SUJATA (1959)

Film details

Featuring

Nutan Sunil Dutt Shashikala
Director

Bimal Roy
Country

India
Year

1959
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Social drama set against the background of the caste system and Gandhian principles in India. Sujata has been adopted by an upper caste Brahmin family and unaware that she is from the untouchable caste. This becomes an issue when a young man who is visiting the family with a view to marrying Rama, the other daughter in the family, falls in love with Sujata instead and wants to marry her. Based on a Bengali novel by Subodh Ghosh.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sujata
    
    Nutan
  - Adhir
    
    Sunil Dutt
  - Rama
    
    Shashikala
  - Buaji, the aunt
    
    Lalita Pawar
  - Upendra
    
    Tarun Bose
  - Charu
    
    Sulochana Latkar
  - Baby Rama
    
    Baby Farida
  - Baby Sujata
    
    Baby Shobha
  - cast member
    
    Asit Sen
  - cast member
    
    Paul Mahendra
  - cast member
    
    Ashim Kumar
  - cast member
    
    Baij Sharma
  - cast member
    
    Brahm Dutt
  - cast member
    
    Moni Chatterji
  - cast member
    
    Sabitri
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Bimal Roy
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Bimal Roy Productions
  Writing:
  - [uncredited screenplay]
    
    Arabinda Mukherjee
  - Screenplay
    
    Nabendu Ghosh
  - Dialogue
    
    Paul Mahendra
  - Based on the short story by
    
    Subodh Ghosh
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Kamal Bose
  - Camera Operator
    
    Montu Bose
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Amit Bose
  Music:
  - Music
    
    S.D. Burman
  - Lyricist
    
    Majrooh Sultanpuri
  - Music Performed by
    
    B.N. Sharma
  - Music Performed by
    
    Kaushik
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    E. M. Suratwalla