Fuleswari

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Fuleswari is a Bengali romance drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar [1] based on a story of Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay. [2] and produced by Kartik Chandra Barman. The film was released on 3 May 1974 under the banner of Radharani Pictures. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay was music director of the film. [3]

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Plot

Fuleswari, a young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that Brindaban is involved in a crime.

Cast

Music

The music director of this film was Hemanta Mukherjee. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Mukul Dutt, Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Arnab Mazumder and Tarun Majumdar. The film contains total twelve songs. These songs are:

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