Uttam Kumar’s Excellent Combination With Director Ajoy Kar.

Uttam Kumar being the greatest superstar of Bengali cinema during the golden age, that is the 50s, 60s and 70s, had acted in the films of all the legendary filmmakers of Bengal and the country as a whole.He had worked with Satyajit Ray in films like Nayak, Chiriakhana, Tapan Sinha in films like Jotugriha, Jhinder Bandi, Agragami in films like Sankhabela, Shilpi, Agradoot in films like Sabar Opore, Surjo Toron, Gulzar in films like Kitaab, Mrinal Sen in films like Raat Bhor.

But the commercial films in which Uttam Kumar had gained stardom were mostly related to the works of Ajoy Kar, the innovative filmmaker of the country.He utilized the middle-class image of Uttam Kumar in the film Griha Prabesh.He made Uttam Kumar play a sacrificing role in the society in the film Shyamali.Shaymali was staged in Star Theatre in Kolkata as play and ran successfully for more than 4 years.Ajoy Kar came out victorious in the film Shyamali after Uttam Kumar played a cameo in the film.

Uttam Kumar played the role of an honest academician in the film Bardidi based on the epic literature of Sarat Chandra Chatterji.

Ajoy Kar provided spectacles in the make up of Uttam Kumar.Uttam Kumar was as brilliant in the role of a down to earth zamindar as Sandharani who played the lead role in the film.

Ajoy Kar’s Harano Sur was the biggest hit film of Bengali cinema of the 50s.Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen became the most enterprising romantic pair of the millennium with the landmark performance in the film Harano Sur.Uttam Kumar lost his memory in the early part of the film after meeting with an accident and married Suchitra Sen.He forgot her after his earlier memory was regained.Suchitra Sen worked in the house of Uttam Kumar as governess of Uttam Kumar’s brother’s child to return his memory.Uttam Kumar produced the film and it created history.

The Ajoy Kar Uttam Kumar magic continued in the film Saptapadi based on the classic literature of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay.Uttam Kumar being a hindu Brahmin married Suchitra Sen, a Christian.Chabi Biswas the father of Uttam Kumar begged before Suchitra Sen to forget Uttam Kumar.Uttam Kumar changed his religion, became a doctor and served the people during the 2nd world war.He even cured Suchitra Sen who suffered a bomb blast during the war.The film was considered to be the greatest hit of the 60s.

Uttam Kumar acted in other landmark films of Ajoy Kar like Suno Boronari and Khelaghar.It was pity that in the late 60s, Ajoy Kar went to Pune Film and Television Institute and taught new directors the art of film making.Otherwise he could have experimented more with Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.The legendary films of the great director and the landmark matinee idol should be restored for the future generations.
 

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