Chhadmabeshi

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. The story revolves around a newly married professor, who plays a practical joke upon his brother-in-law by posing as his family driver. Music of the film composed by Sudhin Dasgupta. The film was remade in Hindi in 1975 as Chupke Chupke[3][4][5] and in Kannada in 2004 as Joke Falls.

Chhadmabeshi
Directed byAgradoot[lower-alpha 1]
Written byUpendranath Gamguly
Screenplay byMahendra Chakraborty
Subir Hajra
Story byUpendranath Ganguly
Produced byShib Narayan Dutta
Bibhuti Laha
StarringUttam Kumar
Madhabi Mukherjee
CinematographyBaidyanath Basak
Bibhuti Laha
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music bySudhin Dasgupta
Production
company
Chalachitra Bharati
Distributed bySheema Films
Release date
  • 1971 (1971) (India)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

Abanish Sen (Uttam Kumar) is a Botany professor as well as newly married to Sulekha (Madhabi Chakroborty). When he comes to know that his brother-in-law, advocate Prasanta Ghosh (Bikash Roy), needs a driver at Allahabad where he stays with family, Abanish plans to play a practical joke upon them. As per his plan, he goes to Allahabad and is selected as the driver. Sometime later, Sulekha arrives at Allahabad and lies to Prasanta and her sister Labanya (Anuva Gupta) that being involved in some important work, Abanish will arrive after a few days. In the next few days, Prasanta and Labanya notice and are perturbed by the intimacy between the new driver and Sulekha. Suddenly, Sulekha and Gaurhari alias Abanish flee without informing anyone. At the same time, Abanish's friend Subimal (Subhendu) arrives posing as Abanish, quite angry at the absence of his wife, further irking Prasanta Ghosh.

Cast

Soundtrack
Chhadmabeshi
Soundtrack album by
Sudhin Dasgupta
Released1971
Recorded1970
StudioChalachchitra Bharati
Length0:16:41
LabelSA RE GA MA PA
ProducerShib Narayan Dutta, Bibhuti Laha
Sudhin Dasgupta chronology
Joy Bangla
(1970)		 Chhadmabeshi
(1971)		 Jiban Soikate
(1971)

All lyrics are written by Bhaskar Roy, Sudhin Dasgupta; all music is composed by Sudhin Dasgupta[6]

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Amar Din Kate Na"Asha Bhonsle3:22
2."Aaro Dure Chalo Jai"Asha Bhonsle3:24
3."Ami Kon Pathe Je Chali"Manna Dey[7]3:15
4."Aare Chho Chho Kya Saramke Baat"Anup Ghoshal3:34
5."Banchaao Ke Aachho"Manna Dey3:06
Total length:16:41

Reception

Times Of India wrote that This is a evergreen classic comedy with perfect comic timing make it ideal to watching anytime.[8]

The film become super hit at the box office and ran for 126 days in theaters at Kolkata.

Remakes

The film is remade in Hindi in 1975 as Chupke Chupke directed by the legendary Hrishikesh Mukherjee, starring Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore and Amitabh Bachchan. It's remade again in Kannada in 2004 as Joke Falls

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

References
  1. Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The Cinemas of India. Macmillan India. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.
  2. "Bengali cinema's all-time greatest comedy films". The Times of India.
  3. Phukan, Vikram (7 December 2018). "Lights, camera, remake: How Bollywood has thrived with take-offs from Bengali originals". The Hindu.
  4. "The films and me: Chupke Chupke vs Chhadmabeshi".
  5. Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. "Gaana: Chhadmabeshi songs".
  7. "Manna Dey was the enigmatic 'Chhadmabeshi' of playback singing".
  8. "'Chhadmabeshi' (1971)". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 March 2023.


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