Dui Prithibi (1980 film)

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Dui Prithibi
Directed by Pijush Bose
Written by Sounik Gupto
Screenplay byPijush Bose
Based onSeet Gishwe Onek Ritu novel by Sounik Gupta
Produced byUttam Kumar
Starring
CinematographyBijoy Ghosh
Music byAnanda Shankar
Production
company
Shilpi Sangshad
Distributed byShree Ranjit Pictures
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
141 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali

Dui Prithibi is a 1980 classic Bengali movie directed by Piyush Bose. [1] It stars Uttam Kumar, Ranjit Mallick, Victor Banerjee and Prosenjit Chatterjee. Ananda Shankar scored the music of the movie. [2] Film is produced under the banner of Uttam's own foundation Shilpi Sangshad and this is the second film produced by Shilpi Sangshad. The film become superhit at the box office.

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Plot

Mrinal Dutta, the elder son of the family, is a reporter and the sole earning member. He has a sister whose marriage is almost fixed with their music teacher. The climax starts building up when brother Kunal Dutta returns a rich businessman. He spends money lavishly and becomes the most powerful person in the family with a house and a car. The sister's marriage is suddenly called off and a new alliance is sought after with the principal of a music school. The monetary differences between the two brothers start stemming up in various forms. Kunal unexpectedly marries a girl whose father was a freedom fighter. Kunal, however is very rude to his wife and one day she finds some evidence of Kunal being involved in smuggling. Kunal is eventually proved a smuggler. This leads to more problems in the family and sibling relationships are on doldrums. The sister's fiancé takes advantage of her and impregnates her. During this time the police chase Kunal who comes begging for help from his brother. The police however arrest him and put him behind bars. After that the family pleads guilty. Kunal is punished for a term of 4 years. The sister's music teacher whom she ignored takes responsibility of his insensitive act and all is fine with the family after a brief period of turmoil.

Cast

Production

This is the second film after the blockbuster Bon Palashir Padabali in 1973 produced by Uttam Kumar's foundation Shilpi Sangshad to help again to poor artists and technicians and just like that the all the top artists worked without any fees. The film was based on the novel Seet Gishwe Onek Ritu by Sounik Gupta. The music was written by composer Ananda Shankar. The film was directed and screenplayed by Pijush Bose with whom Uttam Kumar worked before memorable and hit films such as Sanyashi Raja , Bagh Bondi Khela in 1975, Banhisikha in 1976, Sabyasachi in 1977 Dhanraj Tamang in 1978 and Brajabuli in 1980. In the film the famous actor Prosenjit Chatterjee played Uttam's teenage role.

Soundtrack

Dui Prithibi
Soundtrack album by
Released1980
Recorded1979
StudioShilpi Sangshad
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Length0:06:07
Label Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer Uttam Kumar

All lyrics are written by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar; all music is composed by Ananda Shankar

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Tumi Tanpura Sure Bandhe Nao" Manna Dey, Aarti Mukherjee 3:07
2."Jhorer Mukhomukhi Darate Hole"Manna Dey3:00
Total length:6:07

Reception

This was a come film for Uttam Kumar. This film was give to him success after a long time. The film ran for 91 days in theater. Critics praised his performance as Mrinal. This is also the last hit for Uttam during his lifetime.

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