Jay Jayanti

Jay Jayanti is a 1971 Indian Bengali-language children's musical film directed by Sunil Basu Mullick in his directorial debut. Produced by his wife Bhabani Basu Mullick under the banner of M. K. G. Productions Pvt. Ltd., the film stars Aparna Sen as Jayanti who joins the wealthy Roy family as a governess, wins over the five children, and eventually earns the respect of their stern uncle Sanjoy, played by Uttam Kumar. Its supporting cast includes Lolita Chatterjee, Tarun Kumar, Anubha Gupta and Gita Dey.

An adaptation of the 1965 American film The Sound of Music, the film is written by Mani Burma and Partha Pratim Chowdhury, with dialogues by Shyamal Gupta. Pairing Kumar and Sen for the fourth time, its soundtrack is composed by Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, with lyrics by Gupta. Bijoy Ghosh handled its cinematography, while Rabin Das edited the film.

Jay Jayanti was theatrically released on 12 March 1971, opening to huge positive response. Emerged as one of the highest-grosser Bengali films at that point of time, it eventually attained a cult status over the years. At the 18th National Film Awards, the film received Best Female Playback Singer (Sandhya Mukherjee) for "Amader Chhuti Chhuti". It was remade into Hindi by Gulzar as Parichay (1972), starring Jeetendra and Jaya Bachchan.