Dadar Kirti

Dadar Kirti
Directed by	Tarun Majumdar
Story by	Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Starring	Mahua Roychoudhury, Tapas Paul, Debasree Roy, Ayan Banerjee, Sandhya Roy, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Anup Kumar
Music by	Hemanta Mukherjee
Cinematography	Shakti Banerjee
Editing by	Ramesh Joshi, Shakti Pada Roy
Release date(s)	1980
Running time	154 minutes
Language	Bengali

Dadar Kirti (Bengali: দাদার কীর্তি) (Deeds of my elder brother) (1980) is a Bengali comic- romantic cinema starring Tapas Paul, Mahuya Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee and Debasree Roy. Directed by Tarun Majumdar, the film was a huge Box Office success upon its release and still has a popular following.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Plot

Kedar Chatujye (Tapas Pal), a dim-witted simpleton, is exiled to his uncle’s house in a small town in Bihar by his father, who is extremely angry with him for being unable to pass his B. A. exams even after three attempts. The simple minded Kedar becomes the butt of all jokes of his cousin Santosh alias Santu’s (Ayan Banerjee) gang of friends led by Bhombol Bhattacharjee also known as Bhombolda (Anup Kumar). He falls in love with Saraswati (Mahua Roychoudhury) a girl with a strong no-nonsense character who is also the elder sister of Santu’s betrothed Bini (Debashree Roy). Saraswati’s parents too are also impressed by Kedar’s decency and simplicity and she also softens up to Kedar. However, Bhombolda and his gang create misunderstandings between the two. An extremely disappointed Saraswati decides to get married with a rich boy from Bhagalpur (Biplab Chatterjee). But at the end, Bhombolda and Boudi (Sandhya Roy) realise that Kedar has a heart of gold and admits his wrondoing leading Saraswati getting married to Kedar.

Cast

Tapas Pal in Dadar Kirti

• Debashree Roy as Bini (Debut)
• Mahua Roychoudhury as Saraswati
• Tapas Pal as Kedar (Debut)
• Kali Bannerjee
• Anup Kumar as Bhombol Bhattacharjee
• Ayan Banerjee as Santosh
• Satya Bannerjee
• Sandhya Roy as Boudi (of Santosh)
• Ruma Guha Thakurta as Saraswati, Bini's mother
• Sulata Choudhury
• Haradhan Banerjee as Kedar's father (Guest)
• Biplab Chatterjee (Guest)
• Shamit Bhanja (Guest)

Crew

• Direction: Tarun Majumdar
• Production: Ram Cine Arts
• Production Controller: Ishwar Lal Sharma
• Story: Saradindu Bandopadhyay
• Screenplay: Tarun Majumdar
• Cinematography: Shakti Bannerjee
• Music: Hemanta Mukherjee

This movie many uses Rabindra Sangeets, such as Bondhu Kon Alo Laglo..., Oho! Ki Duhsoho Spordha..., Choron Dhorite Dio... etc. (a part of the poetry- drama, Chitrangada by Tagore was acted; the first 2 songs from the above- mentioned list were a part of it); adhunik gaans (modern Bangla songs): Tomar Dake Sara Dite Boei Gechhe…, Jonom OBodhi Kaar... (this song is originally written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay).

• Editing: Ramesh Joshi, Shaktipada Roy
• Art Direction: Suresh Chandra Chandra
• Audiography: Anil Dasgupta, Jyoti Chatterjee, Somesh Chatterjee, Amulya Das

References

1. ^ "Dadar Kirti". www.upperstall.com. http://www.upperstall.com/films/1980/dadar-kirti. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
2. ^ "Dadar Kirti". www.calcuttaglobalchat.net. http://www.calcuttaglobalchat.net/2007/04/22/dadar-kirti/. Retrieved 2008-10-23. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Bengali Dadar Kirti (1980) - Streaming - Bollywood". www.tv-links.cc. http://www.tv-links.cc/bollywood/bengali-dadar-kirti-.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
4. ^ "Dadar Kirti- Very Funny Family Bengali Movie of Tapas Paul & Mahua, Debashri torrent details - Bitcoca torrents downloads". www.bitcoca.com. http://www.bitcoca.com/details/id/438058/. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
5. ^ "BFI". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/180544. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
6. ^ "Dadar Kirti (1980)". www.imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237132/. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
7. ^ "DADAR KIRTI - Film Database - Movie Database". www.citwf.com. http://www.citwf.com/film77319.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 

External links

• Dadar Kirti at the Internet Movie Database
• www.upperstall.com preview