''Mayer Anchal'' ( bn, মায়ের আঁচল ') is a 2003 Indian

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directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Apurba Saha. It is a remake of the 2000

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film ''

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''.

Cast

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bis ...

as Bhola Chowdhury *

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

as Janardhan, Bhola's adopted father *

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as Mamata, Bhola's adopted mother *

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as Manish Chowdhury, Bhola's elder brother * Rachna Banerjee as Rupa, Bhola's love interest * Mrinal Mukherjee as Raghav Dutta, Rinky's father & retired colonel *

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, and Utpal Dutt w ...

as Sujoy Chowdhury, Bhola's younger brother * Piya Sengupta as Rinky Dutta *

Subhasish Mukherjee Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acte ...

as Nandu, Bhola's friend *

Dipankar 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 Tridip Chowdhury, Bhola's biological father *

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as Jaga, main antagonist *

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as Bishakha Chowdhury, Bhola's biological mother *

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as Naina Chowdhury, Bhola's sister-in-law *

Biplab Chatterjee Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films. Career Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film ''Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonistic character in Bengali films. Apart from his career ...

as Inspector Panda * Raja Chattopadhyay as Mr. Mallick

Production

Filming of a song sequence took place at

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Music

Ashok Bhadra composed the soundtrack album to the film, which includes songs rendered by

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, Shaan and

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Release and reception

''Mayer Anchal'' was released on 18 September 2003 and received a highly positive commercial response. One person was killed and twenty-two were injured due to grenade explosions by the

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during a screening of the film on 14 August 2004 at the Uravi cinema hall in Gauripur.

Accolades

won the Kalakar Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2004 for his contribution to the film's soundtrack.

References

2000s Bengali-language films Films directed by Anup Sengupta Bengali-language Indian films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub