Beyond Death (1954) [N/A]
Featuring:
Ajit Banerjee, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Panchanan Bhattacharya
Written by:
Gajendra Kumar Mitra
Directed by:
Satish Dasgupta
Release Date:
June 25, 1954
Original Title:
Maraner Pare
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Himalayan Art Producers
Production Countries:
India
Ratings / Certifications:
IN: U
Runtime: 132
Rai Bahadur Bhujanga Choudhury married Smritikana many years after the death of her first wife. Often she remembers the incidents in her previous life and she behaves in extremely unnatural way. Tanima (Suchitra Sen) is the daughter of Bhujanga from his first marriage. Tanima takes his stepmother Smritikana to the hospital for treatment. There Tanima fell in love with the Doctor Ashok (Uttamkumar) who was treating Smritikana. When she saw Dr. Ashok first time, Smritikana behaved in an weird way and she thought Ashok is his Son. Although in love with Tanima, Ashok refused to marry her because he himself is an orphan and doesn't know his parents. One day while Dr. Ashok was talking to his senior Dr (who looked after Ashok since his childhood) and Tanima, suddenly they heard some people chasing a thief (Gurudas). When the thief entered, Smritikana devi saw him and instantly recognized him as Gurudas. Then the story from her previous birth unfolded.
The central Character is Smritikana devi. Rai Bahadur Bhujanga Choudhury married Smritikana many years after the death of her first wife. Often she remembers the incidents in her previous life and she behaves in extremely unnatural way. Tanima (Suchitra Sen) is the daughter of Bhujanga from his first marriage. Tanima takes his stepmother Smritikana to the hospital for treatment. There Tanima fell in love with the Doctor Ashok (Uttamkumar) who was treating Smritikana. When she saw Dr. Ashok first time, Smritikana behaved in an weird way and she thought Ashok is his Son. Although in love with Tanima, Ashok refused to marry her because he himself is an orphan and doesn't know his parents. One day while Dr. Ashok was talking to his senior Dr (who looked after Ashok since his childhood) and Tanima, suddenly they heard some people chasing a thief (Gurudas). When the thief entered, Smritikana devi saw him and instantly recognized him as Gurudas. Then the story from her previous birth unfolded. in her previous life she (Tapati) was the wife of a wealthy Doctor. They were duped of all their wealth by Ahindra and his brother in law Gurudas. Tapati's husband committed suicide and Tapati died in an accident as she was running away from the murderer Ahindra. Their son Ashok survived. Ahindra murdered his wife (Gurudas'es sister Sati) and falsely blamed Gurudas for it. Gurudas had to spend many years in the prison. Suddenly Bhujanga entered in the scene and Gurudas recognized him to be Ahindra and took his revenge by killing him. The movie ends with Smritikana devi uniting the lovers Ashok and Tanima.
