Bandini
Roy, Bimal
Bandini Bimal Roy Productions ; produced & directed by Bimal Roy. - Mumbai Shemaroo Video 1963 - 1 videodisc (137 min.) sd., b&w 4 3/4 in.
Bandini is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy. The film is based on the Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences. Bandini revolves around Kalyani or Bandini, literally meaning imprisoned. It is also the only film to have depicted the sacrifice made by ordinary rural women during the Indian independence struggle.
Nutan, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra.
Love story of a woman prisoner, a freedom fighter, and a jail doctor.
In Hindi with English subtitles.
"Filmfare award winner: best actress, Nutan; best director, Bimal Roy; best sound recordist, Dinshaw Billimoria; best story writer, Jalasandha in 1963".
2005386209
Women prisoners, Drama, Love, Man-woman relationships, Prisons, India.
DVA 6896 (viewing copy)
791.4372 / BA-
Bandini Bimal Roy Productions ; produced & directed by Bimal Roy. - Mumbai Shemaroo Video 1963 - 1 videodisc (137 min.) sd., b&w 4 3/4 in.
Bandini is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy. The film is based on the Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences. Bandini revolves around Kalyani or Bandini, literally meaning imprisoned. It is also the only film to have depicted the sacrifice made by ordinary rural women during the Indian independence struggle.
Nutan, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra.
Love story of a woman prisoner, a freedom fighter, and a jail doctor.
In Hindi with English subtitles.
"Filmfare award winner: best actress, Nutan; best director, Bimal Roy; best sound recordist, Dinshaw Billimoria; best story writer, Jalasandha in 1963".
2005386209
Women prisoners, Drama, Love, Man-woman relationships, Prisons, India.
DVA 6896 (viewing copy)
791.4372 / BA-