''Arun Barun O Kiranmala'' (also known as: ''Arun-Barun-Kiranmala'') is a 1979 Indian
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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-language
fantasy film
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, directed by
Barun Kabasi and produced by
Dolphin Films.
Arun-Barun-Kiranmala (1979 - Bengali), Cast & crew details
/ref> It is based on the tale ''Kiranmala
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'', compiled in Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar (15 April 1877 – 30 March 1956) was an Indian writer in Bengali of fairy tales and children's literature. He was born at Ulail in Dhaka district of Bengal province in British India (now Dhaka District of Bangl ...
's collection of fairy tales, ''Thakurmar Jhuli
''Thakurmar Jhuli'' ( bn, ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; ''Grandmother's Bag f tales') is a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. The author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder collected some folktales of Bengali and published som ...
''.
Plot
Arun, Barun and Kiranmala are orphaned siblings. One day they go in search of their parents. They first visit the Jogini
A yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST: ) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet. Th ...
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 played tricks and set the three children afloat in the river for which the king punished his wife and banished her from the palace. The story ends with a happy reunion as Arun, Barun & Kiranmala find their parents and all live happily ever after.
Cast
*Tarun Kumar
Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. H ...
* Dilip Ray as the King
* Master Partho as Arun
* Master Supratim as Barun
* Tapati Manna as Kiranmala
* Jnanesh Mukhopadhyay
* Nimu Bhowmik
*Satya Bandyopadhyay
Satya Bandyopadhyay; (1925 – 28 July 1997) was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema and theatre. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.
Early life
He was born at Kolkata ...
*Alpana Goswami
Alpana Goswami, also known as Alpana Bose Goswami, is an Indian actress who is recognised for her work in Bengali cinema.
Goswami hails from Bandel in Hooghly district. She began her acting career in late 1970s. Her first leading role on silv ...
*Chhaya Debi
Chhaya Devi ( bn, ছায়া দেবী; 3 June 1914 – 25 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in hundreds of films for over five decades.
Her first lead role was in Debaki ...
*Padma Devi
Padma Devi (1917–1983) was a popular Indian Bengali Hindi/Hindustani Film Actress and playback singer of Indian cinema, in the silent era and the early talkies. Starting her career with the main role in ''Sea Goddess'' (1931), directed by Dhiru ...
* Jhumur Gangopadhyay
References
External links
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Arun-Barun-Kiranmala
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1979 films
Bengali-language Indian films
Indian fantasy films
1970s Bengali-language films
1970s fantasy films
Films based on Indian folklore
Films based on fairy tales
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