Neel Akasher Neechey
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Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byBased on the short story "Chini Feriwala" written by Mahadevi Varma[1]
Produced byHemanta Bela Production
StarringKali Banerjee
Manju Dey
Bikash Roy
Smriti Biswas
Suruchi Sengupta
Ajit Chatterjee
Rasaraj Chakraborthy
Monu Mukherjee
CinematographySailaja Chatterjee
Music byHemant Kumar
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Neel Akasher Neechey (Bengali: নীল আকাশের নীচে Nil akasher niche, "Under the Blue Sky") is a 1959 Bengali language drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Hemanta Mukherjee, starring Kali Bannerjee, Manju Dey, Bikash Roy in lead roles. The film was based on a short story Chini Feriwala of Mahadevi Verma.[2]

Set in the background of the last days of the British Raj in Calcutta, the film explores the lives of a number of characters, including the platonic relationship between an immigrant Chinese wage worker, Wang Lu, and the main female character Basanti. The film had overt political overtones and was the first film to be banned by the Government of India.[3] The ban was effective for two months.[4]

Plot

Set in the 1930s, the film tells the story of an honest Chinese hawker, Wang Lu, who sells silk in Calcutta's streets while refusing to get involved in the opium trade run by his fellow countrymen. He feels a sisterly affection towards Basanti, the wife of a lawyer who's engaged in a nationalist political group. Basanti is arrested and imprisoned causing Wang Lu to get involved with her political group. He later returns to China to join the resistance movement against the Japanese invasion of China in 1931.

Cast

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Hemant Kumar

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."O Nadi Re"Hemant Kumar4:13
2."Neel Akasher Neechey Ei Prithibi"Hemant Kumar3:48

References

  1. ↑ https://www.totalnewsbd.com/tag/indian-cinema/%5B%5D
  2. ↑ Ma, Joy; D'Souza, Dilip (23 January 2020). The Deoliwallahs. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-5290-4886-5.
  3. ↑ "Know about the first movie banned in the independent India!". India TV. 11 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Clamping down on creativity". The Hindu. 29 March 2017.


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