Upahar

Upahar is a Bengali drama film directed by Tapan Sinha based on a novel Krishna of Sailajananda Mukherjee.^[1] This film was produced by the Bani Chitram and release in 1955. It's starring Uttam Kumar, Manju Dey and Sabitri Chatterjee in lead. Music director of the film was Kalipada Sen. This was the second film and first collaboration for Sinha with Kumar. The film was critically acclaimed but was moderately successful at the box office.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Professor Ashok Sarkar
• Sabitri Chatterjee as Krishna
• Manju Dey as Neela
• Nirmal Kumar Chattopadhyay as Sunil
• Chabi Biswas as Sunil's father
• Kanu Banerjee as Kangalibabu
• Aparna Devi as Sunil's mother
• Tulsi Chakraborty as Ghatak
• Anubha Gupta as Sunil's aunt
• Jahar Roy as Servant
• Shyam Laha as Sethji

Soundtrack

Reception

This was only the second Bengali film from director Tapan Sinha. His first film Ankush did not perform well. This was also the first collaboration by Uttam and Sinha. This film performed average at that time, but Uttam's performance was considered as one of the finest and ahead of the time. Sinha wrote in his autobiography that "Uttam's future is promising. There is lot of potential hidden in him." This film was a milestone.^[2]

References

1. ^ Tapan Sinha (1955), "Upahar(1955) উপহার(১৯৫৫) [Uttam Kumar, Manju Dey, Nirmal Kumar, Sabitri Chattopadhyay]", retrieved 2025-03-26
2. ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব (2023-04-17). "পর্ব-৩২: কি 'উপহার' সাজিয়ে দেব". সময় Updates. Retrieved 2025-03-26.