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Arun Barun O Kiranmala
''Arun Barun O Kiranmala'' (also known as: ''Arun-Barun-Kiranmala'') is a 1979 Indian Bengali-language fantasy film, directed by Barun Kabasi and produced by Dolphin Films. It is based on the tale ''Kiranmala'', compiled in Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder's collection of fairy tales, ''Thakurmar Jhuli''. Plot Arun, Barun and Kiranmala are orphaned siblings. One day they go in search of their parents. They first visit the Jogini Durbar where they are helped with magical items like a golden stick. Then they go to Maya Puri where they find fairy spirits trapped by the witch of the Maya Puri. After overcoming many hurdles they finally kill the witch and help the fairy spirits to escape. The fairies then promise to tell them about their parents in return. The children are taken for lunch to the Jogini Durbar where the king of Arabia also joins them. It is soon discovered that the three children are the children of this king. The five fairies reveal how the sister of the king's wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thakurmar Jhuli
''Thakurmar Jhuli'' ( bn, ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; ''Grandmother's Bag [of tales]'') is a collection of Bengali language, Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. The author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder collected some folktales of Bengali and published some of them under the name of "''Thakurmar Jhuli''" in 1907 (1314 of Bengali calendars, Bengali calendar). The Nobel-Laureate, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore wrote the introduction to the anthology. Since then, it has become iconic in Bengali children's literature, becoming a household name in West Bengal and Bangladesh over the years. Certain characters and stories like "''Lalkamal-Nilkamal''", "''Buddhu-Bhutum''" and "''Byangoma, Byangoma-Byangomi''", have gained legendary status. Hundreds of editions of this book have been published from Bangladesh and West Bengal since the original publication. Publishing background Rabindranath Tagore notes in his introduction to Thakurmar Jhuli, that there was a dire nee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
