Amanush (1975)

Interesting facts

Amanush is a 1974 Indian action drama film, simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages, produced and directed by Shakti Samanta under his banner of Shakti Films. Based on Shaktipada Rajguru's story Naya Basat, the film stars Uttam Kumar in the titular role, alongside Sharmila Tagore, Utpal Dutt and Anil Chatterjee, while Prema Narayan, Abhi Bhattacharya, Amarnath Mukherjee and Asit Sen play other pivotal roles, with Shambhu Bhattacharya in a special appearance. The film follows Madhu, who transforms into a penniless drunkard from a scion of a landlord family, after getting implicated in a false murder case by a vindictive man.

Production

The film was based on Shaktipada Rajguru's novel Naya Basat which he written based on the people of Sundarban and there lifestyle.

This is the second Hindi film of Uttam after Choti Si Mulaqat in 1967 which he produced himself. But that failed to create any record and became a disaster at the box office, he didn't act in Hindi films till Shakti Samanta convinced him to work.

Generally this film was shot in Sandeshkhali, Sundarbans. The name of the village where the shooting took place is Bhangatushkhali. The name of that village was shown in the film as Dhanekhali. For the purpose of shooting, about forty houses, zamindarbari, doctor's office, market, Radhagobindar temple, police station, school were built here. That Radhagobindar temple and the wooden bungalow where Uttam Kumar lived are still there.

Shakti Samanta wanted to made this film in double version Hindi and Bengali for Kumar. Director Prabhat Roy (who also assistant director of this film) remained the shooting of this film. While shooting the song "Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar" on the launch. They had lost the track in the deep jungle. Then Shakti Samanta saw a small light reflected from a grocer shop. When the shopkeeper came and saw Uttam Kumar he immediately ran away.

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