Chhadmabeshi

Chhadmabeshi
Chhadmabeshi
Soundtrack album

Chhadmabeshi
Chhadmabeshi
Directed by	Agradoot
Screenplay by	Mahendra Chakraborty; Subir Hajra
Story by	Upendranath Ganguly
Produced by	Shib Narayan Dutta; Bibhuti Laha
Starring	Uttam Kumar; Madhabi Mukherjee
Cinematography	Baidyanath Basak; Bibhuti Laha
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Sudhin Dasgupta
Release date	1971 (India);
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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Chhadmabeshi (lit. 'Disguised') is a 1971 Bengali comedy film directed by Agradoot,^{[lower-alpha 1]} starring Uttam Kumar and Madhabi Mukherjee as leads,^[2] based on the story Chhadobeshi by writer Upendranath Ganguly.^{[citation needed]} The story revolves around a newly married professor, who plays a practical joke upon his brother-in-law by posing as his family driver.

The film was remade in Hindi in 1975 as Chupke Chupke starring Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, and Amitabh Bachchan^[3]^[4]^[5] and in Kannada in 2004 as Joke Falls.

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Abanish alias Gourhari
Madhabi Mukherjee as Sulekha
Bikash Roy as Prashanta
Subhendu Chatterjee as Subimal
Tarun Kumar as Binoy
Anubha Gupta as Labanya
Jyotsna Biswas as Basudha
Ashok Mitra as Haripada
Jahor Roy as Mosaheb Lal (Driver)
Samita Biswas as Latika

Soundtrack

All music is composed by Sudhin Dasgupta^[6].

Songs
No.	Title	Playback
1.	"Amar Din Kate Na"	Asha Bhonsle
2.	"Aaro Dure Chalo Jai"	Asha Bhonsle
3.	"Ami Kon Pathe Je Chali"	Manna Dey^[7]
4.	"Aare Chho Chho Kya Saramke Baat"	Anup Ghoshal
5.	"Banchaao Ke Aachho"	Manna Dey

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The pen name of a group of Indian film technicians in Bengali cinema signing collectively as director.^[1]

References

↑ Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The Cinemas of India. Macmillan India. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.
↑ "Bengali cinema's all-time greatest comedy films". The Times of India.
↑ Phukan, Vikram (7 December 2018). "Lights, camera, remake: How Bollywood has thrived with take-offs from Bengali originals". The Hindu.
↑ "The films and me: Chupke Chupke vs Chhadmabeshi".
↑ Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
↑ "Gaana: Chhadmabeshi songs".
↑ "Manna Dey was the enigmatic 'Chhadmabeshi' of playback singing".

External links

Chhadmabeshi on IMDb

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[pen-2] 1.0 ^1.1 The pen name of a group of Indian film technicians in Bengali cinema signing collectively as director.^[1]

[1] Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The Cinemas of India. Macmillan India. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.

[3] "Bengali cinema's all-time greatest comedy films". The Times of India.

[4] Phukan, Vikram (7 December 2018). "Lights, camera, remake: How Bollywood has thrived with take-offs from Bengali originals". The Hindu.

[5] "The films and me: Chupke Chupke vs Chhadmabeshi".

[6] Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

[7] "Gaana: Chhadmabeshi songs".

[8] "Manna Dey was the enigmatic 'Chhadmabeshi' of playback singing".

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Chhadmabeshi
Directed by	Agradoot^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Screenplay by	Mahendra Chakraborty Subir Hajra
Story by	Upendranath Ganguly
Produced by	Shib Narayan Dutta Bibhuti Laha
Starring	Uttam Kumar Madhabi Mukherjee
Cinematography	Baidyanath Basak Bibhuti Laha
Edited by	Baidyanath Chatterjee
Music by	Sudhin Dasgupta
Release date	1971 (1971) (India)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali