Uttarayan (1963 film)

Uttarayan (Bengali pronunciation: [ut̪ːɔrajaɳ]) is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language war drama film co-written and directed by Agradoot. Produced by Parashmal Bhuteria and Deepchand Kankariya under the banner of Parashmal–Deepchand Ventures, the film is based Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay's short story of the same name and is also heavily inspired by its Hindi screen adaptation Hum Dono (1961) starring Dev Anand. The film stars Uttam Kumar in dual roles, alongside Supriya Devi, Sabitri Chatterjee and Anil Chatterjee in another pivotal roles.

Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, the author of the original story, wrote the dialogues for the film. Set against the backdrop of World War II, it follows a soldier who decides to visit the family of his dead soldier to inform about his death, but the family mistake him as they resembled each other. Music of the film is composed by Robin Chatterjee, with lyrics by Shailen Roy. Bibhuti Laha and Bijoy Ghosh handled its cinematography, while Baidyanath Chatterjee edited the film.

Uttarayan was theatrically released on 24 April 1963, opening to positive response. Running for over 150 days in theatres, the film received praise for its story, cinematography and the notable performances by Kumar in dual roles, also attaining a cult status generally. It was remade into Telugu as Ramuni Minchina Ramudu in 1975 starring N. T. Rama Rao.