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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ganadevata<br />
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| director = [[Tarun Majumdar]]<br />
| producer = [[Department of Information and Cultural Affairs]], [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay =Tarun Majumdar<br/>[[Rajen Tarafdar]]<br/> Arnab Majumdar <small>(dialogue)</small><br />
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| based_on = {{based on|''[[Ganadevata (novel)|Ganadevata]]'' (1942) |[[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]]}} <br />
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| starring = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]<br />Ajitesh Bannerjee<br />[[Samit Bhanja]]<br />Nilkantha Sengupta<br />[[Rabi Ghosh]]<br />[[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]]<br />
| music = [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]<br />
| cinematography = Shakti Banerjee<br />
| editing = Ramesh Joshi<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|06|29|India}} <br />
| runtime = 172 min.<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Ganadevata''''' ([[English language|English]]: The People) is a 1978 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Tarun Majumdar]], based on a novel by [[Ganadevata (novel)|same name]] by [[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ganadevata |publisher=Upperstall.com |url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1978/ganadevata |access-date=2014-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201107/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1978/ganadevata |archive-date=26 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The film stars [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Nilkantha Sengupta, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in the 1920s during the [[British Raj]], about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural [[Bengal]]. It had also won the writer Bandopadhyay, the 1966 [[Jnanpith Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings |publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = GANADEVATA (1978) |publisher= BFI | url = http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b71d08b95| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214705/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b71d08b95| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2014-04-26| access-date = 2014-04-26}}</ref><br />
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At the [[26th National Film Awards]] (1978), it won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]] and [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist Award]] for Kanchan De Biswas.<ref name="26thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm26NFAAward.aspx|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064258/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm26NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Debu Pandit<br />
* [[Kali Banerjee]]<br />
* [[Sandhya Roy]] as Durga<br />
* [[Tapen Chatterjee]] as Tara Napit<br />
* [[Ajitesh Bandopadhyay]]<br />
* [[Samit Bhanja]]<br />
* [[Nilkantha Sengupta]] as Tarini, the singer<br />
* [[Rabi Ghosh]] as Haren Ghosal<br />
* [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]]<br />
* [[Santosh Dutta]] as Doctor & Social activist for the rural poor people<br />
* [[Debraj Ray (actor)|Debraj Ray]]<br />
* [[Madhabi Mukherjee]]<br />
* [[Sumitra Mukherjee]]<br />
* [[Monu Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
* [[Anamika Saha]]<br />
* [[Santu Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
* [[Nimu Bhowmik]]<br />
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== Music ==<br />
The music of the film was composed by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. The lyrics were penned by [[Pulak Bandyopadhyay]], Mukul Dutta, [[Tarashankar Bandopadhyay]] and Lt. Ganga Charan Sarkar. The songs are:<br />
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1. Bhor Hoilo Jagata Jagilo (sung by [[Manna Dey]])<br />
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2. Bhalo Chhilo Sishubela (Sung by [[Sipra Bose]])<br />
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3. Shone Re Boli (sung by Manna Dey)<br />
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4. Dekhe Ja Rey Dekhe Ja (sung by Hemanta Mukherjee and [[Aarti Mukherjee]])<br />
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5. Ek Ghentu Tar Saat Beta (sung by Manna Dey)<br />
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6. Eso Poush Sonar Poush (Sung by chorus)<br />
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7. Lathi Kheye Aar Katodin (sung by Manna Dey)<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0237260}}<br />
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{{Tarun Majumdar}}<br />
{{National Film Award Wholesome Entertainment}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the 1920s]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in the British Raj]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Hemant Kumar]]<br />
[[Category:Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Bengali-language films]]<br />
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