Aparichita (1969 film)

Aparichita is a 1969 Indian Bengali-language thriller film co-written and directed by Salil Dutta. Produced by Debnath Roy and Geetali Dutta under the banner of R. D. Productions,^[1] the film is based on the novel of the same name by Samaresh Basu,^[2] which itself was actually inspired by The Idiot written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.^[3] It stars Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Aparna Sen in the lead, while Utpal Dutt, Bikash Roy, Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy and Haradhan Bandyopadhyay in another pivotal roles.^[4][5][6]

Aparichita
Directed by	Salil Dutta
Based on	Aparichita by Samaresh Basu
Screenplay by	Salil Dutta
Story by	Samaresh Basu
Produced by	Debnath Roy Geetali Dutta
Starring	Uttam Kumar Soumitra Chatterjee Sandhya Roy Aparna Sen Utpal Dutt Bikash Roy Tarun Kumar Dilip Roy Haradhan Bandyopadhyay
Cinematography	Pankaj Das
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Robin Chatterjee
Production company	R. D. Productions
Distributed by	Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd.
Release date	5 December 1969 (1969-12-05)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Politician Priyanath forces Sunita for prostitution. She is abducted by the gangster Ranjan but latter involves and falls in love with Sujit. Sujit, just recovered from mental breakdown also involves with Sunita. While Sunita is going to marry Sujit, Ranjan kills Sunita.^[7]

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Ranjan
• Soumitra Chatterjee as Sujitnath Dutta
• Aparna Sen as Sunita
• Sandhya Roy as Dola
• Utpal Dutta
• Tarun Kumar
• Bikash Roy
• Dilip Roy
• Haradhan Banerjee