Manmoyee Girls' School
{{short description|1935 film by Jyotish Bannerjee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| name = Manmoyee Girls' School
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| director = Jyotish Bannerjee
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| based_on = {{Based on|Manmoyee Girls' School|Rabindranath Maitra}}
| starring = Tulsi Chakraborty
Jahar Ganguly
Kanan Devi
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| music = Anath Basu
Mrinal Ghosh
Kumar Mitra
| cinematography = D. G. Gune
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| studio = Radha Films Company
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| released = {{Film date|1935}}
| country = India
| language = Bengali
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Manmoyee Girls' School is a 1935 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Jyotish Bannerjee under the banner of Radha Films Company. It is based on Rabindranath Maitra's 1932 play of the same name. The film stars Tulsi Chakraborty, Jahar Ganguly and Kanan Devi.{{Cite web |title=Manmoyee Girls' School (1935) |url=https://indiancine.ma/BTC |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Indiancine.ma}}
Plot
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Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, the zamindar Damodar Chakraborty looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. Manas Ganguly and Niharika apply for and get the job. The two are not actually married; they posed as a couple to obtain the job. After a series of complications and delicate situations, love blooms between the two and they marry.
Cast
- Tulsi Chakraborty as Damodar Chakraborty
- Jahar Ganguly as Manas
- Kanan Devi as Niharika
- Jyotsna Gupta as Chapala
- Kumar Mitra as Haranidhi
Production
Manmoyee Girls' School was a play written by Rabindranath Maitra and staged by Star Theatres in 1932.{{Cite web |title=রবীন্দ্রনাথ মৈত্র - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার |url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95:%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522161616/https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95:%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=bn.wikisource.org |language=bn}} Radha Films Company adapted this play into a film under the same name, with Jyotish Bannerjee directing. D. G. Gune was the cinematographer, while the music was composed by Anath Basu, Mrinal Ghosh and Kumar Mitra. The film was shot at Radha Studio.{{Cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=7 May 2022 |title=Radha Studio Makes A Comeback With Full House |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/radha-studio-makes-a-comeback-with-full-house/articleshow/91386862.cms |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707012930/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/radha-studio-makes-a-comeback-with-full-house/articleshow/91386862.cms |archive-date=7 July 2022}}
Release and reception
Manmoyee Girls' School was a success,{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Roushni |date=22 April 2018 |title=Kanan Devi: An incredible journey of triumph over odds |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/apr/22/12720/kanan-devi-an-incredible-journey-of-triumph-over-odds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731213032/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/apr/22/12720/kanan-devi-an-incredible-journey-of-triumph-over-odds |archive-date=31 July 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Cinestaan}} and was remade again in Bengali under the same title in 1958.{{Cite web |last=FilmiClub |title=Manmoyee Girl'S[sic] School (1958) |url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/manmoyee-girls-school-1958-bengali-movie |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=FilmiClub |language=en-US}}
References
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{{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=British Film Institute and Oxford University Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |pages=264 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}}
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