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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chirakumar Sabha<br />
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| director = [[Premankur Atorthy]]<br />
| producer = Dilip Pictures<br />
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| starring = [[Durgadas Bannerjee]] <br>Molina Devi<br>Tinkari Chakraborty<br />
| music = [[R. C. Boral]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Nitin Bose]]<br />
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| studio = Dilip Pictures<br />
| released = 1932<br />
| runtime = 159 min<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
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'''''Chirakumar Sabha''''' (English: ''A Conference of Bachelors'') is a [[List of Bengali films of 1932|1932]] Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Premankur Atorthy]].<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhayaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema- Premnkur Atorthy|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943257|edition=2, Revised}}<!--|accessdate=31 August 2014|last1=CITWF|title=Chirakumar Sabha 1932|url=http://www.citwf.com/film62093.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=31 August 2014}}--></ref> The music of the film was composed by [[R. C. Boral]] who used Tagore's songs as lyrics.<ref name=Gokulsing>{{cite book|last1=Gokulsing, Dissanayake|first1=K. Moti, Wimal|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136772849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djUFmlFbzFkC&q=Chirakumar+Sabha+1932+bengali&pg=PA261|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> It was one of the first of [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindranath Tagore's]] works to be made into a film.<ref name=Tagore>{{cite book|last1=Translated by Astri Ghosh, Tagore|first1=Rabindranath|title=The Rats' Feast: A Tagore Omnibus|date=2013|publisher=Hachette UK|location=UK|isbn=9789350095591|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lq6xXMLb1O0C&q=Chirakumar+Sabha++1932+bengali+film|accessdate=31 August 2014}}</ref> The film was remade in 1956 by [[Debaki Bose]]. The story revolves around a group of hardened bachelors who meet on a regular basis, and eventually settle for marriage.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Purna is a newcomer to the group of bachelors at Professor Chandra Basu's house. Also attending are three other bachelors Akshay, Bipin and Shirish. Alshay is ousted from the committee when he gets married. He suggests that all members meet at his place instead. Nirmala, the Professor's daughter also joins the crowd becoming the only female member. Purna is attracted to Nirmala and suggests marriage, which Nirmala refuses. Akshay has three sisters Shailabala a child widow, Nripabala and Nirabala. His mother is busy fixing matches for Nripabala and Nirabala. Finally the two sisters are matched with Shirish and Bipin, while Nirmala and Purna get together.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Durgadas Bannerjee]] as Purna<br />
*[[Molina Devi]] as Nirmala<br />
*Tinkari Chakraborty as Akshay<br />
*Phani Burma as Bipin<br />
*Indu Mukherjee as Shirish<br />
*[[Amar Mullick]] as Professor Chandra Basu<br />
*Suniti as Nirabala<br />
*Anupama as Nripabala<br />
*Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Rasik<br />
*Dhiren Bannerjee as Darukeshwar<br />
*Nibhanani Debi as Shailabala<br />
*Dhani Dutta<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0154324 |title =Chirakumar Sabha }}<br />
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[[Category:1932 films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Premankur Atorthy]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Bengali-language films]]<br />
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