Uttar Purush

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Uttar Purush is a 1966 Bengali-language film directed by Chitrakar. [1] The film was remade as Uyarndha Manithan (1968) in Tamil, [2] and Anubandham (1984) in Telugu. [3]

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All songs are composed by Manabendra Mukhopadhyay and written by Shyamal Gupta.

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