Shajarur Kanta (1974 film)

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Shajarur Kanta
Directed by Manju Dey
Based on Shajarur Kanta by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Produced by Manju Dey
StarringShyamal Ghosal
Satindra Bhattacharya
Shailen Mukherjee
Pahari Sanyal
Tarun Kumar
Sambhu Bhattachayra
Gita Dey
CinematographyAnil Gupta
Jyoti Laha
Music by Sudhin Dasgupta
Production
company
Star Productions
Release date
27 September 1974
Country India
Language Bengali

Shajarur Kanta is a 1974 Byomkesh Bakshi film based on the novel of same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. [1] The film was directed by actress-turned-director Manju Dey, and co-produced by Dey and Star Productions. [2]

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Cast

Soundtrack

Shajarur Kanta
Soundtrack album by
Released1974
Recorded1974
Producer Star Productions

All lyrics are written by Pulak Bandyopadhyay; all music is composed by Sudhin Dasgupta.

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Bidhatar Ei Jagate" Manna Dey 3:06

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References

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  2. "About Shajarur Kanta". Gomolo.
  3. "Cast & Crew of Shajarur Kanta (1974 - Bengali)". Gomolo.
  4. RadioBanglaNet (5 April 2018). "It's Shajarur Kanta this Time". RadioBanglaNet. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. http://play.raaga.com/bengali/album/Sajarur-Kanta-songs-B0000894 [ bare URL ]

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