Nilachaley Mahaprabhu was a 1957 Indian Bengali biographical film directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay, based on the life of 15th-century mystic Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who started his spiritual journey and Hindu reform movement, part of the Bhakti movement during his years at Nilachal, the shrine of Jagannath at Puri. ^{[1] [2]} It stars Asim Kumar in the title role with Dipti Roy, Sumitra Devi, Ahindra Choudhury, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Nripati Chattopadhyay and Chhabi Biswas in supporting roles. ^{[1] [3]}

At the beginning of his career, a 20-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee was rejected in his screen test for the film by director Kartik Chattopadhyay, he later made his debut with Apur Sansar (1959). ^[4] The film continues to be a popular amongst Chaitanya and Krishna devotees and ISKCON followers. ^[5] The first film of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Nader nimai is followed by this film.

Cast

• Asim Kumar as Chaitanya
• Dipti Roy as Vishnupriya
• Ahindra Choudhury
• Dhiraj Bhattacharya
• Nitish Mukhapadhyay
• Kanu Banerjee
• Gurudas Bandyopadhyay
• Bhanu Bandopadhyay
• Nripati Chattopadhyay
• Chhabi Biswas
• Sumitra Devi ^[6]
• Molina Devi
• Padma Devi
• Shikharani
• Sumita Bandha
• Jnanadakakuti
• Suruchi Sengupta
• Kumari Indrani

References

External links

• Nilachaley Mahaprabhu at IMDb

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