Rajat Jayanti
About Rajat Jayanti
Simple Rajat loves his neighbor Jayanti. Cousin Bishwanath and Bishwanath's friend Samir coach the courtship and try to borrow from Rajat's miserly guardian, Bagalcharan, so Samir can make a European-style art film. Bagalcharan passes through Dr. Gajanan's clinic into the hands of two crooks, Nataraj and Supta. Supta wants Rajat, and they try to kidnap him.
Cast & crew
More about Rajat Jayanti
Pramathesh Barua, billed as P.C. Barua, directed and wrote the Bengali comedy for New Theatres and plays Rajat. Indiancine.ma lists Sudhin Majumdar as cinematographer, Haridas Mahalanobis as editor, and Rai Chand Boral as composer. Censorship certificate 19823 is dated 17 July 1939. The archive gives a release at Chitra on 12 August 1939, a length of 12,660 feet, and 140 minutes. Menaka Devi plays Jayanti, Pahadi Sanyal plays Bishwanath, Bhanu Banerjee plays Samir, Sailen Choudhury plays Bagalcharan, Indu Mukherjee plays Nataraj, and Molina Devi plays Supta.
Themes
Making
Barua, who had come to New Theatres from his own silent company, put himself in the part of the shy lover and gave the scheme about a European art film to Samir.
Look
Sudhin Majumdar photographed the comedy for New Theatres.
Music
Rai Chand Boral wrote the music. Molina Devi sings.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons from Indiancine.ma.
Notes
- The Bengali title means silver jubilee. Letterboxd lists Silver Jubilee as an English title.
- Molina Devi is also credited as a singer.
- Dinesh Ranjan Das plays Haranath. A.H. Shore plays Dr. Gajanan.
Scenes
- Bishwanath and Samir try to pry a loan from Bagalcharan for an art film.
- Bagalcharan leaves Dr. Gajanan's clinic in the hands of Nataraj and Supta.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (রজত জয়ন্তী - বাংলা চলচ্চিত্র (১৯৩৯).webm)
