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| caption        = Film poster
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| director      = [[Haranath Chakraborty]]
| director      = [[Haranath Chakraborty]]
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| writer        = Sirsendu Mukhopadhyay
| writer        = Monotosh Chakraborty
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| screenplay   = Monotosh Chakraborty
| story          = Chhayamoy
| story          = [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
| based_on      = {{based on|Chhayamoy|[[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]}}
| based_on      = {{based on|Chhayamoy|[[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]}}
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| starring      = [[#Cast|See below]]
| starring      = [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]]<br>[[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]]<br>[[Deepankar De]]
| music          = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| music          = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = Souvik Basu
| cinematography = Souvik Basu
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'''''Chhayamoy''''' or '''''Chayamoy''''' is a 2013 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Haranath Chakraborty]] and based on [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]'s novel of the same title. This was a children's film with supernatural elements in it. Debajyoti Mishra composed the music of the film.<ref name="Tollywood's kidding around">{{cite news|title=Tollywood's kidding around|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/news-interviews/31206903_1_film-gold-coins-tollywood|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411035814/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/news-interviews/31206903_1_film-gold-coins-tollywood|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Haranath Chakraborty back with kids' film Chhayamoy">{{cite web|title=Haranath Chakraborty back with kids' film Chhayamoy|url=http://www.indianoon.com/news/entertainment/haranath-chakraborty-back-with-kids-film-Chhayamoy-3919.html|publisher=India Noon|accessdate=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115022404/http://www.indianoon.com/news/entertainment/haranath-chakraborty-back-with-kids-film-Chhayamoy-3919.html|archive-date=15 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Chhayamoy interview">{{cite news|title=Chhayamoy interview|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130316/jsp/entertainment/story_16677595.jsp#.UVE_sTeElZM|accessdate=26 March 2013|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta}}</ref>
'''''Chhayamoy''''' is a 2013 [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[fantasy]] [[Comedy horror|comedy horror films]] directed by [[Haranath Chakraborty]] and based on [[Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]'s novel of the same title.<ref name="Haranath Chakraborty back with kids' film Chhayamoy">{{cite web|title=Haranath Chakraborty back with kids' film Chhayamoy|url=http://www.indianoon.com/news/entertainment/haranath-chakraborty-back-with-kids-film-Chhayamoy-3919.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115022404/http://www.indianoon.com/news/entertainment/haranath-chakraborty-back-with-kids-film-Chhayamoy-3919.html|archive-date=15 November 2013|publisher=India Noon|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-03-16|title='Chayamoy' raises social awareness: Haranath Chakraborty|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/chayamoy-raises-social-awareness-haranath-chakraborty-596988.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> This was a children's film with supernatural elements in it. Debajyoti Mishra composed the music of the film.<ref name="Tollywood's kidding around">{{cite news|title=Tollywood's kidding around|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/news-interviews/31206903_1_film-gold-coins-tollywood|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411035814/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/news-interviews/31206903_1_film-gold-coins-tollywood|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Indrajit is a UK based scholar. While working to preserve historical documents, he finds a parchment from which he learns about treasures hidden in an old Zamindar palace in Simulgarh, a village of [[West Bengal]]. Actually Indrajit is the descendant of the zamindar's family. He comes to the village and finds out the treasure. But a corrupt moneylender Gagan Sapui accuses him of robbery, beats him up, snatches all the treasures and throws him in a nearby forest. From there, Indra is rescued by Alankar, a simple and poor boy from the village. Together they retrieve the treasure from Gagan Sapui with the help of a noble ghost Chhayamoy, who was once the minister of the Zamindar family. Eventually, the fraud and the corrupt nature of Gagan Sapui is revealed to the entire village.
Indrajit is a UK based scholar. While working to preserve historical documents, he finds a parchment from which he learns about treasures hidden in an old Zamindar palace in Simulgarh, a village of [[West Bengal]]. Actually Indrajit is the descendant of the zamindar's family. He comes to the village and finds out the treasure. But a corrupt moneylender Gagan Sapui accuses him of robbery, beats him up, snatches all the treasures and throws him in a nearby forest. From there, Indra is rescued by Alankar, a simple and poor boy from the village. Together they retrieve the treasure from Gagan Sapui with the help of a noble ghost Chhayamoy, who was once the minister of the Zamindar family. Eventually, the fraud and the corrupt nature of Gagan Sapui is revealed to the entire village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chayamoy|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/chayamoy/cid/1555499|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Gaurav Chakraborty]] as Indrajit
* [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]] as Indrajit<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chayamoy (2013) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chayamoy-34021/cast-crew|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210220829/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chayamoy-34021/cast-crew|url-status=live|archive-date=10 February 2022|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cinestaan}}</ref>
* [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] as ''Chhayamoy''/Chandra Kumar
* [[Sabyasachi Chakrabarty]] as Chhayamoy/Chandra Kumar
* [[Deepankar De]] as Gagan Sapui
* [[Deepankar De]] as Gagan Sapui  
* [[Paran Bandopadhyay]] as Gour Thakurda  
* [[Paran Bandopadhyay]] as Gour Thakurda  
* Adhiraj Ganguly as Alankar
* [[Shantilal Mukherjee]] as Kali Kapalik
* [[Shantilal Mukherjee]] as Kali Kapalik
* Debesh Roychowdhury as Haripada
* Sudip Mukherjee as Lakkhan
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] as dancer
* [[Rituparna Sengupta]] as dancer
* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Potol Ganguly
* [[Monu Mukherjee]] as Potol Ganguly
* [[Nimu Bhowmik]] as Natabar Ghosh
* [[Nimu Bhowmik]] as Natabar Ghosh
* Adhiraj Ganguly as Alankar
* Debesh Roychowdhury as Haripada
* [[Sudip Mukherjee]] as Lakkhan
* Chandu Chakraborty as Raja Mahendra Pratap
* Chandu Chakraborty as Raja Mahendra Pratap


