Antony Firingee (film)
Antony Firingee | |
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Directed by | Sunil Bannerjee |
Written by | Sunil Bannerjee |
Screenplay by | Sunil Bannerjee (Dialogues) |
Based on | Hensman Anthony life |
Produced by | Bhola Nath Roy |
Starring | Uttam Kumar Tanuja |
Cinematography | Bijoy Ghosh |
Edited by | Ardhendu Chatterjee |
Music by | Anil Bagchi Recording - Adhir Bagchi |
Production company | B.N Production |
Release date |
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Running time | 157 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Antony Firingee is a 1967 Indian
This musical drama is purely based on the life of a Portuguese named Hensman Anthony. Anthony (Uttam Kumar) came to India and made Bengal his home. The Bengali folk songs and traditional music changed his life forever. Such was the effect that he even looked Bengal as his motherland. He even married a Hindu widow Nirupama (Tanuja). But he could not protect himself against the dirty orthodoxy beliefs that used to plague the land in that period. His wife was burnt to death because Antony was planning for a Durga Puja which was termed blasphemy by the then Brahmins. However, in real life, despite the odds of the society, Anthony and his wife lived happily and died natural deaths. That is the only difference the 1967 film had.
After the film's release, the poet name became "famous".
Plot
Cast
- Uttam Kumar ... Anthony Firingee
- Tanuja ... Nirupoma
- Lolita Chatterjee ... Marina (as Lalita Chattopadhyay)
- Bhanu Bandopadhyay ... Haripada
- Jahor Roy ... Ananda Babu
- Asit Baran ... Bhola Moira
- Haridhan Mukherjee ... Thakurdas Singha (as Haridhan Mukhopadhyay)
- Haradhan Bannerjee ... Kelly Antony (as Haradhan Bandyopadhyay)
- Kamal Majumdar ... Ram Basu
- Mani Srimani ... Gorakshanath
- Chhaya Devi ... Antony's mother
- Ruma Guha Thakurta ... Jogweswari
- Soma Chowdhury ...Amina
- Kajal Gupta...Durga
- Jiben Bose
Soundtrack
Anthony Firingi | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
Length | 0:32:31 |
Label | Sa Re Ga Ma |
Producer | B.N Productions Pvt Ltd |
Anil Bagchi is the music director of the film, while Aloknath Dey is the assistant music director. Many of the songs were critically and commercially successful.
Lyricist
Playback singers are
Selected track list
# | Title | Singer(s)[3] |
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1 | "Aami Jamini Tumi Soshi He" | Manna Dey |
2 | "Ghiri Ghiri Aai" | Sandhya Mukherjee |
3 | "Ami Je Jalsaghare" | Sandhya Mukherjee |
4 | "Aami Je Jalsaghare" | Manna Dey |
5 | "Champa Chameli Golaperi" | Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukherjee |
6 | "Tunhu Mamo Monopran Hey" | Sandhya Mukherjee |
7 | "Maa Tui Aamay Daya Korbi" | Manna Dey |
8 | "Keu Ba Karchhen Barristeri" | Manna Dey, Adhir Bagchi |
9 | "Satya Bate Ami Jetete" | Manna Dey, Adhir Bagchi |
10 | "Shuno He Antony" | Manna Dey, Alok Bagchi |
Production
Anthony Firingi was based on the real life of Portuguese-Bengali folk poet
Tanuja acted in this film as Nirupa with Uttam Kumar. This is her second Bengali film and also the second film where Uttam and Tanuja worked together, working before in the 1963 blockbuster film Deya Neya.[5] Here Manna Dey playback for Uttam Kumar in all the songs because that time there is ego clash and brawl between Uttam and Hemanta Kumar. Hemanta who sang for Uttam most of the time and their pair is most popular in Bengali cinema. After the film Manna Dey song most songs for Uttam.[6]
Reception
The film is considered as one of the best film ever made of a real life incident. Uttam Kumar gave the new life to this character and the poet name became famous after this film. Hindustan Standard kept this film on Top five iconic of Uttam Kumar. The film is also remembered for its outstanding music and Uttam Manna Dey combination. They worked before in the blockbuster film Sankhyabela in 1966. But this film gave their pair a breakthrough.[7]
The film released at 1967 Durga Puja occasion in West Bengal and became an all-time blockbuster hit. It ran over 100 days in theater. It also became the highest grossing Bengali film in 1967[8]
In 24th edition of Kolkata International Film Festivals (KIFF) Antony Firingee was shown on the opening theme.[9]
Spin off
Anthony Firingee character was again including in a film in 2014 named as Jatishwaar. Which is showing the re born of Hensman Anthony. The film was made by National Award winner director Srijit Mukherjee. Starring Prosenjit Chatterjee in double role as Hensman Anthony and Kushal Hazra. The film successful and wide praised by critics and also won four National Award of 2014.[10]
Awards
- 1968 : Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Male Playback Singer - Manna Dey
- 1968 : Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Lyricist Award - Gouri Prasanna Majumder
References
- ^ "Mr & Mrs Antony Firingee". The Telegraph. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
made famous by Uttam Kumar in the film Antony Firingee
- ISBN 978-0-299-21253-7.
- ^ "Antony Firingee Album". Spotify. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.
- ^ "চলচ্চিত্রের অনুষঙ্গে অবিভক্ত মেদিনীপুর". Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Prohor. "অবাঙালি হয়েও ডাবিং করতেন নিজেই; যেভাবে বাংলার 'নন্দিনী' হয়ে উঠলেন মারাঠি তনুজা - Prohor". অবাঙালি হয়েও ডাবিং করতেন নিজেই; যেভাবে বাংলার ‘নন্দিনী’ হয়ে উঠলেন মারাঠি তনুজা - Prohor. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Uttam Kumar | Uttam Kumar: উত্তম-হেমন্ত বিবাদেই মহানায়কের 'লিপ'-এ গাওয়ার সুযোগ পান মান্না দে, শ্যামল মিত্র?". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "উত্তমকুমারকে খুব শ্রদ্ধা করতেন মান্না দা". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ desk, Rojdin (8 October 2019). "পুজোয় মুক্তি পাওয়া ছবিতে এখনও এক নম্বরে উত্তমকুমার". রোজদিন.in. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ prosenjitblog (19 January 2015). "Jaatishwar Completes One Year". prosenjitblog. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "National Awards for Films: Uttam Kumar (1967)" (PDF). Dff.nic.in. Directorate of Film Festivals. 25 November 1968. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ The Times of India, Entertainment. "National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
- Antony Firingee at IMDb