Nilachaley Mahaprabhu

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
Directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay
Screenplay by Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Bimal Mitra
Story by Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Starring
Music by Rai Chand Boral [1]
Pranab Ray (lyrics)
Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics)
Cinematography Amulya Mukhopadhyay
Edited by Haridas Mahalanobis
Production
company
Udoy Chitra Pratisthan
Distributed by Movie Maya Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 28 June 1957 (1957-06-28) (India)
Country India
Language Bengali

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.[2][3] The starred Asim Kumar in the lead role, Ahindra Choudhury, a theatre veteran, beside Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, and Nripati Chattopadhyay [2][4]

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).[5] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.[6]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Raichand Boral Filmography
  2. 1 2 Sur, Ansu; Goswami, Abhijit (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 96.
  3. ↑ "A celebration of divine love". The Telegraph. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 30 Sep 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nilachale Mahaprabhu". World Film Database. Retrieved 30 Sep 2014.
  5. ↑ Anuradha SenGupta (29 June 2008). "Being Soumitra Chatterjee: Star of the East". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  6. ↑ Karunika dasi (27 June 2013). "First Devotee to Turn Hundred in Mauritius". iskconmauritius.com. Retrieved 30 Sep 2014.


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