Sahajatri

Sahajatri
Directed by	Agradoot
Story by	Sailen Roy
Starring	Uttam Kumar Molina Devi Bharati Devi Kamal Mitra
Edited by	Kamal G
Music by	Rabin Chattopadhyay
Production company	M.P. Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	10 March 1951 (1951-03-10)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Sahajatri was a Bengali drama film directed by Agradoot.[1] This movie was released on 10 March 1951 under the banner of M. P. Productions Pvt. Ltd. The music direction was done by Rabin Chattopadhyay.[2] This movie stars Uttam Kumar, Molina Devi, Bharati Devi, Sabitri Chatterjee and Kamal Mitra in the lead roles. This was the first time Uttam Kumar appeared under this name and kept it permanently from change to Arup Kumar. This was the first ever collaborations of Uttam Kumar and Agradoot. Unfortunately the film was disappointed in the box office[3][4]

Plot

Cast

• Uttam Kumar
• Bharati Devi
• Gouri Shankar Panda
• Goutam Mukhopadhyay
• Haridhan Mukhopadhyay
• Jahar Gangopadhyay
• Kamal Mitra
• Sabitri Chatterjee
• Karabi Gupta
• Molina Devi
• Probha Debi
• Panchanan Bhattacharya

Soundtrack

Sahajatri
Soundtrack album by Rabin Chatterjee
Released	1951
Recorded	1950
Studio	M.P Productions Pvt Ltd
Length	0:05:43
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Producer	Tarak Pal
Rabin Chatterjee chronology
Rudradeep (1951) Sahajatri (1951) Subhadra (1951)

For the first time Hemanta Mukherjee sang on Uttam Kumar'z lip. There pair was become most popular from mid 50s and to be continued to Uttam's rest of career.

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Rabin Chatterjee

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Bhalobasar Parashmani"	Hemant Kumar	2:46
2.	"Phool Hashe Aar Cheye Dekhi"	Hemant Kumar	2:57
Total length:			5:43

References

1. Souvik-indrajalik (28 July 2011). "Station Hollywood: Agradoot and bengali films". Station Hollywood. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. "Sahajatri 1951". filmiclub.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
3. "Sahajatri on Moviebuff.com". Moviebuff.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
4. Chatterjee (father), Sashadhar (9 November 2018). "Sabitri Chatterjee". WorldTalkie. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

External links

• Sahajatri at IMDb