Bicharak (1959)

Original title

বিচারক

Directed by

Prabhat Mukherjee

Genre

drama, crime

Country

India

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

U

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A judge confronts a personal and professional crisis when a case forces him to weigh justice against his own moral compromises. The film follows his internal struggle as he presides over a trial that tests his integrity.

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What happens

Bicharak (English: The Judge) is a 1959 Bengali-language psychological thriller film directed by Prabhat Mukherjee. Based on a novel of the same name by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, the film was produced by Arundhati Devi. It was released under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1960. The film stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role alongside Arundhati Devi in the lead, while Chhabi Biswas, Pahadi Sanyal and Chandrabati Devi play other pivotal roles. The film showed Uttam Kumar in a pivotal performance as a judge and is remembered as among the best films in his career and in Bengali Cinema history. The film also received critical acclamation and commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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