Amanush (1975)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 33 mins

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Samanta’s hit with an all-Bengali star cast reconnects with the Bengali-Hindi bilinguals and signifies to some extent the powerful Bombay production sector’s cultural takeover of the Bengali cinema. In the village of Dhaniakhali, the new police chief Bhuvan Sen finds corruption and decay personified by the dissolute Madhusudhan Roy Choudhury (Kumar), the zamindar’s son. However, the cause of the rot is not the persistence feudalism in the village but the presence of the sophisticated and mild-mannered Mahim Babu, cast as the villain who turns the head of Madhusudhan’s girlfriend Lekha (Tagore). The policeman eventually restores the old feudal power relations, rehabilitates the hero and restores Lekha to him. This reactionary parable was celebrated for the performance of Bengali megastar Uttam Kumar. The Hindi version has the hit song Dil aisa kisine mera toda, sung by Kishore Kumar.

Cast: Asit Sen, Sharmila Tagore, Utpal Dutt, Uttam Kumar Chatterjee

Crew: Shakti Samanta (Director), Aloke Dasgupta (Director of Photography), Shyamal Mitra (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Drama, Family

Release Dates: 21 Mar 1975 (India)

Hindi Name: अमानुष

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Did you know? Rajesh Khanna very much wanted to play the lead role but could not because of date issues. Read More
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as Pujari
as Lekha
as Maheem Ghosal
as Madhusudan Roy Chaudhary 'Madhu'
as Dr. Anand
as Constable
as Police Inspector Bhuvan Roy
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Dhanno
as Madhu's Uncle
as Padha

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Spoken Languages:
Bengali
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Label: Saregama India Limited
03:42

Music Director: Shyamal Mitra
Playback Singer: Shyamal Mitra
04:59

Music Director: Shyamal Mitra
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
03:18

Music Director: Shyamal Mitra
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
03:11

Music Director: Shyamal Mitra
Playback Singer: Asha Bhosle
04:21

Music Director: Shyamal Mitra
Playback Singer: Asha Bhosle
Trivia:
Rajesh Khanna very much wanted to play the lead role but could not because of date issues.

The film was later remade in Telugu as Edureeta (1977) starring N.T. Rama Rao, in Malayalam as Ithaa Oru Manushyan (1978) and in Tamil as Thyagam (1978) starring Sivaji Ganesan.