Nayika Sangbad (transl. News About the Heroine) is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).

Nayika Sangbad
Directed byAgradoot
Written byPrasanta Deb
StarringUttam Kumar
Anjana Bhowmick
CinematographyBibhuti Laha
Edited byBaidyanath Chattopadhyay
Music byHemant Kumar
Production
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B. K. Productions
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

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Urmila, a popular film actress, accidentally misses a train somewhere in the midway to her new shooting spot. She takes shelter in the quarter of the station master Alok for the next few days and falls in love with the new place as well as its people.

Cast

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Production

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Nayika Sangbad was produced under B. K. Productions, directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. Cinematography was handled by Bibhuti Laha, and editing by Baidyanath Chattopadhyay. The film was shot in black and white, and contained on 14 reels.[1]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Hemant Kumar.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ei Purnima Raat"Gauri Prasanna MajumderHemant Kumar3:03
2."Aaj Chanchal Mon Jodi"Gauri Prasanna MajumderSandhya Mukherjee2:41
3."Keno E Hriday Chanchal Holo"Mohini ChowdhurySandhya Mukherjee3:27
4."Ki Mishti Dekho Mishti"Mohini ChowdhurySandhya Mukherjee3:02
Total length:12:13

Other versions

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Nayika Sangbad was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).[3] The 2013 film Nayika Sangbad has no relation to its 1967 namesake apart from involving the same premise of a film actress disappearing.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Sur, Ansu; Goswami, Abhijit (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 142. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Nayeeka Sangbad". Gaana. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Another Nayika Sangbad". The Times of India. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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