Parineeta
About Parineeta
In Calcutta, Lalita lives with her uncle Gurucharan, a poor clerk, next door to the landlord's son Shekhar, who loves her. Gurucharan mortgages the house to Shekhar's father to pay for a daughter's wedding. He then takes an interest-free loan from Girin, a rich young man, and the household treats the money as if Lalita had been given to Girin. Shekhar believes it. The quarrel between the fathers and that misunderstanding drive the rest of the story.
Cast & crew
More about Parineeta
Bimal Roy directed and wrote the screenplay from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 Bengali novella. Dialogues are by Vrajendra Gaur, with additional dialogue by Nabendu Ghosh. Ashok Kumar produced and plays Shekhar. Meena Kumari plays Lalita. It remakes the 1942 Bengali film of the same name. Kamal Bose photographed it. Hrishikesh Mukherjee edited. Music is credited to Manna Dey and Arun Mukherjee.
Themes
Background
A Hindi remake, released 23 January 1953, of a 1942 Bengali film drawn from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novella.
In film history
Meena Kumari's Lalita is the performance later writing treats as the closest screen version of Sarat Chandra's heroine.
Making
Roy had edited Kamal Amrohi's Mahal in 1949. Four years later he directed Ashok Kumar again, this time from a Sarat Chandra story rather than a ghost plot.
Audiences
Reported receipts were ₹60 lakh.
Look
Kamal Bose photographed the adjoining houses and the rooms where the loan and the broken engagement are argued.
Music
Manna Dey and Arun Mukherjee are credited with the music.
Notes
- Asit Baran plays Girin. Nazir Hussain plays Gurucharan. Badri Prasad plays Nabin Rai, Shekhar's father. Pratima Devi plays Shekhar's mother. Manorama plays a chachi.
- The title is translated as married woman.
- Set in Calcutta, as the novella is.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Meena Kumari, for Parineeta (1955 ceremony)
Scenes
- Gurucharan takes Girin's interest-free loan, and the house decides Lalita has been pledged.
- Shekhar turns on Lalita once he believes the story.
Influenced by
- Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novella Parineeta (1914)
- Parineeta (1942)
