Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy (English: Where there is a fear of ghosts) is a 2012 Indian Bengali film directed by Sandip Ray. There are three short ghost stories in this film.[1][2]
| Jekhane Bhooter Bhoy | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Sandip Ray |
| Screenplay by | Sandip Ray |
| Based on | Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay’s Bhut Bhabishyat Satyajit Ray's Brown Saheber Bari and Anath Babur Bhoy |
| Produced by | Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films |
| Starring | Paran Bandyopadhyay Saswata Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee Bhaswar Chatterjee |
| Narrated by | Paran Bandyopadhayay |
| Cinematography | Sasanka Palit |
| Edited by | Subrata Roy |
| Music by | Sandip Ray |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | 1.5 cr |
| Box office | 3 cr |
Plot
editThe film starts with Tarinikhuro or Tarinicharan Banerjee, one of Satyajit Ray's characters, telling some boys from his fanclub about ghosts. In the first and second stories the ghosts he talks about were Satyajit Ray's Anath Babur Bhoy and Brown Saheber Bari. The last one was Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay’s Bhoot Bhobishyot. (Initially four stories were supposed to be filmed, but the fourth one, Lucknow-er Duel was dropped later to avoid the length).[3]
Anath Babur Bhoy
editAnath Babur Bhoy ( Anath Babu's Terror ) revolves around the story of Anathbandhu Mitra, who is a ghost hunter. He, along with his friend, Sitesh Babu, narrate their experience regarding a dilapidated haunted house, Haldar Mansion, "Haldar Bari".
Brown Saheber Bari
editBrown Saheber Bari ( Mr. Brown's Cottage ) is about "Simon", a mysterious entity whom the owner of the cottage, a British gentleman loved dearly.
Bhoot Bhobishyot
editThe story is based on a peculiar relationship between a writer and a friendly 19th century ghost. It is a light-hearted story with a memorable twist at the end of it all.
Cast
editThe story teller and listeners
edit- Paran Bandyopadhyay as Tarini Khuro
- Subham Das as Poltu
- Ayus Das as Nyapla
- Amit Das as Bhulu
- Aritra Ghosh as Sunanda
- Ayan Shur as Chatpati
- Bimal Ghosh as Lakshman (the servant)
Anath Babur Bhoy
edit- Dwijen Bandopadhyay as Anathbandhu Mitra
- Subhrajit Dutta as Sitesh Chatterjee
- Abanti Mohan Banerjee as Pranab Banerjee
- Haradhan Bose as Bharadwaj
Brown Saheber Bari
edit- Abir Chatterjee as Ranjan Sengupta
- Bhaswar Chatterjee as Anikendra Bhowmik
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Hrishikesh Banerjee
- Lew Hilt as Dr. Larkin
- Sanjiban Guha as Nitish Samaddar
Bhut Bhabishyat
edit- Saswata Chatterjee as Pratap Sarkar
- Paran Bandyopadhyay as Nandadulal Nandy
- Mousumi Bhattacharya as Komola
- Pradip Mukherjee as Gopidulal Nandy
- Panchu Gopal Dey as Nikunja Pal
Filming
editThe film is produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The shooting of this film has been done in different places like Shantiniketan, Kalimpong, Raipur etc.[3] The film released on 21 December 2012.
Home video release
editThe film was released in Anamorphic Widescreen DVD format in March 2013 with English subtitles and some bonus features in all regions with 5.1 channel surround sound for non-commercial home viewing.
See also
edit- Bhooter Bhabishyat, 2012 Bengali film
- Chaar
References
edit- ^ "Sandip Ray's ghost film". The Telegraph Calcutta. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ "Bhaswar Chatterjee to wear Satyajit's blue sweater". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Ghost 'writers'". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.