''Chhayamoy'' or ''Chayamoy'' is a 2013

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horror-comedy film directed by

Haranath Chakraborty Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial succes ...

and based on

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relativel ...

's novel of the same title. This was a children's film with supernatural elements in it. Debajyoti Mishra composed the music of the film.

Plot

Indrajit is a UK based scholar. While working to preserve historical documents, he finds a parchment from which he learns about treasures hidden in an old Zamindar palace in Simulgarh, a village of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

. Actually Indrajit is the descendant of the zamindar's family. He comes to the village and finds out the treasure. But a corrupt moneylender Gagan Sapui accuses him of robbery, beats him up, snatches all the treasures and throws him in a nearby forest. From there, Indra is rescued by Alankar, a simple and poor boy from the village. Together they retrieve the treasure from Gagan Sapui with the help of a noble ghost Chhayamoy, who was once the minister of the Zamindar family. Eventually, the fraud and the corrupt nature of Gagan Sapui is revealed to the entire village.

Cast

Gaurav Chakrabarty Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical TV series ''Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chak ...

as Indrajit *

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...

as Chhayamoy/Chandra Kumar *

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', ...

as Gagan Sapui *

Paran Bandopadhyay Paran BandopadhyaySpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t/ref> or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is a ...

as Gour Thakurda *

Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik ...

as Kali Kapalik *

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema 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 won ...

as dancer *

Monu Mukherjee Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee (1 March 1930 – 6 December 2020), known as Monu Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play ...

as Potol Ganguly *

Nimu Bhowmik Nimu Bhowmik ( bn, নিমু ভৌমিক , 4 November 193527 August 2019) was an Indian actor recognized for his work in Bengali cinema. and considered to be one of the famous comic actors and villains of Bengali Cinema. Career H ...

as Natabar Ghosh * Adhiraj Ganguly as Alankar * Debesh Roychowdhury as Haripada * Sudip Mukherjee as Lakkhan * Chandu Chakraborty as Raja Mahendra Pratap

References

Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Indian children's films Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Indian fantasy drama films Films directed by Haranath Chakraborty

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{{IMDb title, 4300302

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