Chupi Chupi Aashey

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'''''Chupi Chupi Aashey''''' (''Silently he comes'') is a 1960 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] murder [[mystery film]] directed by [[Premendra Mitra]]. This film was released by Aurora Film Corporation and music scored by [[Nachiketa Ghosh]]. [[Sandhya Mukherjee]] sings the title song.<ref name=gomolo>{{cite web|title=www.gomolo.com/chupi-chupi-ashe-movie/13750|url=http://www.gomolo.com/chupi-chupi-ashe-movie/13750|publisher=gomolo.com|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=sulekha>{{cite web|title=Chupi Chupi Ashe (1960)|url=http://tvshows.sulekha.com/chupi-chupi-ashe-1960_on_etv-bangla-tv_home.htm|publisher=sulekha.com|accessdate=18 December 2013}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=indianexpress>{{cite web|title=The Detective Returns|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-detective-returns/1159653/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> ''Chupi Chupi Aashey'' was adapted from [[Agatha Christie]]'s radio play and short story ''[[Three Blind Mice (radio play and short story)|Three Blind Mice]]'' and stage play ''[[The Mousetrap]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/session-on-christies-connections-with-india-organised.html|title=Session on Christie's connections with India organised|access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>https://www.republicworld.com/amp/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/books-of-agatha-christie-adapted-to-movies.html</ref>

== Plot ==
Two partners, Prabir and Kanika, start a hotel business and advertise through handbills. The name of the hotel is the ''Kalyaneshwari'' Health Resort. While at the same time, an unknown person commits a murder in Kolkata, and two workers find copies of that handbill which fell from the pocket of the murderer. The police decide to send a detective to the Kalyaneswari guest house to stop him from committing another murder. The guest house is surrounded by water due to heavy flooding. All communications gradually stop because of continuous rainfall. Before the flood, several guests, namely Dr. Bajpayee, Miss Dhar, Beni Babu, Radheshyam Viraswami, and Madhusudan Dutta had checked into the hotel. Most of the guests have a dark past and connections to each other by a mysterious incident at an orphanage. All of them are masked with false names and identities. A police detective comes by a small boat, but the next day someone releases the boat. Meanwhile, the main culprit kills Miss Dhar in the guest house and tries for a second victim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0243176/|title=Chupi Chupi Ashey|last=(1960)|website=IMDb|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Chhabi Biswas]] as Beni Babu
* [[Jahar Ganguly]] as Vira Swami
* [[Tarun Kumar Chattopadhyay|Tarun Kumar]] as Inspector Ghoshal
* Rabin Majumdar as Prabir
* Dhiraj Das
* Tapati Debi
* Prabir Kumar
* Asha Debi

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0243176}}

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Shubho Mahurat

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{{Infobox film
| name = Shubho Mahurat
| image =Shubho Mahurat.jpg
| caption = DVD cover for ''Shubho Mahurat''.
| director = [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
| writer = [[Agatha Christie]] (story) Rituparno Ghosh (screenplay)
| music = Debojoyti Mishra
| starring = [[Sharmila Tagore]] [[Raakhee]] [[Nandita Das]] [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] [[Sumanta Mukherjee]] [[Anindya Chatterjee]]
|cinematography = [[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]
| released = 2003
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
}}

'''''Shubho Mahurat''''' (2003) is an [[India]]n [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[detective]] [[mystery film]] directed by [[Rituparno Ghosh]]. The film is based on [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1962 [[Miss Marple]] detective novel ''[[The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2017/nov/22/aboard-the-mystery-train-3207.amp|title = Aboard the mystery train | Cinemaexpress}}</ref><ref>https://www.republicworld.com/amp/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/books-of-agatha-christie-adapted-to-movies.html</ref> It won two [[National Film Awards|National Film award]] including [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature film in Bengali.]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title='Shubho Mahurat' - Rituparno Ghosh and his memorable National Award-winning films|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/rituparno-ghosh-and-his-memorable-national-award-winning-films/Shubho-Mahurat/photostory/64556573.cms|access-date=2020-09-16|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Plot==
The phrase "Shubho Mahurat" is associated with the beginning of shooting for a feature film. The first shot is marked by a grand reception. This Miss Marple-esque film begins with this event. An [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] producer, Padmini Chowdhury ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), has come to India to invest in a film. Her second husband Sambit Roy ([[Sumanta Mukherjee]]), an out-of-work director, is assigned the job of direction.

The out-of-work director has a shady past. A witness to his shady past is an aspiring actor, who was subsequently thrown out of the acting circuit. This actor started a catering service for the film unit.

The NRI producer insists on casting a retired actress, Kakoli ([[Kalyani Mandal]]) in a prominent role. Kakoli, a drug addict, subsequently dies under mysterious circumstances, on the day of 'Shubho Mahurat'. The journalist Mallika Sen ([[Nandita Das]]) is the only person present at the time of the death. The suspicion naturally falls on the husband of the actress, who reportedly has an amorous relationship with another lady.

The unnatural death of the actress causes a police investigation. An [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer named Arindam ([[Tota Roy Chowdhury]]) takes up the investigation. During the course of investigation, Arindam befriends Mallika. Meanwhile, Mallika catches the fancy of a still photographer named Jojo ([[Anindya Chatterjee]]) who, incidentally, is closely related to the NRI producer.

This NRI producer had a past no less interesting than the other protagonists. The NRI producer was an actress of repute in her heyday. She divorced her husband and left the country to settle abroad. Before that, she had given birth to an abnormal child. The course of the film reveals that she bore a grudge against Kakoli for spreading a contagious disease to her while she was pregnant, resulting in the abnormal child.

Another amorous affair runs parallel to the main theme: The camera assistant was repenting for his past affair with the hairdresser. The hairdresser has her problems and she was extracting money very often from the camera assistant. All through the movie, the aunt of the journalist, Ranga Pishima ([[Raakhee]]), gives vital leads to the investigation through deductive logic. She is able to read the mind of the niece correctly. Her valuable inputs finally leads to solve the murder mystery.

==Cast<ref>{{Citation|title=Shubho Mahurat (2003) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368969/|language=en|access-date=2020-09-16}}</ref>==
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Padmini Chowdhury
* [[Raakhee]] as Ranga Pishima
* [[Nandita Das]] as Mallika Sen
* [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] as Arindam
* [[Sumanta Mukherjee]] as Sambit Roy
* [[Kalyani Mandal]] as Kakoli
* [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]] as Sumit
* [[Aparajita Adhya]] as Pramila
* [[Moumita Gupta]] as Kalpana
* [[Anindya Chatterjee]] as Shubhankar
* [[Abhijit Guha (director)]] (special appearance)
* [[Goutam Ghose]] (special appearance)
* [[Soumitra Chattopadhyay]] (special appearance)
* [[Subhendu Chattopadhyay]] (special appearance)
* [[Madhabi Mukherjee]] (special appearance)

==Awards==
* 2003 - [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for [[Raakhee]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2003 - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]]<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0368969|title=Shubho Mahurat}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
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{{Miss Marple}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh]]
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[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
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