Jagriti | |
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Directed by | Satyen Bose |
Written by | Manoranjan Ghose Pandit Urmil |
Screenplay by | Satyen Bose |
Story by | Manoranjan Ghose |
Produced by | S. Mukherjee |
Starring | Abhi Bhattacharya Ratan Kumar Rajkumar Gupta Pranoti Ghosh Bipin Gupta Mumtaz Begum |
Cinematography | N. V. Srinivas |
Edited by | D. V. Pai |
Music by | Hemant Kumar Kavi Pradeep (lyrics) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Filmistan Ltd. |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Jagriti (transl. The Awakening) is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Satyen Bose. It was based on the 1949 Bengali film Paribartan that Bose had also directed. The film stars Rajkumar Gupta, Abhi Bhattacharya, and Ratan Kumar in the lead roles. The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film at the 3rd Filmfare Awards in 1956. Bhattacharya received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his outstanding performance in Jagriti at the same ceremony. Jagriti still considered one of the best children-centric films of India.
The film was screened retrospectively on 14 August 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating the 70th Indian Independence Day.[1][2]