''Teen Yaari Katha'' (

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: তিন ইয়ারি কথা; English: Tale of Three Friends) is a 2012

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comedy film by the director team of

Sudeshna Roy Sudeshna Roy is an Indian film director, actor and writer based in Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood. She started her career as an entertainment journalist before collaborating with the director Abhijit Guha (director), Abhijit Guha and forayi ...

and

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. The Bengali musical group Bhoomi composed the film's music. The film tells the story of three middle class friends and their personal struggles. The film's release was delayed by censors due to its sexual themes. It premiered at the 2006

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and was screened at the

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and the

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Synopsis

Billu sells newspapers, Shyamal drives an

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, and Antu is unemployed. The friends share a room in Billu's uncle's house in the Kolkata suburbs. Each friend becomes involved with different girls; Antu secretly likes fellow acting student Dola, Shyamal has fallen for his boss cum landlord's daughter Mamoni, and Biloo's crush is Paoli Dam (unnamed in the film) but three of them, mostly Biloo is obsessed with Sreeradha who lives next door.

Cast

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt ...

as Shyamal * Neel Mukherjee as Biloo *

Parambrata Chatterjee Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with Bengali television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under Sandip Ray's direction. His notable ...

as Antu *

Gargi Roychowdhury Gargee Roychowdhury is an Indian actress. She works in Bengali movies in Tollywood and serials in television. Gargee Roychowdhury is one of the popular actresses of the Bengali screen. She began her career as a theatre artist, performing in Utt ...

as Dola di *

Biplab Chatterjee Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films, mostly associated with the Bengali Film industry. Career Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film '' Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonis ...

as Biloo's Uncle *

Gita Dey Gita Dey (, 5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was '' Ah ...

as Biloo's grandmother *

Rimjhim Mitra Rimjhim Mitra is an Indian actress who works in Bengali language television series and film. In 2010, she participated in a Bengali dance reality show. In 2013, she was the winner of season one of ''Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bangla'', shown on ETV Bang ...

as Mamoni *

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor known for his work in Bengali cinema and television, with appearances in Hindi films. The son of actor Subhendu Chatterjee, he began his career with a Hindi television series direc ...

as Ajoy *

June Malia June MaliaSpelling according tThe Times of India/ref> (or June Malliah) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema and television. She is a philanthropist and also a member of West Bengal Women's Commission. In 2021, she wa ...

as Sreeradha *

Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

as Biloo's love interest * Rajesh Sharma as Sentu da

References

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* 2012 films Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata 2010s Bengali-language films Films scored by Bhoomi (band) Films directed by Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy Films scored by Anupam Roy {{2010s-Bengali-film-stub