Shap Mochan


Shap Mochan is a Bengali romance drama film directed and produced by Sudhir Mukherjee based on a novel Sandhyaraag of Falguni Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1955 under the banner of Production Syndicate. Music director of the film was Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay.

Plot

Young Mahendra belongs to a musicians family but once the family are cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He romantically involves with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. In spite of having good singing ability Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in a mess in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.

Cast

was the music director of the movie and composed tune for the songs. Lyrics were written by Bimal Ghosh.
Playback singers were: