Overview
Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi's naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears, and his secrets.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film (1966)
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Music
Music by Satyajit Ray
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Subrata Mitra
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Satyajit RayWriter
- Original title
- নায়ক
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 6, 1966
- Original language
- Bengali
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Uttam KumarArindam Mukherjee
Sharmila TagoreAditi Sengupta
Bireswar SenMukunda Lahiri
Kamu MukherjeePritish Sarkar- Susmita MukherjeeMolly Sarkar
Jamuna SinhaShefalika Devi
Subrata SensharmaAjoy Dev- Ranjit SenHaren Bose
Premangshu BoseBiresh
Sumita SanyalPromila Chatterjee
Bharati DeviManorama Bose- Lali ChowdhurySairindhri Bose (Bulbul)
- Nirmal GhoshJyoti Banerjee
- Somen BoseShankar
- HiralalKamal Misra
- Jogesh ChatterjeeAghore Chatterjee
- Gopal DeyConductor
Satya BandopadhyaySwami
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