Mantra Shakti

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Mantra Shakti
মন্ত্র শক্তি
Directed by Chitta Basu
Starring Uttam Kumar
Anubha Gupta
Asit Baran
Bhanu Banerjee
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Mantra Shakti (The Power of Chantis) is an Indian Bengali drama film directed by Chitta Basu [1] and produced by Harendranath Chattopadhyay. It was released in 1954 [2] under the banner of H. N. C. Productions. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-94318-9.
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