Nilachaley Mahaprabhu

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Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
Directed byKartik Chattopadhyay
Screenplay byNripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Bimal Mitra
Story byNripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Based on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
StarringAsim Kumar
Dipti Roy
Sumitra Devi
Chhabi Biswas
Ahindra Choudhury
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay
Kanu Banerjee
Nripati Chattopadhyay
CinematographyAmulya Mukhopadhyay
Edited byHaridas Mahalanobis
Music by Rai Chand Boral
Pranab Ray (lyrics)
Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics)
Production
company
Udoy Chitra Pratisthan
Distributed byMovie Maya Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 28 June 1957 (1957-06-28)(India)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri. [1] [2] It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles. [1] [3]

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At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959). [4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers. [5]

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