Rakta Tilak

Rakta Tilak
Poster
Directed byBiswajeet Chatterjee
Screenplay byAjit Ganguly
Story byRatna Chatterjee
Produced byBiswajeet Chakraborty
StarringUttam Kumar
Biswajeet Chatterjee
Supriya Devi
Rabi Ghosh
Tarun Kumar
CinematographyBijoy Dey
Edited byDulal Dutta
Music byPradip Roy Chowdhury
Production
company
Trio Films
Distributed byJoyjit Films
Release date
  • 15 February 1974 (1974-02-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Rakta Tilak (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrɔkt̪o ˈtilok] transl. Tilak of Blood) is a 1974 Indian Bengali-language neo-noir action crime film produced, co-written and directed by Biswajeet Chatterjee in his directorial debut, under the banner of Trio Films.[1] The film stars Chatterjee as an elusive dacoit with expertise in disguise, who attempts to be apprehended by police officer R. D. Chowdhury, played by Uttam Kumar. It also stars Supriya Devi, Rabi Ghosh, Tarun Kumar and Alaka Ganguly in other pivotal roles, with Prosenjit Chatterjee as a child artist.[2][3][4]

Plot

Ustad Roop Singh leads a gang of robbers in Madhya Pradesh in disguise. At one point, while hiding from the police, he has a change of heart and after a series of incidents involving his human feelings, he tries to surrender to the police, but in the process many of his men die and Roop Singh survives.

Cast

Music

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Pradip Roy Chowdhury in his debut, with lyrics penned by Hiren Bose and Mrinal Chakraborty.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ei Bahare Eshe"Hiren BoseAsha Bhosle2:55
2."Srishti Theke"Hiren BoseBiswajeet Chatterjee3:38
3."Esho Mor Madhukunje"Mrinal ChakrabortyAsha Bhosle3:22
4."Jiban Prabhat"Hiren BoseAsha Bhosle3:45
Total length:13:40

References

  1. ↑ "Rakta Tilak (1974)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rakta Tilak on Moviebuff.com". Moviebuff.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rakta Tilak (1974) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ↑ FilmiClub. "Raktatilak (1974)". FilmiClub. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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