Biraj Bahu (1954)
2h 25m
Running Time
March 1, 1954Release Date
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](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31498-kamini-kaushal.webp)
Kamini Kaushal
Biraj Chakravorty
![Abhi Bhattacharya](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54550-abhi-bhattacharya.webp)
Abhi Bhattacharya
Nilambher Chakravorty
![Shakuntala](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/510949-shakuntala.webp)
Shakuntala
Punnu Chakravorty
![Randhir](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Randhir
Pitambar Chakravorty
![Pran Sikand](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54542-pran.webp)
Pran Sikand
Deodhar
![Manorama](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21247-manorama.webp)
Manorama
Sundari (Maidservant)
![Bimal Roy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79414-bimal-roy.webp)
Bimal Roy
Director
![Saratchandra Chatterjee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/335197-saratchandra-chatterjee.webp)
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Writer
![Nabendu Ghosh](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nabendu Ghosh
Writer
![Nasir Hussain](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/416569-nasir-hussain.webp)
Nasir Hussain
Writer
![Hiten Chaudhury](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hiten Chaudhury
Producer
![Iftekhar](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54538-iftekhar.webp)
Iftekhar
Kishorilal, Deodhar's assistant
![Salil Choudhury](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1199009-salil-choudhury.webp)
Salil Choudhury
Composer
![Moni Chatterjee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Moni Chatterjee
Bholanath
![Hrishikesh Mukherjee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29934-hrishikesh-mukherjee.webp)
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Editor
![Sudhendu Roy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sudhendu Roy
Art Direction
Media.
![Biraj Bahu](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/138357-biraj-bahu.webp)
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1954
Original Nameबिराज बहू
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Genres
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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.