Khokababur Pratyabartan

Khokababur Pratyabartan (English: The Return of Little Master) is a 1960 Indian Bengali-language social drama film directed by Agradoot^[a] based on the 1891 short story of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore.^[2][3] The film stars Uttam Kumar in the lead with Asit Baran, Sumita Sanyal and others in supporting role. This film was released on 28 April 1960 under the banner of Agradoot Chitra. Music direction of the film was done by Hemanta Mukherjee.^[4][5] The film is remember as one of the best films of Uttam's career. His performance as a servant was greatly acclaimed. The film was a hit at the box office.

Khokababur Pratyabortan
Directed by	Agradoot
Written by	Rabindranath Tagore
Screenplay by	Binoy Chatterjee
Based on	Khokababur Pratyabortan short story by Rabindranath Tagore
Produced by	Agradoot
Starring	Uttam Kumar Asit Baran Namita Sannyal
Cinematography	Bibhuti Laha, Bijoy Ghosh
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Hemanta Mukherjee
Production company	Agradoot chitra
Distributed by	Paroshmal Deepchand Release
Release date	20 October 1961 (1961-10-20)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

The plot revolves around Raicharan's tragic life. He is the obedient servant of a local zamindar and takes care of zamindar's son whom he addresses as Khokababu. One day, the little son dies in an accident in a river flood and he is blamed for the same. In a delusional state, Raicharan starts believing his own infant to be his much loved khokababu and brought him up only to return him to his master.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Raicharan
• Tulsi Chakraborty
• Sumita Sanyal as Raicharan's wife
• Asit Baran as Anukul
• Jahar Ganguly as Raicharan's Father
• Shobha Sen as Raicharan's Sister
• Sisir Batabyal
• Dipti Ray
• Master Babu as Khokababu
• Tilak Chakraborty

Soundtrack

Khokababur Pratyabortan
Soundtrack album by Hemanta Mukherjee
Released	1960
Recorded	1959
Studio	Agradoot
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	2:38
Label	Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
Producer	Agradoot
Hemanta Mukherjee chronology
Kuhak (1960) Khokababur Pratyabortan (1960) Sesh Paryanta (1961)

All lyrics are written by Rabindranath Tagore; all music is composed by Rabindranath Tagore.

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Tar Anta Nai Go"	Hemanta Mukherjee	2:38
Total length:			2:38

Only Rabindra Sangeet used in this film to help by Rabindra Bharati.

Reception

This is one of the best film of Uttam Kumar's career. For the first time he doing character actor role. In the film he was totally deglamouraized. His performance as a servant Raicharan was huge acclaimed.

In a article of Times of India wrote that - "Want to discover Mahanayak’s unmatched acting skills beyond romantic hits? You have to watch ‘Khokababur Pratyabartan’. It’s not an easy task for a charismatic lead actor to jump into the role of a next door loyal servant. Because of the screen adaptation of a famous story of Rabindranath Tagore, it was more difficult to maintain the authentic feel of the story. Uttam Kumar excelled it so well that it is still regarded as one of the most touching Bengali films ever created."^[6]

The film become hit at the box office. It's also remembered as the first successful film based on Rabindranath Tagore story.

Notes

1. The pen name of a group of Indian film technicians in Bengali cinema signing collectively as director.^[1]