, Sanyashi Raja 1975. The film became hit at the box office.
Nayika Sangbad is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).
Chhadmabeshi is a 1971 Bengali comedy film directed by Agradoot, starring Uttam Kumar and Madhabi Mukherjee as leads, based on the story Chhadobeshi by writer Upendranath Ganguly. The story revolves around a newly married professor, who plays a practical joke upon his brother-in-law by posing as his family driver. Music of the film composed by Sudhin Dasgupta. The film was remade in Hindi in 1975 as Chupke Chupke and in Kannada in 2004 as Joke Falls.
Kuhak is a 1960 Bengali romance drama film directed by Agradoot and starring Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee in lead roles. This film portrays a man's struggle to run blindly after riches.
Gar Nasimpur is a popular Bengali film directed by Ajit Lahiri. Barindranath Das wrote the screenplay and story in this movie. The film was released under the banner of Shadow Productions in 1968 and was directed by Shyamal Mitra. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Biswajit Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Ruma Guhathakurta.
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- ↑ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Uttam Kumar: উত্তম-হেমন্ত বিবাদেই মহানায়কের 'লিপ'-এ গাওয়ার সুযোগ পান মান্না দে, শ্যামল মিত্র?". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 June 2022.