''Ichhapuran'' (Wish Fulfilment) is a 1970

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comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Mrinal Sen Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as on ...

produced by the Children’s Film Society, based on the same name short story of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

. This is the only children’s film made by director Mrinal Sen in his entire career.

Plot

It revolves around the life of a young mischievous boy Sushil and his school teacher father Subal. Sushil is not interested in studies at all and always likea to play. He wishes to be like his father, having liberty to enjoy life like an adult person can. On the other hand Subal also wishes to be young like Sushil. One day their wishes are fulfilled by God and their bodies get swapped. After huge confusion and comical situation they finally desire to get back to their original selves.

Cast

Shekhar Chatterjee Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Career Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including ...

as Subal *

Sadhu Meher Sadhu Meher (1939/1940 – 2 February 2024) was an Indian actor, director and producer. Life and career Meher performed in both Odia and Hindi films. He began his career in Hindi films such as ''Bhuvan Shome'', '' Ankur'', and '' Mrigaya''. L ...

* Surajit Nandi * Sova Sen as Sushil's mother * Nimai Ghosh

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0065878 1970 films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on short fiction Indian drama films Films based on works by Rabindranath Tagore Indian black-and-white films 1970s Bengali-language films 1970 drama films Indian children's comedy films