Prithibi Amare Chaay

Prithibi Amare Chaay
Bengali	পৃথিবী আমারে চায়
Directed by	Niren Lahiri
Written by	Bidhayak Bhattachariya (dialogues also)
Screenplay by	Bidhayak Bhattachariya
Story by	Bidhayak Bhattachariya
Produced by	Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Starring	Uttam Kumar Mala Sinha
Cinematography	Bishu Chakraborty
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Nachiketa Ghosh
Production company	H.N.C. Productions
Distributed by	Chitra Paribeshak Indrani Pictures
Release date	3 May 1957 (1957-05-03)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Prithibi Amare Chaay is a Bengali romantic drama film directed by Niren Lahiri and story written by Bidhayak Bhattachariya who wrote the screenplay and dialogues also. Nachiketa Ghosh was the music director of the movie. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead role and others like Asit Baran, Sandhyarani, Chandravati Devi and Pahadi Sanyal in supporting role. The film become huge successful.

Plot

Tapas Singha is an aspiring singer and the son of a reputed businessman. His stepmother gives him a bad name and throws him out of his house to inherit all the property of her husband. Mina's story is also very similar. Her stepmother tortures her a lot and ruins her career. She is compelled to move out of her own house. They both decide to commit suicide and go to the riverbank. Where they meet and the cupid strikes. Together they decide to give life one more tries; on the other hand, we get to see another couple Lalu and Leela. Leela is a cousin of Tapas and Lalu, the goon with a heart of gold is a neighbour of Mina. Lalu and Leela were married in the childhood, but they were separated due to unfortunate circumstances. Tapas and Mina in search of a living starts to work for a millionaire and his wife respectively. But problem arises again as the employer thinks that Tapas is having an affair with his wife and fires him. Mina breaks down and starts to search for Tapas as he goes missing. Finally, during the climax Mina and Tapas get reunited and so does Lalu and Leela, and the audience gets to see a happy ending.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Tapas Singha
• Mala Sinha as Mina
• Asit Baran as Lalu
• Sandhyarani as Leela
• Chandravati Devi
• Pahadi Sanyal
• Aparna Devi
• Chhabi Biswas
• Tulsi Chakraborty
• Anup Kumar

Soundtrack

Prithibi Amare chaay
Soundtrack album by Nachiketa Ghosh
Released	1957
Recorded	1956
Studio	H.N.C Production
Length	20:17
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer	Harindranath Chatterjee
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology
Tapashi (1957) Prithibi Amare chaay (1957) Natun Prabhat (1957)

All lyrics are written by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Pranab Ray, Bidhayak Bhattachariya, Bimal Ghosh; all music is composed by Nachiketa Ghosh

Song title

No.	Title	singer(s)	Length
1.	"Gharer Bandhan Cherei Ami"	Hemanta Mukherjee	3:18
2.	"Durer Manush"	Hemanta Mukherjee	2:43
3.	"Nishi Raat Baanka Chaand"	Geeta Dutt	3:32
4.	"Keu Noy Saheb Bibi"	Shyamal Mitra, Alpana Banerjee	3:39
5.	"Tumi Bina E Phagun"	Geeta Dutt	3:47
6.	"Nilaamwala Chawana"	Hemanta Mukherjee	3:18
Total length:			: 20:17

Reception

Music of the film become huge popular among the masses specially the song Nilaamwala Chawana and Nishi Raat Baanka Chaand become cult hit. Film become superhit at the box office and ran near of 100 days in theater.

External links

• Prithibi Amare Chaay