Seven Steps) is a 1961 Indian Bengali-language Epic romantic drama film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and Chhaya Debi.

[1] The story takes place in pre-independence India (early 1940) when young Indian students were competing equally with Anglo-Indians in all fields, whether it be education or sports.

Krishnendu Mukherjee, a young Bengali Hindu medical student falls in love with an equally talented and attractive Anglo-Indian Christian woman named Rina Brown.

However marriage is not on the cards for them due to their differences in religion, it is particularly opposed by Krishnendu's dad, a staunch, conservative Hindu, and they go their own ways only to unexpectedly meet again later in life.

Most of the movie is presented in flashbacks with Krishnendu pondering over the past after unexpectedly encountering a drunk and passed out Rina in a military hospital in returns.

But makers convinced him because of Bengali audience who not accepted sad ending and Uttam Suchitra separation.

[4] The song "Ei Path Jodi Na" was sung by Hemanta for Kumar and by Sandhya for Sen. During the advance booking there was long queue and police was lathi charged for the craze.

Saptapadi entered in Moscow Film Festival in July 1963 with English subtitle as Seven Steps and nominated for Grand Pix Award.

In today’s times of widening religious divides, this film is an essential reminder of the hollowness and damage-causing potential of bigotry, and the healing power of love.

[6] The Print wrote in 2019 The film’s theme rings too familiar a bell in today’s time, with a significant rise in threats to couples marrying outside their faith.

The film is a reminder of what could happen when religious beliefs are allowed to overrule feelings of love — it can lead to disaster and despair.