Saptapadi (1961 film)

Saptapadi
Saptapadi DVD Cover
Directed byAjoy Kar
Written byTarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Screenplay byAjoy Kar
Based onSaptapadi novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Produced byUttam Kumar
Starring
CinematographyKanai De, Ajoy Kar
Edited by
  • Ardhendu Chatterjee
  • Amiya Mukherjee
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
Production
company
Alochaya Production
Distributed byChayabani Productions Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 20 October 1961 (1961-10-20)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Saptapadi (transl. Seven Steps) is a 1961 Indian Bengali-language Epic romantic drama film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and Chhaya Debi. Music direction and playback singing for Kumar's voice was by Hemanta Mukherjee and in Sen's voice by Sandhya Mukherjee. The story is based on a 1958 same name novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. This is regarded as one of the greatest romantic films in the history of Bengali cinema. The film went on to become the highest grossing Bengali film in 1961. It was featured retrospectively at the 45th IFFI in the "homage section" of Indian panorama.[1]

  1. ^ "45th IFFI Homage section page 152" (PDF). Retrieved 26 March 2023.