Champadangar Bou

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Champadangar Bou
Directed byNirmal Dey
Screenplay byNirmal Dey
Story byTarasankar Bandyopadhyay (Lyrics also)
Produced byNirmal Dey
StarringSabitri Chatterjee
Uttam Kumar
Kanu Banerjee
Tulsi Chakraborty
CinematographyNirmal Dey
Edited bySukumar Sengupta
Music byManabendra Mukhopadhyay
Production
company
Nirmal Dey Productions
Distributed byKalpana Movies Limited
Release date
  • 1954 (1954)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Champadangar Bou was a

Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay. This movie was released on 1954 in the banner of Nirmal Dey Productions. The music direction was done by Manabendra Mukhopadhyay.[1] This movie starring Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee in lead roles and others Kanu Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, and Anubha Gupta playing in the important supporting roles.[2][3]
There is another film named Chapa Dangar Bou in Dhallywood industry which was released in 1986.

Plot

There were four in the family. One of them was Kadambini. She was better known as the 'Champar Dangar Bou'. Her husband Setap, was the head of the village Panchayet. In need of money the villagers run to him only. He used to lend money keeping some thing mortgage. He felt that money was the most important thing in the life. His brother Mahatap was completely opposite. Money was like poison to him. He used to live life in fun. Mahatap's wife Manoda always wanted him to be more calculative in life like his elder brother. While Setap was only interested in money, his wife Kadambini was only concerned about Mahatap gladly. In spite the differences between two brothers Kadambini was trying to keep their family happy and united until Ghoton entered the scene. Mahatap released his mortgaged paddy and Ghoton without informing his brother Setap - though Mahatap promised to fill the granary again, but Setap still called Ghoton. Ghoton said Setap about the illicit relationship between Kadambini and Mahatap. He also said that Mahatap was doing many things in consultation with Kadambini about which Setap was unaware of. Setap became mad hearing those words from Ghoton. He became anxious to know about what he was unaware of.

Cast

Soundtrack

Champadangar Bou
Manabendra Mukherjee
chronology
Mani-Ar-Manik
(1954)
Champadangar Bou
(1954)
Saajher Pradip
(1955)

All lyrics are written by

Manabendra Mukherjee

Songs
No.TitleLength

Reception

The film was critically acclaimed. The legendary Satyajit Ray praised of the direction of Nirmal Dey and Uttam's performance. He first saw Basu Paribar in 1952 and likes it, so he continued watch Sharey Chuattor 1953 and this film. He was too much impressed.[4] The film become successful at the box office.

References

  1. ^ "Champadangar Bou (1954)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Champadangar Bou (1954) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ Ayan Ray, Champadangar Bou ( 1954), retrieved 26 April 2020
  4. ^ "Uttam Kumar: 'উত্তমের সঙ্গে কাজ করে অসম্ভব তৃপ্তি পেয়েছিলাম', লিখেছিলেন সত্যজিৎ". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 April 2023.

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