Chirakumar Sabha

{{short description|1932 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Chirakumar Sabha | image = | caption = | director = Premankur Atorthy | producer = Dilip Pictures | writer = | narrator = | starring = Durgadas Bannerjee <br>Molina Devi<br>Tinkari Chakraborty | music = R. C. Boral | cinematography = Nitin Bose | editing = | distributor = New Theatres | studio = Dilip Pictures | released = {{Film date|1932}} | runtime = 159 min | country = India | language = Bengali | budget =  | gross =  }} '''''Chirakumar Sabha''''' (English: ''A Conference of Bachelors'') is a 1932 Indian Bengali drama 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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chirakumar Sabha (1932) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chirakumar-sabha-34062 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125213222/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chirakumar-sabha-34062 |url-status=live |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Cinestaan}}</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><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chirakumar Sabha (1932) |url=https://indiancine.ma/AYI |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> It was one of the first of 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}}</ref> The film was remade in 1956 by Debaki Bose.

==Plot== The story revolves around a group of hardened bachelors who meet on a regular basis, and eventually settle for marriage. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FilmiClub |title=Chirakumar Sabha (1932) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/chirakumar-sabha-1932-bengali-movie |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=FilmiClub }}</ref>

==Cast== *Durgadas Bannerjee as Purna *Molina Devi as Nirmala *Amar Mullick as Professor Chandra Basu *Tinkari Chakraborty as Akshay *Phani Burma as Bipin *Indu Mukherjee as Shirish *Suniti as Nirabala *Anupama as Nripabala *Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Rasik *Dhiren Bannerjee as Darukeshwar *Nibhanani Debi as Shailabala *Dhani Dutta

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id =0154324 |title =Chirakumar Sabha }}

Category:1932 films Category:1932 Indian films Category:1932 Bengali-language films Category:Bengali-language Indian films Category:Bengali-language drama films Category:Indian black-and-white films Category:Indian drama films Category:Films directed by Premankur Atorthy Category:Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore Category:New Theatres films