Chheley Kaar
{{short description|1954 film by Chitta Basu}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chheley Kaar
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Bengali|ছেলে কার!}}
| director = Chitta Basu
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| writer =
| screenplay = Jyotirmoy Roy
| story = Jyotirmoy Roy
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| starring =
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| music = Kalipada Sen
| cinematography =
| editing = Kamal Ganguly
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| distributor = Chhaya Bani Limited
| released = {{Film date|1953|||}}
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| country = India
| language = Bengali
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Chheley Kaar ({{translation|Whose Child?}}) is a 1954 Indian Bengali-language children's comedy film directed by Chitta Basu and produced by Charan Chitra. This film received President's Silver Medal in National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1954.{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/HCY/info|title=Chheley Kaar (1954)|publisher=indiacine.ma|access-date=20 March 2019}} The film was remade in Hindi as Bandish starring Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEqwDAAAQBAJ&q=Chheley+Kaar&pg=PT98|title=Take-2: 50 Films That Deserve a New Audience|last=Deepa Gahlot|date=October 2015|isbn=9789384544850|access-date=30 April 2018}} The film was also remade in Tamil as Yaar Paiyyan and in Malayalam as Bhagyamudra.{{Cite web |url=http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html |title=Old is Gold: Tamil Movies made in Malayalam |last=Menon |first=Ajay |date=3 December 2010 |website=Old is Gold |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190208032430/http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/12/original-tamil-malayalam-remake-nalla.html |archive-date=8 February 2019 |access-date=24 March 2021}}
Plot
Tomato is an orphan who lives with his adoptive father. His father is very sick, suffering from a virulent disease, and will die within a few months. He instructed Tomato to take shelter with a rich person, Kunal Sen. Tomato approaches Kunal in a park and refers to him as father. Shocked, Kunal tries to escape from the unknown child Tomato, but cannot. After many obstacles and chaos, Kunal and his girlfriend Mili start loving Tomato.
Cast
- Bikash Roy as Kunal Sen
- Bhanu Banerjee as Monty
- Chhabi Biswas as Kunal's father
- Arundhati Devi as Mili
- Nabadwip Haldar as Guard at Children's Home
- Jahor Roy as Robin
- Suprava Mukherjee as Kunal's mother
- Jiben Bose as Kunal's Friend
- Master Tilak as Tomato
- Asha Devi as Pishima
- Sadhna Roy Choudhury as Superintendent of Children's home
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0156395}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}
{{Chitta Basu}}
Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:1950s romantic comedy-drama films
Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films
Category:Bengali films remade in other languages
Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners