Abatar

Name: Abatar
Director: Premankur Atorthy
Released: 1941

1941 film by Premankur Atorthy

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Released: 1941
Director: Premankur Atorthy
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Cast: Ahindra Choudhury
, Tulsi Lahiri
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: British Raj
Original language: Bangla
Composer: Himangshu Dutta

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Abatar also known as Avatar is a 1941 Indian Bengali mythological social drama film directed by Premankur Atorthy. The film was produced by Sree Bharat Lakshmi Pictures. The music of the film was composed by Himangshu Dutta, who is referred to as Surasagar Himangshu Dutta. He made use of Rabindra Sangeet in his compositions and helped familiarize S. D. Burman with its use in composing semi-classical songs. The cast included Durgadas Bannerjee, Ahindra Choudhury, Jyotsna Gupta, Tulsi Lahiri, Utpal Sen and Panna Devi. The film is a mythological rendering along with satire of modern society and rapid extension of generation through industrialization, economy and modern politics during second world war. The story of the film is about King Indranath's misfortunes and the descent to earth of gods incarnated as humans.

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Director of photography: Nitin Bose
Color: black-and-white

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