<ul><li>Director: Sailajananda Mukherjee</li>
<li>Country: India</li>
<li>Year: 1943</li>
<li>Language: Bengali</li>
<li>Runtime: 121 min</li>
<li>Color: Black and White</li>
<li>Sound: Mono</li>
<li>Studio: Eastern Talkies</li>
<li>Producer: Surendra Ranjan Sarkar</li>
<li>Writer: Sailajananda Mukherjee</li>
<li>Cinematographer: Ajoy Kar</li>
<li>Editor: Binoy Bannerjee</li>
<li>Composer: Subal Dasgupta</li>
<li>Lyricist: Najrul Islam, Sailen Ray</li>
<li>Cast: Kanu Bannerjee, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Prafulla Das, Chitra Devi, Molina Devi, Rajlakshmi Devi, Reba Devi, Jahar Ganguly, Batu Ganguly, Nabadwip Halder, Kumar Mitra, Naresh Mitra, Haridhan Mukherjee, Prabhadevi, Phani Roy, Renuka Roy</li>
<li>Genre: Drama, Social</li>
<li>Censorship Certificate Number: 81297</li>
<li>Date of Censor Certificate: July 27, 1977</li>
<li>Certification Centre: Calcutta</li>
<li>Rating/Certificate: U</li>
<li>Number of Reels: 16</li>
<li>Format: 35 mm</li>
<li>IMDb ID: 0244772</li>
<li>Release date: 24 December, 1943 (Rupabani)</li>
<li>Presented By: Prima Films (1938) Limited</li>
<li>Assistant Director: Nyangteshwar Mukherjee, Khagen Roy, Kamal Chatterjee, Binoy Banerjee</li>
<li>Story: Sailajananda Mukherjee</li>
<li>Screenplay: Sailajananda Mukherjee</li>
<li>Sound Design: J.D. Irani</li>
<li>Sound Recording: Shishir Chatterjee, Siddhi Nag</li>
<li>Assistant Cinematographer: Dasharath Bishal</li>
<li>Art Director: Batu Sen</li>
<li>Production Design: Lalmohan Roy</li>
<li>Co-Editor: Robin Das</li>
<li>Make-Up: * Sudheer, Teenkori</li>
<li>Dance Director: Braja Pal</li>
<li>Production Controller: Daud Chand</li>
<li>Laboratory: Dhiren Banerjee</li></ul>
'Sahar Theke Durey', an example of the early social realism in Bengali cinema, written and directed by Sailajananda Mukherjee who was an exponent of literary realism, is the story of Ratan, a village simpleton, a drunkard with a heart of gold, and his daily travails, including his interactions with the people around him whom he constantly attempts to look after. At the same time, his home sphere is fraught with tension because of the almost daily tussles between his mother and his wife who has been unable to bear children so far. The arrival of a new doctor, who brings with him upheaval in the superstitious and stagnant life of the villagers, sets the stage for an exposition on the duality of the country and the city and their people - something that came to be established as one of the foremost thematic elements in Indian cinema, especially in the domain of the social melodramas.
Sailajananda Mukherjee
1943
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