Nirjan saikate videorecording New Theatres Exhibitors, Sircar Productions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Classics by Ritwik kumar Ghatak ; Tapan SinhaPublication details: Kolkata : Saitronics Shradha Home Video ©2008Description: 1 videodisc (125 min.) sd., b&w 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43 NI
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Nirjan Saikate is a Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. It was released in 1963. This movie is an adaptation of the novel by the same name from eminent Bengali writer Samaresh Basu, The writer is himself the protagonist. He is on his way to Puri by train. In the course of the journey he gets acquainted with a group of 4 Bengali widows accompanying their niece, also going to Puri. The writer was going to just get out of his day to day Kolkata life whereas these ladies were actually going to calm down their niece who had just suffered a breakup with her lover. The rest of the story revolves around these people and their attraction and involvement with the writer. The writer is amused with them and for his part tries to calm the girl. The story guides us around the different relationships the writer develops with each of the character he meets. The movie tries to show the social taboos for widows and teaches the philosophy that life is ahead of us and not behind. There is a pretty good description of Puri, Konark and Rambha. At the time this movie was shot it was possible for Tapan Sinha to shoot inside the Konark sun temple, also the bullock cart way to Konark is an extra for the viewer.
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  • Director, Tapan Sinha.
Summary: Four widows and a young woman befriend a writer on a train ride to Puri. The young woman has been jilted, and the writer is in a position to lend a sympathetic ear to her and the other four women.
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Based on a novel by Samaresh Basu

Nirjan Saikate is a Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. It was released in 1963. This movie is an adaptation of the novel by the same name from eminent Bengali writer Samaresh Basu, The writer is himself the protagonist. He is on his way to Puri by train. In the course of the journey he gets acquainted with a group of 4 Bengali widows accompanying their niece, also going to Puri. The writer was going to just get out of his day to day Kolkata life whereas these ladies were actually going to calm down their niece who had just suffered a breakup with her lover. The rest of the story revolves around these people and their attraction and involvement with the writer. The writer is amused with them and for his part tries to calm the girl. The story guides us around the different relationships the writer develops with each of the character he meets. The movie tries to show the social taboos for widows and teaches the philosophy that life is ahead of us and not behind. There is a pretty good description of Puri, Konark and Rambha. At the time this movie was shot it was possible for Tapan Sinha to shoot inside the Konark sun temple, also the bullock cart way to Konark is an extra for the viewer.

Director, Tapan Sinha.

Four widows and a young woman befriend a writer on a train ride to Puri. The young woman has been jilted, and the writer is in a position to lend a sympathetic ear to her and the other four women.

DVD; NTSC.

In Bengali; optional English subtitles for dialogue only.

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