Mouchak
| Mouchak | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arabinda Mukhopadhyay |
| Written by | Samaresh Basu |
| Screenplay by | Bharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana, Arabinda Mukhopadhyay |
| Based on | Aboseshe story by Samaresh Basu |
| Produced by | Bharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kanai Dey |
| Edited by | Amiya Mukherjee |
| Music by | Nachiketa Ghosh |
Production company | Srimati Pictures |
| Distributed by | Piyali Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Mouchak is a 1974 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. It stars Uttam Kumar, Mithu Mukherjee, Ranjit Mullick and Sabitri Chatterjee in lead roles; while Chinmoy Roy, Anup Kumar, Tarun Kumar, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sulata Chowdhury, Ratna Ghoshal, Durgadas Banerjee, Mani Shrimani, Ajoy Banerjee and Nripati Chattopadhyay play another pivotal roles, with Rabi Ghosh in a guest appearance. The film was produced by Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, iThe soundtrack and background score of the film was composed by Nachiketa Ghosh, with lyrics penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder and Shyamal Gupta. The animated cartoons during the title credits were designed by Chandi Lahiri. [1] It revolves around Shitesh, a handsome and bachelor person who gets a job in a jute mill outside of his hometown and there faces a troubled situation, when he gets selected by his colleagues as well as his boss as their son-in-law. Then his elder brother Nitish looks into the matter and solves the problems taking Shitesh out of the trouble.
Plot
[edit]Eligible bachelor Sitesh Roy lives with his elder brother Nitish and sister-in-law in Kolkata. He gets a job in a jute mill, which is seventy miles away from his house based in the suburbs of the city and so he decides to live near his office in a rented house. But after few days, he becomes frantic with the marriage proposals from local residents. Everyone including his office boss coaxes him to marry their aged daughters (a satirical take on the Indira Gandhi's administrative campaign on birth control set in the aftermath of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War during which time many young men had been enlisted into the army, thereby causing a hypothetical increase in numbers of unmarried girls, who were seen a burden by their conservative families) population and numerous funny incidents start rolling. However, Sitesh falls for Neepa, a headstrong, smart girl who lives opposite to Sitesh's apartment, who also falls in love with him. In the meantime, to save his brother from the hands of crazy fathers, Sitesh starts a smear campaign against his brother. As a result, Neepa's headmaster father does not approve of the love affair and the couple start making plans to flee and marry. Later, Nitish and his wife come to Sitesh's flat over a false alarm and come know about his love affair with Neepa. After a huge drama and laugh riot, Neepa confess her love, Sitesh is proven innocent and everything is solved with a happy ending.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Uttam Kumar as Nitish Roy
- Sabitri Chatterjee as Nitish's Wife
- Ranjit Mallick as Sitesh Roy
- Ajoy Bandyopadhyay
- Mithu Mukherjee as Neepa
- Shekhar Chattopadhyay as Mr. Chowdhury
- Gita Dey as Chowdhury's wife
- Robi Ghosh as Panchu
- Ratna Ghoshal as Champa
- Nripati Chattopadhyay
- Anup Kumar as Talukder
- Chinmoy Ray as Radhika
- Gurudas Bandyopadhyay as Neepa's Father
- Tapati Ghosh as Neepa's Mother
- Sulata Chowdhury as Leena, Chowdhury's Daughter
- Tarun Kumar as D R Ghoshal
- Moni Shrimani
- Durgadas Bandyopadhyay (Jr.) as Sukhamay Banerjee
- Kamu Mukherjee as kallu
- Haridhan Mukhopadhyay
- Amarnath Mukhopadhyay as Dr Gupta
- Samar Kumar[3]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Mouchak | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Srimati Pictures | |||
| Length | 0:12:47 | |||
| Label | Angle Digital Pvt Ltd | |||
| Producer | Bharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana | |||
| Nachiketa Ghosh chronology | ||||
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Every song from the movie became very popular.
All the songs are composed by Nachiketa Ghosh. The lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Majumder and Shyamal Gupta.
| No. | Title | Singers(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "E Bar Mole Suto Habo" | Manna De | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Ta Bole Ki Prem Debe Na" | Manna De | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Paglaa Gaarod Kothay" | Asha Bhosle, Manna De | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Besh Korechi Prem Korechi" | Asha Bhosle | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 12:47 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Mukhopadhyay, Arabinda (10 January 1974), Mouchak, Uttam Kumar, Mithu Mukherjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, retrieved 22 October 2017
- ^ "Bangla Movie Mouchak (1975) | Bangla Movie News". www.banglamovienews.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Mouchak (1975) Cast and Crew". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.