Biraj Bahu (1954)
2h 25m
Running Time
March 1, 1954Release Date
Biraj Bahu (1954)
2h 25m
Running Time
March 1, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
Nilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable age, he arranges her marriage, and borrows some money. When Pitambar comes to know about this, he refuses to share any expense in his sister's marriage, and decides to separate, resulting in a fence being put up between their homes. Nilambher, unable to find employment, is unable to pay back the loan, and soon both he and his wife barely have enough to live on. To complicate matters further, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor has his eye on Biraj's beauty and would like to be intimate with her, in return for money and a better life.
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Cast & Crew.
Kamini Kaushal
Biraj Chakravorty
Abhi Bhattacharya
Nilambher Chakravorty
Shakuntala
Punnu Chakravorty
Randhir
Pitambar Chakravorty
Pran Sikand
Deodhar
Manorama
Sundari (Maidservant)
Bimal Roy
Director
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Writer
Nabendu Ghosh
Writer
Nasir Hussain
Writer
Hiten Chaudhury
Producer
Iftekhar
Kishorilal, Deodhar's assistant
Salil Choudhury
Composer
Moni Chatterjee
Bholanath
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Editor
Sudhendu Roy
Art Direction
Media.
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Wiki.
Biraj Bahu is a 1954 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy, and based on a Bengali novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran and has music by Salil Chowdhury. The film won the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film.
Madhubala, the highest-paid actress of that time, was eager to play the lead role in the film. She had visited Bimal Roy's office several times for this purpose. However, thinking that she would ask for high fee for doing the film, he cast Kamini Kaushal instead of her. Learning that her fee lost her the role, she had said that she would have acted for even one rupee in Biraj Bahu.