Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri.[1][2] It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles.[1][3]
| Nilachaley Mahaprabhu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kartik Chattopadhyay |
| Screenplay by | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay Bimal Mitra |
| Story by | Nripendrakrishna Chattopadhyay |
| Based on | Chaitanya Mahaprabhu |
| Starring | Asim Kumar Dipti Roy Sumitra Devi Chhabi Biswas Ahindra Choudhury Bhanu Bandyopadhyay Kanu Banerjee Nripati Chattopadhyay |
| Cinematography | Amulya Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Haridas Mahalanobis |
| Music by | Rai Chand Boral Pranab Ray (lyrics) Baishnab Mahalanabis (lyrics) |
Production company | Udoy Chitra Pratisthan |
| Distributed by | Movie Maya Pvt. Ltd. |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959).[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers.[5] The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai is followed by this film.
Cast
- Asim Kumar as Chaitanya
- Dipti Roy as Vishnupriya
- Ahindra Choudhury
- Dhiraj Bhattacharya
- Nitish Mukhapadhyay
- Kanu Banerjee
- Gurudas Bandyopadhyay
- Bhanu Bandopadhyay
- Nripati Chattopadhyay
- Chhabi Biswas
- Sumitra Devi[6]
- Molina Devi
- Padma Devi
- Shikharani
- Sumita Bandha
- Jnanadakakuti
- Suruchi Sengupta
- Kumari Indrani