== See also ==
== See also ==
* ''[[Ashchorjyo Prodeep]]'', 2013 Bengali film
* ''[[Ashchorjyo Prodeep]]'', 2013 Bengali film
*''[[Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha]]'', 1998 Bengali film
* ''[[Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha]]'', 1998 Bengali film


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:2013 Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian children's films]]
[[Category:Indian children's films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Haranath Chakraborty]]


 
==External links==
{{2010s-Bengali-film-stub}}
{{IMDb title|4300302}}
[[Category:Bengali-language comedy horror films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language adventure horror films]]

Latest revision as of 05:56, 4 March 2026


Chhayamoy
Film poster
Directed byHaranath Chakraborty
Written byMonotosh Chakraborty
Screenplay byMonotosh Chakraborty
Story byShirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Based onChhayamoy
by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
StarringGaurav Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Deepankar De
Music byDebojyoti Mishra
CinematographySouvik Basu
Edited byRabiranjan Moitra
Production
company
Rosevalley films
Release date
  • 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) (Kolkata)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Chhayamoy is a 2013 Bengali-language fantasy comedy horror films directed by Haranath Chakraborty and based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel of the same title.[1][2] This was a children's film with supernatural elements in it. Debajyoti Mishra composed the music of the film.[3]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Indrajit is a UK based scholar. While working to preserve historical documents, he finds a parchment from which he learns about treasures hidden in an old Zamindar palace in Simulgarh, a village of West Bengal. Actually Indrajit is the descendant of the zamindar's family. He comes to the village and finds out the treasure. But a corrupt moneylender Gagan Sapui accuses him of robbery, beats him up, snatches all the treasures and throws him in a nearby forest. From there, Indra is rescued by Alankar, a simple and poor boy from the village. Together they retrieve the treasure from Gagan Sapui with the help of a noble ghost Chhayamoy, who was once the minister of the Zamindar family. Eventually, the fraud and the corrupt nature of Gagan Sapui is revealed to the entire village.[4]

Cast[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Haranath Chakraborty back with kids' film Chhayamoy". India Noon. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. "'Chayamoy' raises social awareness: Haranath Chakraborty". News18. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. "Tollywood's kidding around". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 March 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Chayamoy". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. "Chayamoy (2013) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

Chhayamoy on IMDb