Annapurnar Mandir

Annapurnar Mandir was a Bengali social drama film directed by Naresh Mitra based on a same name novel of Nirupama Devi. This film was released on 6 August 1954 under the banner of Chitra Mandir and received 2nd National Film Awards in 1954. Here Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chaterjee play the lead role as hero and heroine while Suchitra Sen played supporting role. This film had no music. This was the first film of Uttam Kumar to win a National Award.

Plot
Ramshankar is a poor man who lives with his two daughters. His elder daughter loves a young man but he arranges her marriage with an old man who is giving huge dowry. Soon she returns home as a widow. Owing to societal curse she commits suicide.

Cast

 * Uttam Kumar
 * Suchitra Sen
 * Sabitri Chatterjee
 * Shobha Sen
 * Anup Kumar
 * Naresh Mitra
 * Tulsi Chakraborty
 * Jiben Bose
 * Molina Devi
 * Mihir Bhattacharya
 * Nibhanani Debi
 * Tara Bhaduri
 * Mita Bhattacharya

Reception
This is the only film where Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee playing lead role and Suchitra sen in supporting role. The film was very critically acclaimed and also saw the commercial success. It ran for 91 days in theaters.

Award
1955 : Certificate of Merit Third best feature film in Bengali (Won)
 * National Film Award