Rajkumari (film)

Rajkumari (Bengali pronunciation: [rad͡ʒkumari] transl. Princess) is a 1970 Indian Bengali-language masala film written and directed by Salil Sen. Produced by Debesh Ghosh and Ranjana Ghosh under the banner of Loknath Chitramandir, the film stars Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in lead roles, while Chhaya Devi, Pahari Sanyal, Bhanu Banerjee, Jahar Roy, Dipti Roy and Tarun Kumar play another supporting roles, with Helen in a guest appearance. The film plots a princess Manju, confined to the rules under his mother's supervision, falling in love with an insurance agent Nirmal, while things get unexpected when Nirmal meets with an accident and loses his eyesight, on the wedding day.

Written by Sen himself, the film is partially inspired by American film Roman Holiday (1953). It marks the second collaboration between Sen and Kumar, and also is the third film of Kumar and Tanuja as the lead pair. Predominantly shot in Kolkata, while portions of the filming took places in Mumbai. Music of the film is composed by R. D. Burman in his debut in Bengali cinema, with lyrics penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder. Krishna Chakraborty handled its cinematography, and Baidyanath Chatterjee edited the film.

Rajkumari was theatrically released on 2 October 1970, coinciding with Durga Puja. After the release, it received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. Each songs of the film were chartbuster upon its release, which were later reused by Burman himself in his Hindi albums.