The Test (परख) 64 years old

The Test

The postmaster of a village receives a check for 500,000 rupees, for the purpose of bequeathing it to the village’s most upstanding citizen.

Credits

The Test Cast

Name Character
Hari Shivdasani He was 51, 85 years old when he died as Headmaster
Kanhaiyalal He was 50, 72 years old when he died as Pandit Tarkalankar
Leela Chitnis She was 50, 93 years old when she died as Nivaran's Wife
Moni Chatterjee as Vaidji
Nazir Hussain He was 38, 65 years old when he died as Nivaran / Postmaster
Durga Khote She was 55, 86 years old when she died as Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy's Mother
Asit Sen He was 43, 76 years old when he died as Harihar Bhanj / Bhanju babu
Mumtaz Begum She was 37, now 101 years old as Zamindar's Wife
Keshto Mukherjee He was 54, 76 years old when he died as Doctor's help
Nishi as Ajanta / Zamindar's Sister-In-Law
Paul Mahendra as Jagdish Roy's Secretary
Jayant He was 45, 60 years old when he died as Rai Bahadur Tandav Tarafdar / Zamindar
Vasant Chowdhury as Prof. Rajat Sen
Motilal He was 49, 54 years old when he died as Haradhan / Sir Jagdish Chandra Roy
Rashid Khan He was 28, now 36 years old as Doctor
Sadhana as Seema (Nivaran's daughter)
Praveen Paul as Lady listening to gossip

The Test Crew

Name Department
Amit Bose as Editor. He was 30 (now 94) years old Editing
Sudhendu Roy as Art Direction. He was 39 (78) years old when He died Art
Salil Choudhury as Original Music Composer. He was 36 (71) years old when He died Sound
Salil Choudhury as Story. He was 36 (71) years old when He died Writing
Bimal Roy as Director. He was 51 (56) years old when He died Directing
Bimal Roy as Producer. He was 51 (56) years old when He died Production
Kamal Bose as Director of Photography. He was 45 (80) years old when He died Camera
Shailendra as Songs. He was 36 (43) years old when He died Sound
Shailendra as Dialogue. He was 36 (43) years old when He died Writing
The Test poster
The Test (64 years)

  • Release day: Friday, August 05, 1960
  • Runtime: 136 minutes