Sujata (1959)
2h 41m
Running Time
April 3, 1959Release Date
Plot.
A girl from the Untouchable caste is adopted by an upper-caste family, and does not learn of her background. This proves problematic when she grows up and falls in love with an upper-caste man, who is in love with her as well.
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Cast & Crew.
Nutan
Sujata
Sunil Dutt
Adhir
Tarun Bose
Upendranath Chowdhury
Shashikala
Rama Chowdhury
Sulochana Latkar
Charu
Lalita Pawar
Giribala (Buaji / Aunt)
Asit Sen
Bhavani Shankar Sharma
Bimal Roy
Director
Nabendu Ghosh
Writer
Subodh Ghosh
Writer
Paul Mahendra
Writer
Sachin Dev Burman
Composer
Brahm Bhardwaj
Masterji
Kamal Bose
Cinematographer
Moni Chatterjee
Father of the supposed Sujata’s groom
Madhup Sharma
Drunk bet
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Sujata is a 1959 Hindi language Bimal Roy film. It stars Nutan and Sunil Dutt in lead roles, supported by Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Sulochana Latkar and Tarun Bose. Based on a Bengali short story of the same name by writer Subodh Ghosh, the film explored the situation of caste in India. The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.