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Ganga (1960 film)

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Ganga
DVD cover
Directed byRajen Tarafdar
Music bySalil Chowdhury
Release date
  • 17 November 1960 (1960-11-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Ganga is a 1960 Bengali drama film directed by Rajen Tarafdar.[1] This film narrates the life of river fishermen.[2] This film was based on the 1946 same name novel of Samaresh Basu[3] and made under Cine Art Productions Pvt. Ltd. banner.[4] The music of this film was composed by Salil Chowdhury.[5]

Plot

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Panchu is a fisherman. His young nephew Bilash, who is very short tempered, joins the profession. He wants to go to sea and capture fish. But Panchu is scared of it and does not want to allow Bilash to do so. He arranges the marriage of Bilash with Gardi who used to do fishing in Ichamati river.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bimal Mukherjee; Sunil Kothari; Ananda Lal; Chidananda Das Gupta; Anamika Kala Sangam (1995). Rasa: Theatre and cinema. Anamika Kala Sangam. p. 252.
  2. ^ Kironmoy Raha; Nandan (Organization : Calcutta, India) (1991). Bengali cinema. Nandan. p. 61.
  3. ^ Basu, Samaresh (1946). Ganga গঙ্গা.
  4. ^ "GANGA (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Ganga 1960 movie". Gomolo. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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