Pratham Kadam Phool is a 1969 Bengali film, written and directed by Inder Sen, based on a story of the same name, by Achintya Kumar Sengupta. It stars Tanuja and Soumitra Chatterjee in the lead.[1][2] The film was produced by Dipangshu Kumar Deb, and edited by Arabinda Bhattacharya.
Sukanta meets Kakali in a library reading room and discovers his passion for her, though she rejects him initially. Pranta's wife, Sukanta's sister in law, suspects the truth yet does not dare to encourage the affair since Sukanta is not established. On another day, Kakali and Sukanta become stranded in a library lift for many hours as electric power goes off. Here, they become close to each other, and start meeting frequently thereafter. Later, Sukanta comes to the house of Kakali, but her parents do not approve of him. Sukanta meets Baren, his school friend, who is now very well off. Baren works with a European firm in a high post. He has a four-wheeler and a flat where he stays with his widowed mother. Baren's mother wishes to get her son a suitable bride. Kakali comes to the house of Sukanta one day. Every single member of Sukanta's family likes her. In fact, the mother of Sukanta wants them to marry. The parents of Kakali refuse. So Kakali leaves her parents. She joins Baren's office as a receptionist. And trouble starts in Sukanta's family. Sukanta the research scholar misjudges the relation of Kakali and Baren. Kakali leaves one day after a heated exchange. The nephew of Sukanta, who loves his aunt, misses her. He goes missing. In the meantime, Baren hears about everything from Kakali and he takes the initiative to solve it. Ultimately Kakali comes to the police station, where a happy reunion takes place.
The film's soundtrack has been scored by Sudhin Dasgupta and three out of four songs were written by him. Pulak Banerjee wrote the song "Ami Shri Shri Bhojohori Manna".
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