Nayika Sangbad

Nayika Sangbad (transl. News About the Heroine) is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).

Nayika Sangbad
Directed by	Agradoot
Written by	Prasanta Deb
Starring	Uttam Kumar Anjana Bhowmick
Cinematography	Bibhuti Laha
Edited by	Baidyanath Chattopadhyay
Music by	Hemant Kumar
Production company	B. K. Productions
Release date	1967 (1967)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Urmila, a popular film actress, accidentally misses a train somewhere in the midway to her new shooting spot. She takes shelter in the quarter of the station master Alok for the next few days and falls in love with the new place as well as its people.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Alok^[1]
• Anjana Bhowmick as Urmila^[1]
• Pahari Sanyal as Lahiri
• Anubha Gupta as Rama
• Mrinal Mukherjee

Production

Nayika Sangbad was produced under B. K. Productions, directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. Cinematography was handled by Bibhuti Laha, and editing by Baidyanath Chattopadhyay. The film was shot in black and white, and contained on 14 reels.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Hemant Kumar.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ei Purnima Raat"	Gauri Prasanna Majumder	Hemant Kumar	3:03
2.	"Aaj Chanchal Mon Jodi"	Gauri Prasanna Majumder	Sandhya Mukherjee	2:41
3.	"Keno E Hriday Chanchal Holo"	Mohini Chowdhury	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:27
4.	"Ki Mishti Dekho Mishti"	Mohini Chowdhury	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:02
Total length:				12:13

Other versions

Nayika Sangbad was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).^[3] The 2013 film Nayika Sangbad has no relation to its 1967 namesake apart from involving the same premise of a film actress disappearing.^[4]