Picnic (1972 film)

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Picnic
Directed by Inder Sen
Screenplay byInder Sen
Based onPicnic
by Ramapada Chowdhury
Starring
Cinematography Sailaja Chatterjee
Edited by Arabinda Bhattacharya
Music by Sudhin Dasgupta
Production
company
Ikans Films
Release date
  • 28 August 1972 (1972-08-28)(India)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Bengali

Picnic is a 1972 Indian Bengali film, written and directed by Inder Sen, based on a novel of the same name by Ramapada Chowdhury. [1] It stars Archana, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Joyoshree Ray, Ranjit Mallick, Arati Bhattacharya and Samit Bhanja in the lead roal.

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All the lyrics were co-written by Sudhin Dasgupta and Pulak Bandyopadhyay, where playback singing by Manna Dey and Asha Bhosle.

SongSinger
"Ekdin Dal Bendhe Kojone Mile" Manna Dey
"Kashmire Noy, Shillongeo Noy" Manna Dey
"Keno Sarbonasher Nesha Dhariye" Asha Bhosle
"Mon Metechhe Monmoyurir Ki Khelay" Asha Bhosle

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