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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Andhare Alo<br />
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| director = [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<br>[[Naresh Mitra]]<br />
| producer = Taj Mahal Film Co., Calcutta<br />
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| starring = Sisir Kumar Bhaduri<br>Naresh Mitra<br>Jogesh Choudhury<br>Durga Rani<br />
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| cinematography = Noni Gopal Sanyal<br />
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| studio = Taj Mahal Film Co., Calcutta<br />
| released = 1922<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] silent film<br />
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'''''Andhare Alo''''' (Beam of Light) also called '''''The Influence of Love''''' was a [[List of Bollywood films of 1922|1922]] [[silent film]] from the [[Cinema of West Bengal#History|Bengali Film industry]] and a debut production from the Taj Mahal Films, Calcutta.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|last1=Crow|first1=Jonathan|title=Andhare Alo (1922)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249835/Andhare-Alo/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721180810/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/249835/Andhare-Alo/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2015|accessdate=8 September 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|date=2015|ref=Movies-Overview}}</ref> Based on a short story of the same name "Andhare Alo" (Beam of Light) by [[Saratchandra Chatterjee]], it was directed by [[Sisir Bhaduri]] and [[Naresh Mitra]]. The cinematographer was Noni Gopal Sanyal.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA149|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=149}}</ref> The cast included Sisir Kumar Bhaduri, Naresh Mitra, Jogesh Choudhury and Durga Rani.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Andhare Alo 1922|url=http://www.citwf.com/film15191.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref> The film was appreciated by the critics for its melodramatic content and was claimed to be a "huge hit" at the box-office.<ref name=NYT /><br />
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The story focuses on a love triangle, where the man Satyendra, marries due to family obligations and then leaves his eleven-year-old young bride called Radharani behind,<ref name="Gopal2012">{{cite book|author=Sangita Gopal|title=Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sVO6GMT_OIAC&pg=PA27|year=2012|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-30427-4|page=27}}</ref> and gets involved with a more mature and modern courtesan. The film is cited as one of the earliest to feature a dancing girl as one end of a triangle in [[Indian cinema]].<ref name="Desai2013">{{cite book|author=Meghnad Desai|title=PAKEEZAH|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgKNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT35|year=2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5116-023-6|page=35}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Sisir Kumar Bhaduri]] as Satyendra<br />
* Naresh Mitra as Amar<br />
* Jogesh Choudhury as Deonji<br />
* Durga Rani as Bijli<br />
* Lila Debi<br />
* Kankabati<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0155493 |title =Andhare Alo }}<br />
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[[Category:1922 films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian silent films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Naresh Mitra]]<br />
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