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| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
| Based on | Atithi by Rabindranath Tagore |
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| Cinematography | Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Subodh Roy |
| Music by | Tapan Sinha |
Production company | New Theatres Pvt. Ltd.[1] |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Atithi (literally The Guest; also known by the alternative English title The Runaway) is a 1965 Bengali drama film based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Tapan Sinha.[2] It tells a simple story about a teenage boy who prefers the life of a wanderer to the confines of a domestic life. At the 13th National Film Awards, it won the National Award (Certificate of Merit) for the Second Best Feature Film. It also won several BFJA Awards.[3] It was India's competitive entry at the Venice International Film Festival in 1966, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was remade in Hindi as Geet Gaata Chal.[4]
- ^ "Atithi".
- ^ Tapan Sinha (1965), Atithi(1965) অতিথি(১৯৬৫), retrieved 2 May 2024
- ^ "BFJA Awards (1966)". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "6 Old and Gold Bengali Movies Which Inspired Bollywood to Remake". 26 July 2016.