Jhinder Bondi
Jhinder Bondi (Bengali: ঝিন্দের বন্দী; English: Prisoner of Jhind) is a 1961 Indian Bengali-language historical drama film produced by Bholanath Roy under his banner B.N Productions and directed by the legendary Tapan Sinha, starring Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arundhati Devi and Tarun Kumar in lead role. Uttam Kumar played dual role in this film. Film music composed by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. The film become successful at the box office.
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| Directed by | Tapan Sinha |
| Written by | Saradindu Bandyopadhyay |
| Screenplay by | Tapan Sinha |
| Based on | Jhinder Bondi by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope |
| Produced by | Bhola Nath Roy |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Arundhati Devi Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Bimal Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Subodh Roy |
| Music by | Ali Akbar Khan |
Production company | B. N. Productions |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
The film was based on a novel of same name ঝিন্দের বন্দী written by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, though the ending has been totally altered from that in the novel, whose base plot was adapted from the 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. The book had already been adapted into English-language films in 1937 and 1952, and later, in 1979. Soumitra Chatterjee is cast, uncharacteristically, in a villain role in the film. Sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan directs the music.