''Borolar Ghor'' ('' Bachelor’s House'') is a 2012 bilingual Assamese-

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film starring Utpal Das and Debasmita Banerjee in the lead roles. The film was directed and produced by

Mani C. Kappan Mani C. Kappan (born 1956) is an Indian politician, film producer, film director and actor. He is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Kerala for the Pala (State Assembl ...

under the banner of Okay Productions. This film was the remake of 1993 superhit

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'', which was also produced by Kappan under the same production house. Noted Assamese filmmaker

Manju Borah Manju Borah is a multiple international and national award-winning Indian female film director and short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. Borah also served as Jury Member, Indian Panorama, IFFI 2007, 10th MAMI International Film Festival 20 ...

acted as an advisor in the film.

Plot

Madhukrisha (Utpal Das) is the youngest son of Hariprashanna (

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). His brothers Jaykrishna (Julen Bhuyan) and Gopikrisha (Biki), as well as Madhu are all unmarried. He passed his MBA and went to

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for a job. Madhu sees a young Bengali woman named Mukta (Debasmita Benarjee) who is the daughter of a rich man (

). The two fall in love and elope. Madhu is afraid of whether or not his parents would agree to their marriage, so he keeps Mukta undercover as a maid in his home. When Madhu goes away on business, his parents realise that Mukta is pregnant and decide to dismiss her from her job. When Madhu returns home, he is forced to reveal that Mukta is his wife. Madhu's mother, who likes Mukta, scolds him for keeping his wife as a servant – she and her husband express their willingness to accept Mukta as their daughter-in-law.

Cast

Utpal Das Utpal Das (born 14 December 1986) is an Assamese film actor. His debut Assamese feature film was ''Dhon Kuberor Dhon'' in 2009 while his acting debut was through VCD film ''Ringa Ringa Mon'' in 2004. Career Films In 2009, Das made his film de ...

as ''Madhukrisha'' * Debasmita Benarjee as ''Mukta'' *

as ''Hariprashanna'', father of Madhukrisha * Purnima Pathak Saikia as ''Bhanumati'', mother of Madhukrisha *

as ''Bankimchandra'', father of Mukta *

Sreelekha Mukherji Sreelekha Mukherji is a National Film Award-winning Indian actress, with predominant works in Bengali films. She is known for her lead role in the 1989 film ''Parshuramer Kuthar'', for which she won the National Film Award for Best Actress an ...

as mother of Mukta *

Bishnu Kharghoria Bishnu Kharghoria is an Indian actor from Assam. He has acted in many Assamese movies and dramas. Filmography * ''Bristi'' (1974) * ''Sandhya Raag'' (1977) * ''Kallol'' (1978) * ''Kolahal'' (1989) * '' Bonani'' (1990) * ''Firingoti'' (1992) ...

as ''Kulen Saikia'', an Assamese businessman staying in West Bengal * Julen Bhuyan as ''Jaykrishna'', unmarried elder brother of Madhukrishna * Biki as ''Gopikrishna'', unmarried elder brother of Madhukrishna * Shibu as ''Purnendu'' * Siddharth Mukharjee

Production

Borolar Ghor is the first Assamese film produced by a production house based on

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. On 10 August 2012 Mani C Kappen, owner of Okay Productions, along with Manju Borah announced making a new commercial film in a press conference held in

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. According to Kappan, "I have found that the culture of my state (

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) and

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were quite similar. So I thought to make a film here." Sixty per cent of the dialogues in the bilingual film were in Assamese and the remaining in Bengali. Assamese

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was given for Bengali dialogues and Bengali subtitles were given for Assamese dialogues. The film was dedicated to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.

Release

Borolar Ghor was supposed to release on 19 October 2012, but due to unavailability of theatres it was postponed to release after two weeks on 2 November 2012. The premier show of the movie was held on 30 October 2012 at Anuradha Cineplex,

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was released on 30 October 2012 at

along with its premier show. The music was composed by south Indian music director K.R. Srijit. The music for the song "Junti Olal" was originally composed by Malayalam music director

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for the original film "Meleparambil Aanveedu". The original song was "Vellithinkal poonkinnam thulli thoovi". The music for this song is adapted as it is in the Assamese remake also. The album consists 6 tracks and was released under the label of

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. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Dilip Kumar Borah.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt14230598 2012 romantic comedy films 2012 films 2012 multilingual films Indian multilingual films Indian romantic comedy films Films set in Assam Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Assamese-language remakes of Malayalam films 2010s Assamese-language films