Sagarika (1956 film)

Sagarika^[2] is a 1956 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Agragami.^[3] The film has music composed by Robin Chatterjee. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen as leads, with actors Jamuna Sinha, Namita Sinha, Kamal Mitra, Pahadi Sanyal, Jahar Ganguli, Anup Kumar in supporting roles.

Sagarika
সাগরিকা
Directed by	Agragami
Written by	Agragami (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Agragami
Produced by	Sukumar Kumar
Starring	Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Cinematography	Sudhangshu Ghosh Narayan Chakraborty Sambhu Ghosh Amulya
Edited by	Ramen Ghosh
Music by	Robin Chatterjee[1]
Production company	S.C Productions
Distributed by	D Looks Film Distributor limited
Release date	1 February 1956 (1956-02-01)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Medical student Arun, wants to travel to England to become a doctor, in fulfillment of his father's dying wish. Shipra, a naughty and insensitive girl, wants to marry Arun, but Arun falls in love with Sagarika, whom he meets in college.

Arun writes a love poem about Sagarika, which Shipra sends to Sagarika without Arun's knowledge. Offended, Sagarika reports Arun to the school administration, who cancel Arun's scholarship. Arun returns to his village, still determined to study medicine in England. Shipra confesses to Sagarika that she sent her the poem, and Sagarika feels guilty that Arun lost his scholarship.

Later, Arun travels to Englad to become a doctor and becomes engaged to Basanti, the daughter of his uncle. Sagarika, now in love with Arun, begins writing letters to Arun under Basanti's name. Meanwhile, Basanti cheats on Arun with Ajit, who promises to marry her.

Arun graduated from medical school, but has an accident that blinds him. When he returns to India, Basanti refuses to marry him due to his blindness. Arun stays in the home of his friend Kedar, where he is nursed hy Sagarika, who is pretending to be Basanti.

When a famous doctor agrees to operate on Arun's eyes, Basanti once again wishes to marry Arun. After the successful operation, Sagarika flees and Arun realizes that Basanti is not the woman who nursed him. Kedar calls Sagarika, and Arun and Sagarika are reconciled.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Arun
• Suchitra Sen as Sagarika
• Jamuna Sinha as Basanti
• Namita Sinha as Sipra
• Kamal Mitra as Professor of Medical College
• Jahar Ganguly as Basanti's father
• Pahadi Sanyal as Arun's uncle
• Anup Kumar
• Jiben Bose as Kedarda

Production

During the shooting of the film, producer Sukumar Kumar became ill, leading to shooting being stopped due to a lack of money. Kamal Mitra and Pahadi Sanyal shot a portion of the film, but were unable to continue. Uttam Kumar gave director Agradoot 30,000 rupees to continue shooting the film.^[4]

Soundtrack

Sagarika
Soundtrack album by Robin Chatterjee
Released	1956
Recorded	1955
Studio	S.C Productions
Genre	Feature Film Soundtrack
Length	0:20:49
Label	National Sound Studio
Producer	Sukumar Kumar
Robin Chatterjee chronology
Dhake Ki Malmal (1956) Sagarika (1956) Saheb Bibi Golam (1956)

Robin Chatterjee composed the songs for the film, with Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, Pranab Roy and Nitai Bhattachariya being songwriters.

Song title

No.	Title	singer(s)	Length
1.	"Amar Shwapne Dekha Rajkonya"	Shyamal Mitra	2:18
2.	"Ei Madhuraat Sudhu Phool Paapiyar"	Sandhya Mukherjee	2:49
3.	"Ankhi Jane Phool Keno Phote"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:18
4.	"Tobo Bijay Mukut Ajike Dekhi"	Sandhya Mukherjee	2:33
5.	"Hriday Amar Sundar Tabo"	Alpana Banerjee	2:41
6.	"Ei To Amar Prothom Phagun Bela"	Sandhya Mukherjee	3:15
7.	"Swapna Bhora Din Guli Mor Jai Bheshe"	Alpana Banerjee	1:30
8.	"Amra Medical College E Pori"	Sathinath Mukherjee, Utpala Sen, Dwijen Mukherjee	2:25
Total length:			20:49

Reception

The film became an all-time blockbuster and ran for 24 weeks, the highest for any Uttam Suchitra film.^{[citation needed]}

Remakes

The film was remade in Hindi as Prem Patra in 1962, starring Sashi Kapoor and Sadhana. It was also remade in Telugu as Aradhana, starring Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Savitri.^{[citation needed]}