Nayika Sangbad

Nayika Sangbad (transl. News About the Heroine) is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).

Nayika Sangbad
Directed byAgradoot
Written byPrasanta Deb
StarringUttam Kumar
Anjana Bhowmick
Music byHemanta Mukhopadhyay
CinematographyBibhuti Laha
Edited byBaidyanath Chattopadhyay
Production
company
B. K. Productions
Release date
1967
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

Urmila, a popular film actress, accidentally misses a train somewhere in the midway to her new shooting spot. She takes shelter in the quarter of the station master Alok for the next few days and falls in love with the new place as well as its people.

Cast

Production

Nayika Sangbad was produced under B. K. Productions, directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. Cinematography was handled by Bibhuti Laha, and editing by Baidyanath Chattopadhyay. The film was shot in black and white, and contained on 14 reels.[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sandhya Mukherjee.[2]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ei Purnima Raat"Hemant Kumar3:03
2."Aaj Chanchal Mon Jodi"Sandhya Mukherjee2:41
3."Keno E Hriday Chanchal Holo"Sandhya Mukherjee3:27
4."Ki Mishti Dekho Mishti"Sandhya Mukherjee3:02

Other versions

Nayika Sangbad was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).[3] The 2013 film Nayika Sangbad has no relation to its 1967 namesake apart from involving the same premise of a film actress disappearing.[4]

References
  1. Sur, Ansu; Goswami, Abhijit (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 142.
  2. "Nayeeka Sangbad". Gaana.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. "Another Nayika Sangbad". The Times of India. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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