Basanta Bilap
| Basanta Bilap | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Dinen Gupta |
| Screenplay by | Shekhar Chatterjee |
| Story by | Bimal Kar |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Aparna Sen Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar |
| Cinematography | Dinen Gupta |
| Edited by | Ramesh Joshi |
| Music by | Sudhin Dasgupta |
Production company | Sonali Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Basanta Bilap is a 1973 Indian Bengali language romantic comedy film directed by Dinen Gupta. It is based on a novel by Bimal Kar.
Plot
The story revolves around a group of girls (4 of them are focussed on mainly), all boarders of a working ladies' hostel Basanta Bilap, and a group of 4 boys from the neighborhood. A series of hilarious clashes between them eventually lead to their romance.
Cast
Source:
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Shyam Sundar Ghose aka Shyam, leader of the boys
- Aparna Sen as Anuradha Singha aka Radha, leader of the girls
- Rabi Ghosh as Gupto
- Kajal Gupta as Parbati aka Paro
- Anup Kumar as Lalit aka Lalu
- Sumitra Mukherjee as Nabanita aka Nita
- Chinmoy Roy as Siddheswar Bandapadhyay aka Sidhu
- Sibani Bose as Aalo Ray
- Amarnath Mukherjee as Ajay, Lalu's elder brother
- Kanika Majumdar as Ajay's wife, and a mediator between the two groups
- Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Dr. Girija Sapui, a homeopathy doctor
- Gita Dey as Sidhu's Aunty(Kakima)
- Haridhan Mukhopadhyay as the tenant/landlord of Basanta Bilap
Soundtrack
| Basanta Bilap | |
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| Soundtrack album |
All music is composed by Sudhin Dasgupta.
| No. | Title | Playback | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ami Miss Calcutta" | Arati Mukhopadhyay | |
| 2. | "Agun Legeche Legeche" | Manna De, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy | |
| 3. | "O Shayam Jakhan Takhan" | Arati Mukhopadhyay, Sujata Mukherjee | |
| 4. | "Ek Charatei Thanda" | Arati Mukhopadhyay |
References
- ↑ "basanta bilāp [1973]". British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- ↑ "Aparna Sen's 7 most memorable Tollywood performances". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Basanta Bilap". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Basanta Bilap". Bengal Film Archive. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- ↑ "Gaana: Basanta Bilap songs".
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