''Chander Bari'' is a 2007

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film directed by

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Aw ...

. The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by

Pracheta Gupta Pracheta GuptaSpelling according tTelegraph, Calcutta/ref> (alternative spelling Procheto Gupta or Prachet Gupta or Procheta Gupta; ) (born 14 October 1962) is a Bengali writer and journalist. In 2007, his work ''Chander Bari'' was adapted into ...

. Majumdar used some

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' (; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengalis, Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Indian and also the ...

s in this film.

Plot

The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather, (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) who rules over the house like a female Hitler, reincarnated, and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and son (Rishi Kaushik) live together in a beautiful mansion in Bhawanipur. There seems to be more servants in their house than family members, extending the virtues and parameters of the ideal ‘joint’ family. The film starts with everyone being excited about the return of the elder son (Babul Supriyo) from LONDON,UK where he had gone for some business related work. However, all hell breaks loose, when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow. Her first husband with underworld links was killed in police crossfire. Everyone accepts the new additions to the Sanyal family except the mother-in-law who refuses to even acknowledge her presence. The story revolves around how these two women build bridges to keep the joint family intact, with most of the credit going to the beautiful daughter-in-law.

Cast

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. Though he has starred in parallel films like ''Interview'', '' Calcutta 71'', '' Shakha Proshakha'' and romantic comedy like '' Mouchak''; he is pa ...

as Shyam Sundar Sanyal *

Laboni Sarkar Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She began her acting career in a Bengali TV series by Jochon Dastidar. She made her Big screen debut in Aparna Sen's '' ...

as Gayatri Sanyal *

Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo (b. 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Third Banerjee ministry, Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (West ...

as Pradeep Kumar Sanyal *

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is Indian actress and producer and model who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She has w ...

as Sutapa Sanyal *

Koel Mallick Koel Mallick (; born Rukmini Mallick on 28 April 1982), known mononymously as Koel, is an Indian actress known for her work primarily in Bengali films. Often referred to as the "Tolly-Queen", she is the recipient numerous accolades, including ...

as Nandita Sanyal * Rishi Kaushik as Joydeep Sanyal *

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the histor ...

as Harinath *

Tathoi Deb Tathoi Deb (born Sharanya Deb) is an Indian actress, dancer and television presenter. She is one of the most popular former child actresses in Bengali cinema. Biography Tathoi was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to Late Lala Biswajit Deb and Jam ...

as Rikhia Sanyal *

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...

Aritra Dutta Banik Aritra Dutta Banik () is a Bengali film actor who has made several on-screen appearances since 2003. He made his debut in the Bengali megaserial ''Tithir Atithi'', which was aired on ETV Bangla from 2003 to 2009. He drew public attention for t ...

Dwijen Bandopadhyay Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from West Bengal, India. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at R ...

* Sarbori Mukherjee *Sumit Samadder *Shritama Bhattacharjee *

Tanima Sen Tanima Sen is a Bengali film and television actress. Acting career Theatre Though Sen is mainly popular as a film and television actress, she started as a theatre artist. In 1984, she made her acting debut in a local theatre group. In 198 ...

*Swanakamal Dutta *Shraboni Bonik *Chaitali Mukhopadhyay

Music

Some of the tracks used in this film were from

. *"Bhenge Mor Ghar Er Chabi" *"Chand Er Hashir Bnadh Bhengechhe" *"Gun Gun Bhromora Boslo Eshe" *"Bandh Bhenge Dao" *"Debo Na, Debo Na Sara To Jotoi Dako" (Singer: Jojo, Sujay Bhowmick) *"Ore Chitrarekha Dore Bandhilo Ke" ndranil Senh1>

Awards

*Special Screening at

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. , the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

, 2016.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chander Bari 2007 films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on Indian novels 2000s Bengali-language films