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Gora (film)

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Gora is a Bengali drama film directed Naresh Mitra[1] based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore. This film was released on 30 July 1938.[2] Music composer of the film was Kazi Nazrul Islam.[3][4]

Plot

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Gora and Mahim were sons of Krishna Dayal. Binay, Gora's childhood friend introduced him to a Brahma family. Gora is very conscious about his Hinduism and he likes to represent himself as an orthodox Hindu. His Hinduism makes conflict with the Brahma religion.

Cast

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  • Naresh Mitra as Haranbabu
  • Jiban Ganguly as Gora
  • Mohan Ghoshal as Binay
  • Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Paresh Babu
  • Bipin Gupta as Krishnadayal
  • Ranibala as Radharani a.k.a. Sucharita
  • Protima Dasgupta as Lalita
  • Rajlakshmi Devi as Anandomoyee
  • Devbala as Haramohini
  • Manorama as Baradasundari
  • Suhasini Devi

References

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  1. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943189. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ Rabindranath Tagore (20 May 2013). The Rats' Feast: A Tagore Omnibus. Hachette India. ISBN 9789350095591. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Gora". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ Mukerjea, Anit (15 August 2015). "Revisiting a classic". The Statesman. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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