Subarna Golak


Subarna Golak is a 1981 Indian Bengali-language fantasy action comedy film directed by Manu Sen. Produced by Shailen Sarkar under the banner of Kalimata Productions, the film is based on the 1885 novel of the same name by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It stars an ensemble cast of Dipankar De, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Debashree Roy, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy and Sulata Chowdhury. The film satirically plots Lord Shiva throwing a golden ball away which reaches earth and creates a number of errors.
Initially adapted as a stage play, the screenplay and dialogues of the film are jointly written and developed by Birendra Krishna Bhadra and Beenu Bardhan respectively for a film. Music of the film is composed by Hemanta Mukherjee, with lyrics penned by Shibdas Bandyopadhyay.

Plot

Lord Shiva threw away a golden ball that even the gods are scared to keep. The ball creates greed and violence amongst the gods due to its opulence. Shiva had endowed the ball with a magical power, whenever a person physically hands it over to someone else, they start behaving like each other. When it reaches Earth, accidentally a typical Bengali Babu is the first person to find it while going to his in-laws’ home. He gives it to his servant to carry, and when their minds get exchanged, comedy ensues.

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