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Bhranti Bilas

1963 Bengali film

Summary

1963 Bengali film

Field	Value
name	Bhranti Bilas
image	Bhranti Bilas.jpg
director	Manu Sen
screenplay	Bidhayak Bhattacharya (Dialogues)
producer	Uttam Kumar
writer	Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
based_on	Comedy Of Errors by William Shakespeare
starring	Uttam Kumar
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sandhya Roy
music	Shyamal Mitra
editing	Haridas Mahalanabish
studio	Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd
distributor	Chayabani Pvt Ltd
released
runtime	102 Minutes
country	India
language	Bengali

Bhanu Bandopadhyay Sabitri Chatterjee Sandhya Roy

Bhranti Bilash () is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language action comedy film directed by Manu Sen. Produced by Uttam Kumar under his banner of Uttam Kumar Films, the film is based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. It stars Kumar himself and Bhanu Bandopadhyay, both in dual roles, alongside Sabitri Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Chhaya Devi and Sabita Bose in another pivotal roles. The music of the film was composed by Shyamal Mitra. The film was remade in Bollywood thrice as Do Dooni Char, Angoor and Cirkus.

In this movie, Uttam Kumar and Bhanu Bandyopadhyay were cast as a merchant and his servant, respectively. They visit a new town but don't know about the existence of their respective twin brothers and it ultimately leads to a series of confusions leading to a laugh riot.

Plot

Although the original play was set in an unspecified, but distant past, the film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a Bengali merchant from Kolkata and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion.

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Chiranjib Chowdhury and Chiranjit Chowdhury
Bhanu Bandopadhyay as Bhakti Kinkar and Shakti Kinkar
Sabitri Chatterjee as Chandraprabhaa, Chiranjib's Wife
Sandhya Roy as Bilashini, Chiranjib's sister-in-law, Chandraprabhaa's younger sister
Sabita Bose as Aparajita
Tarun Kumar as Money lender
Chhaya Devi as Chiranjit & Chiranjib's Mother
Bidhayak Bhattacharya as Bosupriyo

Soundtrack

Production

The story was written by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar which he adapted from The Comedy Of Errors written by William Shakespeare.

This was the third film produced by Uttam Kumar after the blockbuster iconic Harano Sur and Saptapadi which he produced along with Ajoy Kar. But this time he separated from Ajoy Kar and made his only own production and named Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited. In the film Uttam Kumar played dual role and this is the third film after Tasher Ghar in 1957 and iconic Jhinder Bandi in 1961 where Uttam playing in double role. Bhanu Bandopadhyay also played a dual role in the film.

Remakes

The film is remade several times. At first it's remade in 1968 Hindi as Do Dooni Char directed by Debu Sen starring Kishore Kumar, Asit Sen and Tanuja. Later, a Hindi remake in 1982 was directed by the legendary lyricist and director Gulzar as Angoor starring Sanjeev Kumar and Moushumi Chatterjee. Bharanti Bilash was also remade into Hindi as Cirkus (2022) by Rohit Shetty.

References

"'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - When Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare".
(17 April 2014). "Angoor (1982)". The Hindu.
Radhakrishnan, Sruthi. (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". [[The Hindu]].
Rajiva Verma. (2006). "India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and Performance". [[Dorling Kindersley]].
"'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - When Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare".

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