Uphaar

Name: Uphaar
Director: Sudhendu Roy
Released: 1971-01-01

1971 film directed by Sudhendu Roy

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Released: 1971
Director: Sudhendu Roy
Producer: Tarachand Barjatya
Cast: Jaya Bachchan
, Kamini Kaushal
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: India
Original language: Hindi
Composer: Laxmikant-Pyarelal

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Uphaar is a 1971 Hindi film. Produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions, the film stars Jaya Bhaduri, Swarup Dutta and Kamini Kaushal. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This film is based on the 1893 short story "Samapti" by Rabindranath Tagore. The film was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Following years this movie dubbed in various south Indian languages including successful in Malayalam as Upaharam in 1972. "Samapti" was earlier made into a Bengali movie by Satyajit Ray and is a part of his trio of short films released as "Teen Kanya".

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Narrative location: Kolkata
Distribution format: video on demand
Nominations: International Submission to the Academy Awards(1973) subject named as: Uphaar · significant event: 45th Academy Awards · nominee: India

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