Bipasha (film)

Bipasha is a 1962 Indian Bengali-language drama film starring Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen. and directed by Agradoot. The film is based on a novel titled "Bipasha" by Sri Tarashankar Bandyopadhay. 
The story fleetingly describes the horror of riots in West Pakistan during the time of Partition of India. Bipasa was described as a victim of that riot in the film. However, the film deviates from the original novel and avoids describing Bipasha as a gang rape victim by Pakistani Islamist rioters. 
It is one of the many hit films in which Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen worked as a pair. The other cast members included Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Debi, Pahari Sanyal, Jiben Bose and Tulsi Chakrabarti.
Plot.
The storyline goes when Dibyendu Chattopadhyay (Uttam Kumar) the young engineer meets Bipasha Bhattacharya (Suchitra Sen) in today's Maithon. Their acquaintance soon reaches a stage when the young couple decide to get married. However, on the night of her marriage to Dibyendu the latter fails to turn up due to a message sent to him by his uncle. Bipasha finds out Dibyendu's uncle and tracks him to Allahabad. Bipasha later finds that there were allegations against the moral character of Dibyendu's mother (Chhaya Devi). 
The film revolves around the story of redemption of honour of Dibyendu's mother's in the eyes of society. It became known by the end of the film that Dibyendu's father had been in an affair with and thereafter married an English girl. To save himself from being imprisoned, he alleged that his wife (Dibyendu's mother) was unfaithful, and refused to acknowledge his own son (Dibyendu) as legitimate. 
Reception.
In an article honoring the actors 35 years after Uttam Kumar's death, "The Indian Express" wrote "Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar heralded the golden era of Bengali cinema", and listed "Bipasha" as among their most popular films. "The Telegraph" listed it among the duo's "string of memorable hits", and when speaking the two as box office draws, "The Pioneer" listed at as among their biggest hits.