Nilachaley Mahaprabhu

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri.^[1][2] It stars Asim Kumar in the titular role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles.^[1][3]

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu
Directed by	Kartik Chattopadhyay
Screenplay by	Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay Bimal Mitra
Story by	Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay
Based on	Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Starring	Asim Kumar Dipti Roy Sumitra Devi Chhabi Biswas Ahindra Choudhury Bhanu Bandyopadhyay Kanu Banerjee Nripati Chattopadhyay
Cinematography	Amulya Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Haridas Mahalanobis
Music by	Rai Chand Boral Pranab Ray (lyrics) Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics)
Production company	Udoy Chitra Pratisthan
Distributed by	Movie Maya Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	28 June 1957 (1957-06-28) (India)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959).^[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.^[5]

Cast

• Asim Kumar as Chaitanya
• Dipti Roy as Vishnupriya
• Ahindra Choudhury
• Dhiraj Bhattacharya
• Nitish Mukhapadhyay
• Kanu Banerjee
• Gurudas Bandyopadhyay
• Bhanu Bandopadhyay
• Nripati Chattopadhyay
• Chhabi Biswas
• Sumitra Devi^[6]
• Molina Devi
• Padma Devi
• Shikharani
• Sumita Bandha
• Jnanadakakuti
• Suruchi Sengupta
• Kumari Indrani

References

1. Sur, Ansu; Goswami, Abhijit (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 96.
2. "A celebration of divine love". The Telegraph. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
3. "Nilachale Mahaprabhu". World Film Database. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
4. Anuradha SenGupta (29 June 2008). . CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
5. Karunika dasi (27 June 2013). "First Devotee to Turn Hundred in Mauritius". iskconmauritius.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
6. "Sumitra Devi – An Unsurpassable Beauty Before the Genre of Suchitra Sen". Filmzack. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

External links

• Nilachaley Mahaprabhu at IMDb