Ratna Deepam


Ratna Deepam is a 1953 Indian film directed by Debaki Bose. The film stars Abhi Bhattacharya and Anupama. It was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Bengali languages. The Bengali version was titled Ratnadeep. The Tamil version was released on 11 September 1953.

Plot

A son from a rich family has been missing for a long time. A man intrudes into the family feigning as their lost son. He enjoys life with the wealth in the family. However, when the wife approaches him with trust and affection his conscience demands a hearing. Even though he is an imposter he does not want to take advantage of the wife's innocence. Finally, his conscience wins.

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.
;Male cast
  • Abhi Bhattacharya
  • Pahari Sanyal
  • S. P. K. Rao
  • S. P. K. Murthi
  • N. Viswanathan
;Female cast
  • Anupama
  • Manju Dey as Kanakam
  • Molina
  • Chaya Devi

    Production

The film was produced and directed by Debaki Bose. Story was written by Prabathkumar Chatterjee and the dialogues were penned by Kannadasan, T. M. Balasubramaniam and Eswara Chandra Sastry. Cinematography was handled by Theoji Bai while the editing was done by Kamal Ganguly and Govardhan Adhikari. Art direction was by Sathyan Rai Choudry. Adhinlal was in charge of choreography. The film was made by Radha Films at New Theatres, Calcutta.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. A song by Subramania Bharathiyar also was included in the film.
SongSinger/sLyricist
Kaanamenum Thanam KandaenM. S. RajeswariVijayakumar
Kaadhal Endraale Mana ThunbamM. S. RajeswariVijayakumar
Solluven Kaelaayi Soga KadhaiAiyalur Krishnan & Lakshmi RaniVijayakumar
Idaya Veenai ThannaiyeDevanarayananVijayakumar
Punidhai Vaazhvu ErindhadheDevanarayananValampuri Somanathan
Kandadhu Mudhal Aasai KondenT. V. RathnamPapanasam Sivan
Yaaro Idhai Sitrinbam EnbaarT. V. RathnamPapanasam Sivan
PagaivanukarulvaaiT. V. RathnamSubramania Bharathiyar

Reception

The Hindu wrote, "The refinement of Mr. Bose's art would thrill film-lovers even in this dubbed Tamil version of the picture". The Indian Express wrote, "Portions of the picture have been dubbed in Tamil and this has been done so well as to make it hardly noticeable. The picture has all the flavour of a first hand effort."