Malyadan

Malyadan
Directed by Ajoy Kar
Produced by Ajoy Kar and Bimal Dey
Written by Rabindranath Tagore (original story)
Starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Nandini Maliya
Music by Hemanta Mukherjee
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Country India
Language Bengali

Malyadan (also Malyadaan; English: The Garlanding, also The Wedding Garland) is a 1971 Bengali film directed by Ajoy Kar, based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee and Nandini Maliya in the lead roles. Tagore's story tells a tragic tale of innocent love. At the 18th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.[1] [2][3]

Synopsis

The story as well as the film take their title from the Indian custom of exchanging garlands as part of wedding rituals. Jatin (Soumitra Chatterjee), a young doctor, is nagged by his cousin Patal (Sabitri Chatterjee) to get married. She introduces him to a teenage girl, Kurani (Nandini Maliya), an orphan who stays with her. Kurani is innocent and lacking in worldly sense. When Patal playfully asks her if she likes Jatin and will marry him, Kurani replies in the affirmative. Jatin is embarrassed and refuses to accept a garland offered by Kurani. He is angry with Patal, who believes that there is nothing wrong, because Kurani is like a doe of the woods. Next morning, it is discovered that Kurani has disappeared, leaving behind a garland of dry flowers. Patal is struck with remorse when she realises that Kurani has actually fallen in love with Jatin. They search for Kurani in all likely places, but she is nowhere to be found. Subsequently, Jatin starts work in a hospital, and finds that Kurani is a patient admitted there in a weak and emaciated condition. In the climax, Jatin asks a dying Kurani to put her garland around his neck.

Cast

Crew

Reception

The film was well received when released, both commercially and critically. Apart from the National Award, it won two BFJA Awards. Subsequently. it seems to have been almost forgotten, although a track containing a Tagore song, sung by Hemanta Mukherjee, still endures.[4]

Preservation

Malyadan has been restored and digitised by the National Film Archives of India. [5]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ National Film Awards (1971)
  2. ↑ "18th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "18th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ei To Bhalo Legechhilo - From "Malyadan", a song by Hemant Kumar ..." Spotify. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Digitized and Restored Films List" (PDF). nfai.gov.in. National Film Archives of India. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "BFJA Awards (1972)". gomolo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

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