Sanyasi Raja

Sanyashi Raja
Sanyashi Raja
Soundtrack album by Nachiketa Ghosh
Released	1975
Recorded	1974
Studio	Usha Films
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	0:28:24
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer	Ashim Sarkar
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology

Sanyashi Raja
Sanyashi Raja
Directed by	Pijush Basu
Written by	Asim Sarkar
Screenplay by	Pijush Basu
Based on	Bhawal Court Case
Produced by	Asim Sarkar
Starring	Uttam Kumar; Supriya Devi; Shambhu Bhattacharya; Sulata Chowdhury
Cinematography	Bijoy Ghosh
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Nachiketa Ghosh
Production; company	Usha Films
Distributed by	Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd
Release date	3 October 1975;
Running time	142 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Sanyasi Raja is a Bengali drama film directed by Piyush Bose and produced by Asim Sarkar. This film was released on 3 October 1975 in the banner of Usha Films and is based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case.[1][2][3] The film starred Uttam Kumar in the title role while Supriya Devi and others were in supporting roles. The music was composed by Nachiketa Ghosh. The film was remade in Telugu in 1977 as Raja Ramesh.

Plot

Zamindar Surya Kishore never looks after his family and estate. Doctor Bijoy Chakraborty is a family friend of Surya and lives in the same house. He plans to kill Surya and forces Surya's wife Indu to keep quiet. In a burning ghat, a monk saves the life of Surya, but, back at his home, he finds that his whole property is already occupied by Dr Bijoy. Surya Kishore now plans to recover his lost estate.

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Surya Kishore
Supriya Choudhury as Indu
Satya Bandopadhyay as Thomas
Rabin Banerjee as Dr. Bijay
Shambhu Bhattacharya as Nitai
Sulata Chowdhury
Kalyani Adhikari
Sunil Bandyopadhyay

Production

The film was shot in Jhargram Palace in Jhargram. Uttam Kumar and the whole cast of Sanyasi Raja used to stay in the ground floor of the palace. But according to the rule, the palace authorities do not permit outsiders to enter the second floor. The descendants of the Jhargram Royal Family stay there.[4] The film also shooted in Mahisadal Palace and Gohalpota of Jagatballavpur city where Uttam Kumar stay in film businessman Satyanarayan Khan's house.[5][6]

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Shyamal Mitra Songs become popular specially the Kaharba Noy song become blust hit

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Bhalobasar Agun Jwalao"	Manna Dey	3:51
2.	"Thori Bhiksha Karke Lana"	Manna Dey	5:24
3.	"Ghar Sansar Sobai To Chai"	Manna Dey	1:30
4.	"Se Kotha Ki Jane Indu"	Manna Dey	1:05
5.	"Puja Ki Go Theme Jay"	Manna Dey	0:59
6.	"Kato Rasik Dekho Bhagaban"	Manna Dey	1:52
7.	"Karan Sebay Baran Karo"	Manna Dey	1:19
8.	"Hujur Bole Selam Kore"	Manna Dey	1:20
9.	"Ogo Beshi Daam Balo Kar"	Manna Dey	2:09
10.	"Kaharba Noy Dadra Bajao"	Manna Dey	4:01
11.	"Tarana"	Manna Dey	1:44
12.	"Ke Tabo Kanta"	Hemanta Mukherjee	3:10
Total length:			28:24

Reception

Times Of India wrote "This is perhaps one of the most intense Bengali film that have ever been made on real life story. Not only this movie famous for Uttam Kumar's outstanding performance, but it's also a well known Indian court case known as the Bhawal Case."[7] The film was released during Durga Puja and become a major hit and ran for 126 days in theaters.[8] The film become the highest grossing Bengali film in 1975.

Award

Bengal Film Journalists Association Award 1976[9]

1976 : Bengal Film Journalists Association Best Lyricist Award - Gauri Prasanna Mazumder

Remake

The film was remade in Telugu as Raja Ramesh in 1977 where the famous Telugu star ANR starred in the lead role. In 2018 National Award winner director Srijit Mukherji made another film Ek Je Chhilo Raja based on the Bhawal case of which the story line is related to some extent. Jisshu Sengupta played the role of Raja Ramendra Kumar Roy Chowdhury.[10]

References

"The man who would be prince". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
"The man who would be king". The Hindu. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
"Prakash Jha to adapt Sanyasi Raja for national TV?". 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
"Film shooting in Jhargram".
"Mahishadal shooting pl".
"Uttam Kumar and others shooting in Jagatballavpur".
"'Sanyasi Raja' - 5 all-time great Bengali movies inspired by real-life incidents". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
"Uttam Kumar puja box office".
FilmiClub. "BFJA Awards 1976: Complete list of Awards and Nominations". FilmiClub. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
"Ek Je Chilo Raja': Srijit Mukherji reveals how differently he has used Bhawal Sanyasi". The Times of India. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

External links

Sanyasi Raja at IMDb

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[1] "The man who would be prince". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[2] "The man who would be king". The Hindu. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] "Prakash Jha to adapt Sanyasi Raja for national TV?". 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[4] "Film shooting in Jhargram".

[5] "Mahishadal shooting pl".

[6] "Uttam Kumar and others shooting in Jagatballavpur".

[7] "'Sanyasi Raja' - 5 all-time great Bengali movies inspired by real-life incidents". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[8] "Uttam Kumar puja box office".

[9] FilmiClub. "BFJA Awards 1976: Complete list of Awards and Nominations". FilmiClub. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[10] "Ek Je Chilo Raja': Srijit Mukherji reveals how differently he has used Bhawal Sanyasi". The Times of India. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.