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{{short description|1959 Indian Bengali psychological drama film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Bicharak
| image =
| alt = 
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Prabhat Mukherjee]]
| screenplay = Prabhat Mukherjee
| producer = [[Arundhati Devi]]
| writer = [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]
| based_on = ''Bicharak'' novel by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
| starring = [[Sisir Bhaduri]]<br>[[Uttam Kumar]]<br> [[Arundhati Devi]]<br> [[Chhabi Biswas]]
| music = [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Timir Baran Bhattachariya]]
| cinematography = [[Ajoy Mitra]]
| editing = Haridas Mahalanbish
| studio = Prabhat Production
| distributor = Shreebishnu Pictures Private Limited
| released = {{Film date|1959}}
| runtime = 121 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Bicharak''''' (English: The Judge) is a [[Bengali language|Bengali-language]] [[Psychological thriller|psychological thriller film]] directed by Prabhat Mukherjee. Based on a novel of the same name by [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], the film was produced by [[Arundhati Devi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.300056|title=Bicharak|last=Bandyopadhyay, Tarashankar|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/|title=Bicharak-Bengali Movie|access-date=15 December 2018|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165425/http://calcuttatube.com/bicharak-bengali-movie/141/|url-status=live}}</ref> This film was released in 1959<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html|title=Aspects of Film Festival|access-date=14 December 2018|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212540/http://www.frontierweekly.com/archive/vol-number/vol/vol-46-2013-14/46-31/46-31-Aspects%20of%20Film%20Festival.html|url-status=live}}</ref> under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards|title=Hindi TV Serials 7th National Film Awards|publisher=nettv4u.com|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025024840/http://www.nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/awards/7th-national-film-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> The film stars [[Uttam Kumar]] in the titular role alongside Arundhati Devi in the lead, while [[Chhabi Biswas]], [[Pahari Sanyal|Pahadi Sanyal]] and [[Chandrabati Devi]] play other pivotal roles. The film showed Uttam Kumar one of the best performance ever as a [[Judge]]. This is also remembered as one of the best films in his career and best ever in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali Cinema]] history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-24 |title=Once Upon a Cinema: Uttam Kumar's Last Bow |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Firstpost |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405133113/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/once-upon-a-cinema-uttam-kumars-last-bow-10949141.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film also received huge critical acclamation and saw the commercial success.

==Plot==
The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveal a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge, lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti died. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable to bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge, but realizes his crime and the past haunts him much.

==Cast==
* [[Sisir Bhaduri]] as Judge
* [[Uttam Kumar]] as Gyanendra
* [[Chhabi Biswas]] as Lawyer
* [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Professor
* [[Arundhati Devi]] as Sarama
* Dipti Roy as Sumati
* [[Chandrabati Devi]]
* Bani Hazra
* Atanu Ghosh

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Bicharak
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| director = [[Dakshinee|Suvo Guha Thakurta]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = 1958
| venue =
| studio = Prabhat Productions Pvt Ltd
| genre =
| length = 0:6:44
| label = Angel Digital Pvt Ltd
| producer = Prabhat Mukherjee, Arundhati Devi
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| all_music = [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Dakshinee|Suvo Guha Thakurta]]
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| title1 = Amar Mallika Bone
| length1 = 2:54
| extra1 = [[Utpala Sen]], [[Mrinal Chakraborty]]
| title2 = Amar Bichar Tumi Karo
| length2 = 1:27
| extra2 = [[Hemant Kumar]]
| total_length = 4:21
}}

==Award==
*[[7th National Film Awards|1960]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Certificate of Merit Best Feature Film in Bengali - Bicharak]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1920854}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1959 Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:1959 drama films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]

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