Sanyasi Raja
Sanyasi Raja is a Bengali drama film directed by Piyush Bose and produced by Asim Sarkar. This film was released on 3 October 1975 in the banner of Usha Films and is based on the real life incident of the Bhawal case.[1][2][3] Raja Ramesh, a 1977 Telugu film directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao used the same plot.
Plot
Zamindar Surya Kishor never looks after his family and estate. Doctor Bijoy Chakraborty is a family friend of Surya and lives in the same house. He plans to kill Surya and forces Surya's wife Indu to keep quiet. In a burning ghat, a monk saves the life of Surya, but, back at his home, he finds that his whole property is already occupied by Dr Bijoy. Surya Kishore now plans to recover his lost estate.
Cast
- Uttam Kumar as Surya Kishor
- Supriya Choudhury as Indu
- Satya Bandopadhyay as Thomas
- Rabin Banerjee as Dr. Bijay
- Shambhu Bhattacharya as Nitai
- Sulata Chowdhury
- Kalyani Adhikari
- Sunil Bandyopadhyay
Sequel or Remake
In 2018 Director Srijit Mukherji made another film Ek Je Chhilo Raja based on the same plot and court trial. Jisshu Sengupta played the role of Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury.[4]
References
- ↑ "The man who would be prince". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ↑ "The man who would be king". thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Prakash Jha to adapt Sanyasi Raja for national TV?". June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Ek Je Chilo Raja': Srijit Mukherji reveals how differently he has used Bhawal Sanyasi". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
External links
- Sanyasi Raja on IMDb