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.[1][2] 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.[1][3]
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).[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.[5] The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai followed by this film.
Cast
- Asim Kumar as Chaitanya
- Dipti Roy as Vishnupriya
- Ahindra Choudhury
- Dhiraj Bhattacharya
- Nitish Mukhapadhyay
- Kanu Banerjee
- Gurudas Bandyopadhyay
- Bhanu Bandopadhyay
- Nripati Chattopadhyay
- Chhabi Biswas
- Sumitra Devi[6]
- Molina Devi
- Padma Devi
- Shikharani
- Sumita Bandha
- Gyanada Kakati
- Suruchi Sengupta
- Kumari Indrani
References
- ^ a b Sur, Ansu; Goswami, Abhijit (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 96.
- ^ "A celebration of divine love". The Telegraph. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Nilachale Mahaprabhu". World Film Database. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Anuradha SenGupta (29 June 2008). "Being Soumitra Chatterjee: Star of the East". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ Karunika dasi (27 June 2013). "First Devotee to Turn Hundred in Mauritius". iskconmauritius.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Sumitra Devi – An Unsurpassable Beauty Before the Genre of Suchitra Sen". Filmzack. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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