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Khokababur Pratyabartan (English: The Return of Little Master) is a 1960 Indian Bengali-language social drama film directed by Agradoot based on the 1891 short story of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore. The film stars Uttam Kumar in the lead with Asit Baran, Sumita Sanyal and others in supporting role. This film was released on 28 April 1960 under the banner of Agradoot Chitra. Music direction of the film was done by Hemanta Mukherjee. The film is remember as one of the best films of Uttam's career. His performance as a servant was greatly acclaimed. The film was a hit at the box office.

Plot

The plot revolves around Raicharan's tragic life. He is the obedient servant of a local zamindar and takes care of zamindar's son whom he addresses as Khokababu. One day, the little son dies in an accident in a river flood and he is blamed for the same. In a delusional state, Raicharan starts believing his own infant to be his much loved khokababu and brought him up only to return him to his master.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Raicharan
• Tulsi Chakraborty
• Sumita Sanyal as Raicharan's wife
• Asit Baran as Anukul
• Jahar Ganguly as Raicharan's Father
• Shobha Sen as Raicharan's Sister
• Sisir Batabyal
• Dipti Ray
• Master Babu as Khokababu
• Tilak Chakraborty

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Rabindranath Tagore; all music is composed by Rabindranath Tagore

Only Rabindra Sangeet used in this film to help by Rabindra Bharati.

Reception

This is one of the best film of Uttam Kumar's career. For the first time he doing character actor role. In the film he was totally deglamouraized. His performance as a servant Raicharan was huge acclaimed.

In a article of Times of India wrote that - "Want to discover Mahanayak’s unmatched acting skills beyond romantic hits? You have to watch ‘Khokababur Pratyabartan’. It’s not an easy task for a charismatic lead actor to jump into the role of a next door loyal servant. Because of the screen adaptation of a famous story of Rabindranath Tagore, it was more difficult to maintain the authentic feel of the story. Uttam Kumar excelled it so well that it is still regarded as one of the most touching Bengali films ever created."

The film become hit at the box office. It's also remembered as the first successful film based on Rabindranath Tagore story.

Notes

1. The pen name of a group of Indian film technicians in Bengali cinema signing collectively as director.

References

1. Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The Cinemas of India. Macmillan India. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.
2. K. A. JAMUNA (June 2017). Children's Literature in Indian Languages. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 9788123024561. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
3. "Bengali films that proved Uttam Kumar was not just a romantic matinee idol". The Times of India. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
4. "Khokababur Pratyabartan (1960 - Bengali)". Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
5. "Khokha Babur Pratyabartan". indiancine.ma. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
6. "'Khokababur Pratyabartan' - Bengali films that proved Uttam Kumar was not just a romantic matinee idol". The Times of India. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

• Khokababur Pratyabartan at IMDb

• 1961 films
• 1960 films
• Bengali-language Indian films
• Films based on short fiction
• 1960s Indian films
• Indian drama films
• Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore
• Films directed by Agradoot
• 1960s Bengali-language films