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Sonar Harin (1959)

Sonar Harin poster
Original title
সোনার হরিণ
Directed by
Mangal Chakravarty
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 10m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Bengali spy thriller from 1959 about agents and criminals chasing a valuable object. The film follows a hero and heroine who get caught up in danger and deception.

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What happens

Sonar Harin (transl. The Golden Deer) is a 1959 Indian Bengali-language spy action-thriller film co-written and directed by Mangal Chakravarty. This film was written by Rashbehari Lal. The production company for this film is National Pictures. It was distributed by S.K. Films. The music for the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Kali Bannerjee Supriya Choudhury in lead and this is the first film that Supriya Devi appears as a leading heroine. Others Bhanu Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas and Tarun Kumar played in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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