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{{Short description|2019 Bengali satirical comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bhobishyoter Bhoot
| image = Bhobishyoter_Bhoot_film_poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Anik Dutta]]
| producer =
| writer =
| starring =
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = [[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]
| editing =
| studio = 
| distributor = Star Synergy Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|02|15}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
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'''''Bhobishyoter Bhoot''''' is a 2019 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] satirical [[comedy film]] directed by [[Anik Dutta]]. The film was released on 15 February 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/i-have-said-everything-in-my-film-anik-dutta-ahead-of-bhobishyoter-bhoot-release/articleshow/67483422.cms|title=I have said everything in my film|date=11 January 2019|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> Despite its similar topics, Dutta states that it is not a sequel to his film, ''[[Bhooter Bhabishyat]]'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bhobishyoter-bhut-not-a-sequel-to-bhooter-bhabishyat-dutta-119021400659_1.html|title=Bhobishyoter Bhut not a sequel to Bhooter Bhabishyat|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> All single and multiple screen theaters were stopped from showing the film immediately after release sighting "orders from upper management".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/screening-of-anik-dutta-s-bhobishyoter-bhoot-stopped-across-cinema-halls-dgtl-1.952780|title=রাজনৈতিক সিস্টেমকে প্রশ্নের মাসুল? আচমকা বন্ধ 'ভবিষ্যতের ভূত'-এর প্রদর্শন|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn-IN|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewall.in/news-kolkata-screening-of-anik-dutta-s-bhobishyoter-bhoot-stopped/|title=রিলিজের পরের দিনই শহরের একাধিক সিনেমা হলে বন্ধ 'ভবিষ্যতের ভূত'|website=thewall.in|language=bn-IN|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/feb/16/screening-of-bengali-film-bhobisyoter-bhoot-stopped-a-day-after-release-1939709.html|title=Screening of Bengali film 'Bhobisyoter Bhoot' stopped a day after release|access-date=17 February 2019}}</ref> Various leading newspapers quoted unnamed sources, as well Dutta, as saying that the West Bengal police had issued these instructions to the theatres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/calcutta-plexes-pull-out-satire-bhobishyoter-bhoot-after-cop-warnings/cid/1684782|title=Calcutta plexes pull out 'satire' after cop warnings|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref>

==Plot==
Calcuttan Ghosts were rendered homeless as all the old haunted buildings were converted into multistoried buildings and malls. Various types of ghosts like politician, extortionist, cabaret dancer, ''Jatra'' actor are there. They constantly face certain social and political issues confronting the present times and also marginalized by their shrinking habitat in the real world, they conjecture whether they should find a place in the virtual world or cyberspace for their survival. Some of them take shelter in a disused refugee camp. They plan to make themselves fit for the new world and fight against injustices. And finally find a very novel solution to their existential crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/movie-review-bhobishyoter-bhoot-dgtl-1.952182|title=মুভি রিভিউ 'ভবিষ্যতের ভূত': শাসকের দিকে আঙুল তুলে মানুষ ভূতে বিলীন হয়েছে|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> It has been said that the film has "mocked political parties and ideologies across the board", but that its "most hard-hitting digs...are reserved for the [[Trinamool Congress]]" party in [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/film/bhobishyoter-bhoot-tmc-banned-bengal|title=Why Was 'Bhobishyoter Bhoot' Banned Even in the Absence of Protests?|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Paran Banerjee]]
* [[Swastika Mukherjee]]
* [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]]
* [[Barun Chanda]]
* [[Moon Moon Sen]]
* [[Kharaj Mukherjee]]
* [[Kaushik Sen]]
*[[Rachel White (actress)|Rachel White]]
* Sumanta Mukherjee
* Arunava Dutta
* Chandrayee Ghosh
* Deboprasad Halder
* Siddhartha Chatterjee
* [[Badshah Maitra]]
* Pradip Mitra
* Sanjay Biswas
* Siddharth Basu Roy
*[[Shataf Figar]] as Alex
*Moumita Pandit
*Roja Paromita

