Nayika Sangbad

Nayika Sangbad is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971).

Plot
Urmila, a popular film actress, accidentally misses a train somewhere in the midway to her new shooting spot. She takes shelter in the quarter of the station master Alok for the next few days and falls in love with the new place as well as its people.

Cast

 * Uttam Kumar as Alok
 * Anjana Bhowmick as Urmila
 * Pahari Sanyal as Lahiri
 * Anubha Gupta as Rama
 * Mrinal Mukherjee

Production
Nayika Sangbad was produced under B. K. Productions, directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. Cinematography was handled by Bibhuti Laha, and editing by Baidyanath Chattopadhyay. The film was shot in black and white, and contained on 14 reels.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Hemant Kumar.

Other versions
Nayika Sangbad was remade in Tamil as Sumathi En Sundari (1971). The 2013 film Nayika Sangbad has no relation to its 1967 namesake apart from involving the same premise of a film actress disappearing.