Subarna Golak

Subarna Golak
Directed byManu Sen
Based onSubarna Golok by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Screenplay byBirendra Krishna Bhadra
Beenu Bardhan
Produced byShailen Sarkar
StarringDipankar De
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Utpal Dutt
Rabi Ghosh
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Debashree Roy
Chinmoy Roy
CinematographyAjoy Mitra
Edited byRabin Sen
Music byHemanta Mukherjee
Production
company
Kalimata Productions
Distributed byMitali Films
Release date
  • 17 April 1981 (1981-04-17)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Subarna Golak (transl.The Golden Ball) 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.