Ratna Deepam Explained

Ratna Deepam
Director:Debaki Bose
Producer:Debaki Bose
Story:Prabathkumar Chatterjee
Starring:Abhi Bhattacharya
Anupama
Sanyal
Music:Robin Chatterjee
Cinematography:Theoji Bhai
Editing:Kamal Ganguly, Govardhan Adhikari
Studio:Debaki Bose Productions
Runtime:148 minutes
Country:India
Language:Tamil
Bengali

Ratna Deepam 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]

Plot

A son in a rich family has gone 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 it is a victory to the conscience.

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.

Male cast
Female cast

Production

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.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. A song by Subramania Bharathiyar also was included in the film.[2]

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

The Hindu wrote, "The refinement of Mr. Bose's art would thrill film-lovers even in this dubbed Tamil version of the picture".[3] 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."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rajadhyaksha, Ashish . Ashish Rajadhyaksha . Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema . Willemen . Paul . Paul Willemen . . 1998 . 0-19-563579-5 . 324 . 1994.
  2. Book: Neelamegam, G. . Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 . Manivasagar Publishers . 1st . Chennai . December 2014 . 61 . Tamil.
  3. Web site: 12 September 2003 . dated September 12, 1953: "Ratna Deepam" Movie . dead . https://archive.today/20170625010750/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/09/12/stories/2003091200010901.htm . 25 June 2017 . 25 June 2017 . The Hindu.
  4. News: 11 September 1953 . Ratna Deepam . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903083159/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OwJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6963%2C4864027 . 3 September 2024 . . 6 . . 21 March 2021 .