Nilachaley Mahaprabhu (1957)

Original title

নীলাচলে মহাপ্রভু

Directed by

Kartik Chattopadhyay

Genre

biographical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 13m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

This film tells the life story of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. It follows his spiritual journey and his time at the Hindu shrine in Puri.

devotionalcontemplativereverentbiographicalslow-pacedspiritualrespectfulserene

What happens

Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri. It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles. At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959). The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers. The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader Nimai followed by this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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