Agnishwar

Agnishwar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArabinda Mukhopadhyay
Written byBanaphool
Screenplay byArabinda Mukherjee
Based onAgnishwar by Banaphool
Produced byUday Samanta
Ranjit Samanta
StarringUttam Kumar
Madhabi Chakraborty
Sumitra Mukherjee
Kajal Gupta
Partha Mukherjee
Tarun Kumar
Dilip Roy
Jahar Roy
Asit Baran
Haridhan Mukhopadhyay
CinematographyBijoy Ghosh
Edited byAmiyo Mukherjee
Music byHemanta Mukhopadhyay
Production
company
Pratibha Pictures
Distributed byChandimata Films Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 19 July 1975 (1975-07-19)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Agnishwar (English: The fire god) is a 1975 Indian Bengali language socio-political drama film co-written and directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[1] The story of the film is based on the novel of the same name written by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, which itself was inspired from the life of his teacher Banabihari Mukhopadhyay. it stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Madhabi Chakraborty, Sumitra Mukherjee, Kajal Gupta, Partha Mukherjee in lead roles, while Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy, Asit Baran, Jahar Roy, Haridhan Mukhopadhyay play other pivotal roles.[2][3] It deals with the life and career of a patriotic, idealistic doctor.

  1. ^ "Arabinda Mukherjee, director of timeless Bengali flicks Mouchak, Dhanyee Meye, dies". NEWSMEN. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ^ Agniswar (1975)
  3. ^ "Bengali director Aurobindo Mukherjee dead". The Indian Express. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.