Ratna Deepam

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Ratna Deepam
File:Ratna Deepam.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDebaki Bose
Screenplay byKannadasan
T. M. Balasubramaniam
Eswara Chadra Sastry
Story byPrabathkumar Chatterjee
Produced byDebaki Bose
StarringAbhi Bhattacharya
Anupama
Sanyal
CinematographyTheoji Bhai
Edited byKamal Ganguly, Govardhan Adhikari
Music byRobin Chatterjee
Production
company
Debaki Bose Productions
Release date
  • 11 September 1953 (1953-09-11)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTamil
Bengali

Ratna Deepam (transl. Jewelled Lamp) is a 1953 Indian film directed by Debaki Bose. The film stars Abhi Bhattacharya and Anupama. It was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Bengali languages. The Bengali version was titled Ratnadeep.[1][2] The Tamil version was released on 11 September 1953.[3]

A son from a rich family has been missing for a long time. A man intrudes into the family feigning as their lost son. He enjoys life with the wealth in the family. However, when the wife approaches him with trust and affection his conscience demands a hearing. Even though he is an imposter he does not want to take advantage of the wife's innocence. Finally, his conscience wins.

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.[3]

Production

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The film was produced and directed by Debaki Bose. Story was written by Prabathkumar Chatterjee and the dialogues were penned by Kannadasan, T. M. Balasubramaniam and Eswara Chandra Sastry. Cinematography was handled by Theoji Bai while the editing was done by Kamal Ganguly and Govardhan Adhikari. Art direction was by Sathyan Rai Choudry. Adhinlal was in charge of choreography. The film was made by Radha Films at New Theatres, Calcutta.[3]

Soundtrack

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Music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. A song by Subramania Bharathiyar also was included in the film.[4]

Song Singer/s Lyricist
Kaanamenum Thanam Kandaen M. S. Rajeswari Vijayakumar
Kaadhal Endraale Mana Thunbam
Solluven Kaelaayi Soga Kadhai Aiyalur Krishnan & Lakshmi Rani
Idaya Veenai Thannaiye Devanarayanan
Punidhai Vaazhvu Erindhadhe Valampuri Somanathan
Kandadhu Mudhal Aasai Konden T. V. Rathnam Papanasam Sivan
Yaaro Idhai Sitrinbam Enbaar
Pagaivanukarulvaai Subramania Bharathiyar

Reception

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The Hindu wrote, "The refinement of Mr. Bose's art would thrill film-lovers even in this dubbed Tamil version of the picture".[5] The Indian Express wrote, "Portions of the picture have been dubbed in Tamil and this has been done so well as to make it hardly noticeable. The picture has all the flavour of a first hand effort."[6]

References

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