Neel Akasher Neechey

Neel Akasher Neechey
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Directed byMrinal Sen
Written byBased on the short story "Chini Feriwala" written by Mahadevi Varma[1]
Produced byHemanta Bela Production
StarringKali Banerjee
Manju Dey
Bikash Roy
Smriti Biswas
Suruchi Sengupta
Ajit Chatterjee
Rasaraj Chakraborty
Monu Mukherjee
CinematographySailaja Chatterjee
Music byHemant Kumar
Production
company
New Theatres[2]
Release date
  • 20 February 1959 (1959-02-20)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Neel Akasher Neechey (Bengali: নীল আকাশের নীচে Nil akasher niche, "Under the Blue Sky") is a 1959 Bengali language drama film directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Hemanta Mukherjee, starring Kali Bannerjee, Manju Dey, Bikash Roy in lead roles. The film was based on the Mahadevi Verma short story Chini Feriwala.[3]

Set in the background of the last days of the British Raj in Calcutta, the film explores the lives of a number of characters, including the platonic relationship between an immigrant Chinese wage worker, Wang Lu, and the main female character Basanti. The film had overt political overtones and was the first film to be banned by the Government of India.[4][5] The ban was effective for two months.[6]

  1. ^ https://www.totalnewsbd.com/tag/indian-cinema/[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Neel Akasher Nichey".
  3. ^ Ma, Joy; D'Souza, Dilip (23 January 2020). The Deoliwallahs. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-5290-4886-5.
  4. ^ "Know about the first movie banned in the independent India!". India TV. 11 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Mrinal Sen's 'Neel Akasher Neechey' the first film banned in independent India". The Times of India. 14 May 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Clamping down on creativity". The Hindu. 29 March 2017.