== Controversy ==
Right after the release, the film was removed from different theatres in Kolkata.<ref name="Politically-sensitive Bengali film Bhobishyoter Bhoot removed from Kolkata cinema halls">{{cite news |title=Politically-sensitive Bengali film Bhobishyoter Bhoot removed from Kolkata cinema halls |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/sit-in-protest-planned-after-bengali-film-bhobishyoter-bhoot-is-cancelled-1458337-2019-02-17 |accessdate=26 February 2019 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="‘Bhobishyoter Bhoot’ screening stopped, director Anik Dutta receives full support from film fraternity">{{cite news |title='Bhobishyoter Bhoot' screening stopped, director Anik Dutta receives full support from film fraternity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bhobishyoter-bhoot-screening-stopped-director-anik-dutta-receives-full-support-from-film-fraternity/articleshow/68032055.cms |accessdate=26 February 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> The de facto ban was accordingly criticised as "fascist" (by noted actor [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/actor-soumitra-chatterjee-slams-mamata-over-[https://www.thekahaniyahindi.com bhobishyoter-bhoot]|title=Soumitra Chatterjee Calls Mamata Govt 'Fascist' in Open Letter|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> and actor-director [[Aparna Sen]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/bhobishyoter-bhoot-aparna-sen-and-soumitra-chatterjee-joins-protest-against-the-film-ban-1474936-2019-03-11|title=Bhobishyoter Bhoot: Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee joins protest against the film ban|last1=KolkataMarch 11|first1=Press Trust of India|last2=March 11|first2=2019UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11|last3=Ist|first3=2019 08:06}}</ref>), "condemnable" (by director [[Srijit Mukherji]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/srijitspeaketh/status/1104705013979537409|title=#BhobishyoterBhootpic.twitter.com/dmoqVj7b5b|last=Mukherji|first=Srijit|date=2019-03-10|website=@srijitspeaketh|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>), "extremely undemocratic" (by economist and [[London School of Economics]] Professor [[Maitreesh Ghatak]]),<ref>{{Citation|last=INDIBILY|title=Maitreesh Ghatak on illegal Ban|date=2019-03-01|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTiLCdYWEPU|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> and as an "infringement on one’s fundamental right to view a film" (by an editorial in [[The Statesman (India)]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/exit-the-ghost-1502733819.html|title=Exit the Ghost|date=2019-02-21|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-05}}</ref> Other scholars and commentators termed the de facto ban "clearly unconstitutional" and in violation of Indian Supreme Court precedents,<ref name=":0" /> and an example of "liberal hypocrisy" (considering the ostensibly left-liberal credentials of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, [[Mamata Banerjee]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/bhobishyoter-bhoot-liberal-hypocrisy-is-west-bengals-ghost-from-the-past/story/1/29550.html|title='Bhobishyoter Bhoot': Liberal hypocrisy is West Bengal's living ghost from the past|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> When asked about the incident, Banerjee told the press: "I will not answer. Don’t ask me this question."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsmen.in/news/mamata-banerjee-ducks-question-on-bhobishyoter-bhoot-screening-stop-by-police/|title=Mamata Banerjee Ducks Question on Bhobishyoter Bhoot Screening Stop by Police|last=Desk|first=Main|date=2019-02-18|website=NEWSMEN|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> Various processions and marches have been carried out to protest against the ban.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bhobishyoter-bhoot-actors-filmmakers-take-out-rally-to-protest-withdrawal-of-film-from-theatres-5619852/|title=Bhobishyoter Bhoot: Actors, filmmakers take out rally to protest withdrawal of film from theatres|date=2019-03-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/bhobishyoter-bhoot-protests-after-satirical-bengali-film-pulled-out-of-theatres-post-release-1995069|title=Protests After Satirical Bengali Film Pulled Out Of Theatres Post Release|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> A writ petition against the ban has been filed before the [[Calcutta High Court]] by film enthusiasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BhobishyoterBhootTheFilm/posts/637962686656653|title=Bhobishyoter Bhoot|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> The Supreme Court ordered the West Bengal government to pay compensation of Rs 20 lakh to Kalyanmoy Billy Chatterjee, producer of the film Bhobishyoter Bhoot, for imposing a “virtual ban” on the screening of the movie. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the Mamata Banerjee-led government, "Free speech cannot be gagged for fear of the mob", the court said. It expressed concern over "growing intolerance" in society against artistic freedom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/919686/sc-orders-west-bengal-to-pay-bhobishyoter-bhoot-producer-rs-20-lakh-for-virtual-ban-on-film|title=SC orders West Bengal to pay 'Bhobishyoter Bhoot' producer Rs 20 lakh for 'virtual ban' on film}}</ref>

== Present ==
Bhobishyoter Bhoot can now be seen on the [https://mycinemahall.com/en/watch/bhobishyoter-bhoot MyCinemaHall] app.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|8427416}}

{{Anik Dutta}}

[[Category:2019 films]]
[[Category:2019 comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anik Dutta]]
[[Category:2010s satirical films]]
[[Category:Indian satirical films]]

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