''Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya'' is an Indian animated film directed by

Shilpa Ranade Shilpa Ranade (born 1966) is an Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker and academician. She has been faculty at the Industrial Design Centre at IIT Bombay since 2001. She has directed animated short films for Channel 4, UK and her films ...

. It is based on the characters ''Goopy'' and ''Bagha'' created by

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of ...

's grandfather

Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) was a Bengali writer and painter. One of his written book is ''Chotoder Shera Biggan Rochona Shongkolon''. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entre ...

. The film is inspired from ''

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' (Bengali: গুপী গাইন বাঘা বাইন ''Gupi Gain Bagha Bain'') is a 1969 Indian fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upend ...

'', the first film from '' Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne trilogy''. The film was released on 1 March 2019 in India.

Premise

Two blundering yet lovable musician protagonists meet ghosts, obtain boons, avert wars, marry princesses and help the common people live happily ever after.

Cast

* Manish Bhawan as Bagha * Rajeev Raj as Goopi * Shailendra Pande as Ghost King * Shahanawaz Pradhan * Vishal Kumar as Ladoo * Aditya Sharma

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

on 7 September 2013. The film was also screened at 11th Mumbai International Film Festival on 17 October the same year. It was released theatrically in India on 1 March 2019.

Awards and nominations

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