Basu Poribar (1952)

Original title

বসু পরিবার

Directed by

Nirmal Dey

Genre

family, drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about a Bengali family navigating personal struggles and relationships. It follows the lives of its characters as they face challenges and find joy together. The story centers on a struggling actor whose career turns around after a big success.

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What happens

Basu Poribar (transl. Bose Family) is a 1952 Bengali film directed by Nirmal Dey under the banner of M.P Productions. Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Supriya Devi, Bhanu Banerjee and Jiben Bose play lead roles. The film was released on 11 April 1952. It was the debut film of legendary Bengali actress Supriya Devi. It was the first successful film starring Uttam Kumar and it became a superhit at the box office. After seven back to back flop films he was called 'flop master general', and he considered to leave the film industry. The success of this film saved his career. The film was remade in Hindi as Hum Hindustani in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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