Bandini (film)

Bandini
Bandini
Directed by	Bimal Roy
Written by	Nabendu Ghosh (screenplay); Paul Mahendra (dialogue)
Based on	Tamasi; by Charu Chandra Chakraborty
Produced by	Bimal Roy
Starring	Nutan; Ashok Kumar; Dharmendra
Cinematography	Kamal Bose
Edited by	Madhu Prabhavalkar
Music by	Sachin Dev Burman
Release date	1963;
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Bandini (translation: Imprisoned) is a 1963 Hindi drama film directed and produced by Bimal Roy.It stars Nutan, Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra. The film tells the story of a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, Kalyani, the all suffering, selfless, sacrificing and strong, yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past.^[1]

The film is based on the Bengali novel Tamasi by Jarasandha (Charu Chandra Chakrabarti), a former jail superintendent who spent much of his career as a jailor in Northern Bengal, and wrote many fictional versions of his experiences.

Bandini was the tenth highest grosser of the year and was declared a 'Semi Hit' by Box Office India.^[2] It received critical acclaim and swept that year's Filmfare Awards, winning six awards in all, including the top awards of Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Actress, and is still considered a landmark movie of the 1960s, especially being the last feature film of the director Bimal Roy.^[3]^[4]

^ Chatterjee, Saibal; Nihalani, Govind; Gulzar (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 599. ISBN 9788179910665.
^ "Box Office 1963". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Box Office India.
^ Bhagwan Das Garg (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 155. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.
^ "Landmark films of the 60s: Bandini". Rediff.com. Rediff. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

[ency-1] Chatterjee, Saibal; Nihalani, Govind; Gulzar (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 599. ISBN 9788179910665.

[2] "Box Office 1963". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Box Office India.

[bhag-3] Bhagwan Das Garg (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 155. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.

[4] "Landmark films of the 60s: Bandini". Rediff.com. Rediff. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

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