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'''''Chander Bari''''' is a 2007 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Tarun Majumdar]].<ref name="ā€˜I need to be seenā€™">{{cite news|title='I need to be seen'|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071103/asp/entertainment/story_8505603.asp|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph, Calcutta|date=3 November 2007|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref><ref name="Flashback family">{{cite news|title=Flashback family|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/entertainment/story_8603557.asp|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=28 November 2007|location=Calcutta, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205515/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/entertainment/story_8603557.asp|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by [[Pracheta Gupta]].<ref name="Un-Fair Deal">{{cite web |title=Un-Fair Deal |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/UnFair-Deal/266606/ |publisher=Express India |accessdate=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020151143/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/UnFair-Deal/266606/ |archivedate=20 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Majumdar used some [[Rabindra Sangeet]]s in this film.<ref name="An actor who sings">{{cite news|title=An actor who sings|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080528/jsp/entertainment/story_9328739.jsp|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|location=Calcutta, India|date=28 May 2008}}</ref>
'''''Chander Bari''''' is a 2007 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Tarun Majumdar]].<ref name="ā€˜I need to be seenā€™">{{cite news|title='I need to be seen'|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071103/asp/entertainment/story_8505603.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042424/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1071103/asp/entertainment/story_8505603.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2018|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph, Calcutta|date=3 November 2007|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref><ref name="Flashback family">{{cite news|title=Flashback family|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/entertainment/story_8603557.asp|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=28 November 2007|location=Calcutta, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205515/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/entertainment/story_8603557.asp|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by [[Pracheta Gupta]].<ref name="Un-Fair Deal">{{cite web |title=Un-Fair Deal |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/UnFair-Deal/266606/ |publisher=Express India |accessdate=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020151143/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/UnFair-Deal/266606/ |archivedate=20 October 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref> Majumdar used some [[Rabindra Sangeet]]s in this film.<ref name="An actor who sings">{{cite news|title=An actor who sings|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080528/jsp/entertainment/story_9328739.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070951/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080528/jsp/entertainment/story_9328739.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|accessdate=15 July 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|location=Calcutta, India|date=28 May 2008}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather, (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) who rules over the house like a female Hitler, reincarnated, and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and son (Rishi Kaushik) live together in a beautiful mansion in Bhawanipur. There seems to be more servants in their house than family members, extending the virtues and parameters of the ideal ā€˜jointā€™ family. The film starts with everyone being excited about the return of the elder son (Babul Supriyo) from US, where he had gone for some business related work. However, all hell breaks loose, when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow. Her first husband with underworld links was killed in police crossfire. Everyone accepts the new additions to the Sanyal family except the mother-in-law who refuses to even acknowledge her presence. The story revolves around how these two women build bridges to keep the joint family intact, with most of the credit going to the beautiful daughter-in-law.
The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather, (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) who rules over the house like a female Hitler, reincarnated, and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and son (Rishi Kaushik) live together in a beautiful mansion in Bhawanipur. There seems to be more servants in their house than family members, extending the virtues and parameters of the ideal ā€˜jointā€™ family. The film starts with everyone being excited about the return of the elder son (Babul Supriyo) from LONDON, UK where he had gone for some business related work. However, all hell breaks loose, when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow. Her first husband with underworld links was killed in police crossfire. Everyone accepts the new additions to the Sanyal family except the mother-in-law who refuses to even acknowledge her presence. The story revolves around how these two women build bridges to keep the joint family intact, with most of the credit going to the beautiful daughter-in-law.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Ranjit Mallick]]
*[[Ranjit Mallick]] as Shyam Sundar Sanyal
*[[Laboni Sarkar]]
*[[Laboni Sarkar]] as Gayatri Sanyal
*[[Babul Supriyo]]
*[[Babul Supriyo]] as Pradeep Kumar Sanyal
*[[Rituparna Sengupta]]
*[[Rituparna Sengupta]] as Sutapa Sanyal
*[[Rishi Kaushik]]
*[[Koel Mallick]] as Nandita Sanyal
*[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]
*[[Rishi Kaushik]] as Joydeep Sanyal
*[[Tathoi Deb]]
*[[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Harinath
*[[Tathoi Deb]] as Rikhia Sanyal
*[[Soham Chakraborty]]
*[[Soham Chakraborty]]
*[[Aritra Dutta Banik]]
*[[Aritra Dutta Banik]]
*[[Koel Mallick]] Nandita
*[[Dwijen Bandopadhyay]]
*[[Dwijen Bandopadhyay]]
*[[Sarbori Mukherjee]]
*[[Sarbori Mukherjee]]
*[[Sumit Samadder]]
*Sumit Samadder
*Shritama Bhattacharjee
*[[Tanima Sen]]
*Swanakamal Dutta
*Shraboni Bonik
*Chaitali Mukhopadhyay


==Music==
==Music==
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*"Bhenge Mor Ghar Er Chabi"
*"Bhenge Mor Ghar Er Chabi"
*"Chand Er Hashir Bnadh Bhengechhe"
*"Chand Er Hashir Bnadh Bhengechhe"
*"Gun Gun Nhromora Boslo Eshe"
*"Gun Gun Bhromora Boslo Eshe"
*"Bandh Bhenge Dao"
*"Bandh Bhenge Dao"
*"Debo Na, Debo Na Sara To Jotoi Dako" (Singer: [[Jojo (Bengali singer)|Jojo]], [[Sujay Bhowmick]])
*"Debo Na, Debo Na Sara To Jotoi Dako" (Singer: Jojo, [[Sujay Bhowmick]])
*"Ore Chitrarekha Dore Bandhilo Ke" [Indranil Sen]
==Awards==
*Special Screening at [[Sydney Film Festival]], 2016.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2007 Bengali-language films]]

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Chander Bari
File:Chander Bari DVD cover.png
DVD cover
Directed byTarun Majumdar
Produced byRosevally films
Story byPracheta Gupta
StarringSoham Chakraborty
Ranjit Mallick
Babul Supriyo
Laboni Sarkar
Soumitra Chatterjee
Koel Mallick
Rituparna Sengupta
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Chander Bari is a 2007 Bengali film directed by Tarun Majumdar.[1][2] The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by Pracheta Gupta.[3] Majumdar used some Rabindra Sangeets in this film.[4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather, (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) who rules over the house like a female Hitler, reincarnated, and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and son (Rishi Kaushik) live together in a beautiful mansion in Bhawanipur. There seems to be more servants in their house than family members, extending the virtues and parameters of the ideal ā€˜jointā€™ family. The film starts with everyone being excited about the return of the elder son (Babul Supriyo) from LONDON, UK where he had gone for some business related work. However, all hell breaks loose, when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow. Her first husband with underworld links was killed in police crossfire. Everyone accepts the new additions to the Sanyal family except the mother-in-law who refuses to even acknowledge her presence. The story revolves around how these two women build bridges to keep the joint family intact, with most of the credit going to the beautiful daughter-in-law.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

Some of the tracks used in this film were from Rabindra Sangeet.

  • "Bhenge Mor Ghar Er Chabi"
  • "Chand Er Hashir Bnadh Bhengechhe"
  • "Gun Gun Bhromora Boslo Eshe"
  • "Bandh Bhenge Dao"
  • "Debo Na, Debo Na Sara To Jotoi Dako" (Singer: Jojo, Sujay Bhowmick)
  • "Ore Chitrarekha Dore Bandhilo Ke" [Indranil Sen]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ "'I need to be seen'". Telegraph, Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 3 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  2. ā†‘ "Flashback family". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 28 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  3. ā†‘ "Un-Fair Deal". Express India. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ā†‘ "An actor who sings". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

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