Kankabatir Ghat

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Kankabatir Ghat
কঙ্কাবতীর ঘাট
Directed by Chitta Bose
Written byNripendrakrishna Chatterjee
Story byMahendra Gupta
Starring
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music byKalipada Sen
Production
companies
Angel Digital Private Limited
H.N.C. Productions
Distributed byChitra Paribeshak
Release date
12 August 1955 [2]
Running time
126 min.
Country India
Language Bengali [3]

Kankabatir Ghat is a 1955 Bengali film directed by Chitta Bose and produced by Harendranath Chattopadhyay. This film was written by Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee. This film was produced by Angel Digital Private Limited and distributed by Chitra Paribeshak. The music has been composed by Kalipada Sen. This is a drama film. The film stars Panchanan Bhattacharya, Ahindra Choudhury, Chandrabati Devi, Anubha Gupta, Anup Kumar, Shyam Laha, Kamal Mitra and Uttam Kumar [4] in the lead roles. [5]

Contents

Story

Kankabatir ghat is set on the banks of river Ganga in the village of Atashi from where Sati kangkabati, the great wife of Mr. Mukherji, an artist, committed suicide in an eternal ritual fashion to save her dying husband.people start showering her with respect. Years later, things head towards the same direction for her daughter.


Cast

Soundtrack

Kankabatir Ghat
Soundtrack album by
Released1955
Recorded1955
Singles from Kankabatir Ghat
  1. "E Kul Bhenge O Kul Gore(এ কুল ভেঙে ও কুল গড়ে)"
    Released: 1955
  2. "Soti Kankaboti Heta(সতী কঙ্কবতী হেথা)"
    Released: 1955
  3. "Amar O Bhuban Hote Chai(আমারও ভুবন হতে চাই)"

All lyrics are written by Arup Bhattacharya; all music is composed by Kalipada Sen

Track list
No.TitleSingerLength
1."E Kul Bhenge O Kul Gore(এ কুল ভেঙে ও কুল গড়ে)"Dhananjay Bhattacharya2:27
2."Soti Kankaboti Heta(সতী কঙ্কবতী হেথা)"Dhananjay Bhattacharya2:26
3."Amar O Bhuban Hote Chai(আমারও ভুবন হতে চাই)"Gayatri Basu3:24

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