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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kapalkundala<br />
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| director = [[Premankur Atorthy]]<br />
| producer = [[New Theatres]]<br />
| writer =<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Umasashi]] <br>[[Durgadas Bannerjee]]<br>Molina Devi<br />
| music = [[R. C. Boral]]<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| distributor =<br />
| studio = New Theatres<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1933}}<br />
| runtime = 122 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
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'''''Kapalkundala''''' is a [[List of Indian Bengali films of 1933|1933]] [[Bengali language|Bengali]] social [[Children's film|family film]] directed by [[Premankur Atorthy]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name=gomolo>{{cite web|title=Kapalkundala 1933|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kapalkundala-movie-cast-crew/12902|website=gomolo.com|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102641/http://www.gomolo.com/kapalkundala-movie-cast-crew/12902|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film starred [[Umasashi]], [[Durgadas Bannerjee]], Manoranjan Bhattacharya and [[Molina Devi]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Kapalkundala 1933|url=http://www.citwf.com/film181106.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> It is based on [[Kapalkundala]], a famous Bengali novel written by [[Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay]] in 1866.<ref name=Kumar>{{cite book |last1= Bandyopadhyay|first1= Asit Kumar |title= Bangla Sahityer Itibritta|trans-title=History of Bengali Literature |edition= 3rd |volume=VIII |year=2007 |orig-date= 1998 |publisher= Modern Book Agency Pvt Ltd |location=Kolkata |language=Bengali |pages=502–520 }}</ref> This was the second remake of Kapalakundala, the first being made in 1929 by Priyanath Ganguly. The film was made three more times: 1939, 1952, 1981.<ref name=banglatorrents>{{cite web|title=Kapalkundala|url=http://www.banglatorrents.com/archive/index.php/t-10734.html|website=banglatorrents.com|publisher=Bangla Torrents vBulletin Solutions, Inc|access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> The film did well celebrating a run of twenty-five weeks.<ref name=worldfilm>{{cite web|last1=Grant|first1=Andrew|title=The Many Languages of Indian Cinema – Part 1 Bengali|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/a/The-Many-Languages-Of-Indian-Cinema-Part-1.htm|website=worldfilm.about.com|publisher=Worldfilm.com|access-date=29 August 2014|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102121/http://worldfilm.about.com/od/topbollywood/a/The-Many-Languages-Of-Indian-Cinema-Part-1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is about a girl named Kapalkundala (Uma Sashi), who is brought up in a forest by the sage Kapalik (Manoranjan Bhattacharya). She meets a young man, Nabakumar (Durgadas Bannerjee), who loses his way in the forest, and she falls in love with him. They elope and marry. She relocates to the city with her husband but finds herself unable to adapt to city life. Kapalik with the help of Shyama (Molina Devi) tries to malign her wanting her to return. The story ends with Kapalkundala killing herself by jumping in the river.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Umasashi]] as Kapalkundala<br />
*[[Durgadas Bannerjee]] as Naba Kumar<br />
*Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Kapalik<br />
*[[Molina Devi]] as Shyama<br />
*[[Amar Mullick]]<br />
*Nibhanini Devi as Motibibi<br />
*Amulya Mitra<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id =0154715 |title =Kapalkundala }}<br />
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