Antony Firingee

A poet named Antony Firingee falls in love with a courtesan named Shakila and they face social challenges and ostracization to eventually get married, which is the central theme of the narrative. Antony Firingee is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language Musical Drama motion picture starring Uttam Kumar, Tanuja Mukherjee, Lolita Chatterjee, Asitbaran, Haridhan Mukherjee, Haradhan Bannerjee and W.e. Shelverton. The movie is based on Hensman Anthony life. B.N Production was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Bhola Nath Roy. The motion picture is written and directed by Sunil Bannerjee. Antony Firingee was released on 6th January 1967 and takes a screen time of 157 min. The screenplay for the movie was written by Sunil Bannerjee. Cinematography was done by Bijoy Ghosh and editing by Ardhendu Chatterjee. The music was composed by Anil Bagchi along with Recording - Adhir Bagchi. At the 1968 National Film Awards It won an award for Best Actor (Uttam Kumar).