Agnishwar (English: The fire god) is a 1975 Indian Bengali language socio-political drama film co-written and directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The story of the film is based on the novel of the same name written by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, which itself was inspired from the life of his teacher Banabihari Mukhopadhyay. it stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Madhabi Chakraborty, Sumitra Mukherjee, Kajal Gupta, Partha Mukherjee in lead roles, while Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy, Asit Baran, Jahar Roy, Haridhan Mukhopadhyay play other pivotal roles. It deals with the life and career of a patriotic, idealistic doctor.
Plot The plot revolves around a patriotic doctor who lends a moral backbone to the broken society of India.
Cast Uttam Kumar as Dr. Agnishwar Mukherjee Madhabi Mukherjee as Agnishwar's wife Sumitra Mukherjee as Suchhanda Kajal Gupta as 'Store' Babu's wife Asit Baran as Dr. Latif Partha Mukherjee as Agnishwar's son Tarun Kumar as Sarbeshwar, the manager of DTS Dilip Roy as Khagen Haridhan Mukhopadhyay as 'Store' Babu Jahar Roy as Ghosh Sulata Chowdhury as Padma Shambhu Bhattacharya as Jhagru Durgadas Banerjee Kshudiram Bhattacharya
Soundtrack
Rabindranath Tagore and Dwijendralal Ray composing and lyrics was use for the film. Music director of the film was Hemanta Mukherjee.
Reception The film become superhit at the box office and ran for 100 days in theaters. The film earned cult status and still creating the buzz to this generation. It's takes inspiration for many doctors and other people today. The performance of Uttam Kumar, story and direction being praised by the audiences.
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