Chirakumar Sabha

Chirakumar Sabha
Directed by	Premankur Atorthy
Produced by	Dilip Pictures
Starring	Durgadas Bannerjee; Molina Devi; Tinkari Chakraborty
Music by	R. C. Boral
Cinematography	Nitin Bose
Production; company	Dilip Pictures
Release date	1932
Running time	159 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Chirakumar Sabha (English: A Conference of Bachelors) is a 1932 Indian Bengali film directed by Premankur Atorthy.[1] The music of the film was composed by R. C. Boral who used Tagore's songs as lyrics.[2] It was one of the first of Rabindranath Tagore's works to be made into a film.[3] The film was remade in 1956 by Debaki Bose. The story revolves around a group of hardened bachelors who meet on a regular basis, and eventually settle for marriage.

Plot

Purna is a newcomer to the group of bachelors at Professor Chandra Basu's house. Also attending are three other bachelors Akshay, Bipin and Shirish. Alshay is ousted from the committee when he gets married. He suggests that all members meet at his place instead. Nirmala, the Professor's daughter also joins the crowd becoming the only female member. Purna is attracted to Nirmala and suggests marriage, which Nirmala refuses. Akshay has three sisters Shailabala a child widow, Nripabala and Nirabala. His mother is busy fixing matches for Nripabala and Nirabala. Finally the two sisters are matched with Shirish and Bipin, while Nirmala and Purna get together.

Cast

Durgadas Bannerjee as Purna
Molina Devi as Nirmala
Tinkari Chakraborty as Akshay
Phani Burma as Bipin
Indu Mukherjee as Shirish
Amar Mullick as Professor Chandra Basu
Suniti as Nirabala
Anupama as Nripabala
Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Rasik
Dhiren Bannerjee as Darukeshwar
Nibhanani Debi as Shailabala
Dhani Dutta

References

Rajadhayaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Premnkur Atorthy (2, Revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257.
Gokulsing, Dissanayake, K. Moti, Wimal (2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 9781136772849. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
Translated by Astri Ghosh, Tagore, Rabindranath (2013). The Rats' Feast: A Tagore Omnibus. UK: Hachette UK. ISBN 9789350095591. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

Chirakumar Sabha at IMDb

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[Willemen-1] Rajadhayaksha, Willemen, Ashish, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Premnkur Atorthy (2, Revised ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257.

[Gokulsing-2] Gokulsing, Dissanayake, K. Moti, Wimal (2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 9781136772849. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[Tagore-3] Translated by Astri Ghosh, Tagore, Rabindranath (2013). The Rats' Feast: A Tagore Omnibus. UK: Hachette UK. ISBN 9789350095591. Retrieved 31 August 2014.