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Director
  
Bimal Roy

Release date
  
April 16, 1979 (India)

Duration
  

Country
  
India

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Music director
  
S.D. Burman

Language
  
Hindi

Sujata (1959 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Nabendu Ghosh
,
Subodh Ghosh
,
Paul Mahendra

Release date
  
May 1960 (1960-05) (Cannes)

Screenplay
  
Nabendu Ghosh, Paul Mahendra

Cast
  
Nutan Behl
(Sujata),
Sunil Dutt
(Adhir),
Shashikala
(Rama),
Tarun Bose
(Upendranath Chowdhury),
Sulochana Latkar
(Charu),
Lalita Pawar
(Buaji)

Similar movies
  
Related Bimal Roy movies

Sujata is a 1959 Hindi language Bimal Roy film. The film starred Sunil Dutt and Nutan supported by Sulochana, Lalita Pawar and Shashikala. Based on a Bengali short story of the same name by writer Subodh Ghosh, the film explored the situation of caste in India. The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

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Plot

Sujata is a romance between a Brahmin young man, Adheer (Sunil Dutt) and an untouchable woman, Sujata (Nutan). The movie has Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's fight against untouchability and the myth of Chandalika in Hinduism as its subtexts on the basis of which it tries to criticize the practice of untouchability in India.

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Brahmin couple Upen and Charu bring up the orphaned Sujata. Although Upen is fond of the adoptive child, his wife Charu and mother can never fully embrace Sujata because she is an untouchable. They never fail to remind Sujata that she doesn't belong amongst Brahmins. One day, Upen's wife falls down the stairs and is rushed to the hospital. The doctors tell the family that in order to save Charu, they need blood of a rare group. Only Sujata's blood matches, and she willingly donates blood. When Upen's wife knows that her life was saved by Sujata, she realizes her mistakes and accepts her as her daughter. Sujata and Adheer are finally married.

Cast


  • Nutan ... Sujata
  • Sunil Dutt ... Adhir
  • Shashikala ... Rama Chowdhury
  • Lalita Pawar ... Giribala (Buaji / aunt)
  • Tarun Bose ... Upendranath Chowdhury
  • Sulochana Latkar ... Charu Chowdhury (as Sulochana)
  • Asit Sen ... Pandit Bhawani Shankar Sharma
  • Ashim Kumar
  • Paul Mahendra ... Actor in theatrical production
  • Baij Sharma
  • Brahm Bhardwaj ... Masterji (as Brahm Dutt)
  • Moni Chatterjee ... Father of the supposed Sujata's groom
  • Sabitri Devi
  • Shivji Bhai
  • Sailen Bose
  • Madhup Sharma ... Drunk bet (as Madhup)
  • Sanghvi
  • Master Sohni
  • Baby Farida ... Young Rama
  • Baby Shobha ... Young Sujata
  • Salil Bhatt .... Stammering Man seeking Sujata's Hand

    • Awards


  • Golden Palm - Cannes Film Festival - Nominated
  • Filmfare Best Actress Award - Nutan - Won
  • Filmfare Best Director Award - Bimal Roy - Won
  • Filmfare Best Movie Award - Bimal Roy - Won
  • Filmfare Best Story Award - Subodh Ghosh - Won
  • National Film Awards (1959) All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film

    • References

    Sujata (1959 film) Wikipedia
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