''Bhanu Pelo Lottery'' (Eng: Bhanu Wins the Lottery) is a 1958

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produced by Tushar Kanti Ghosh and directed by the MGS Pictures Unit. It starred

Bhanu Bandopadhyay Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, also known as Bhanu Banerjee (born as Samyamoy Bandyopadhyay; 26 August 1920 – 4 March 1983), was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed freque ...

Jahor Roy Jahar Roy (19 September 1919 – 1 August 1977) was an Indian actor and comedian in Bengali cinema. He was known for his comedy films with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Early life Roy came from a Bengali Baidya family having its root in Mahilara, B ...

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and Lily Chakraborty. The film had music by

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and lyrics by

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Plot

Bhanu Chitrakar (

) is a village-based clay modellist who earns a living selling earthen toys and singing. One day, he is presented a ticket for the Luck Velky Lottery by his Kolkata-based friend Jahar (

), with the first prize for the lottery standing at Rs 395,000. While Bhanu initially refuses to accept the ticket, he is finally coaxed into buying them, and goes to bed with the ticket stuck to his chest expecting the telegram announcing him as the winner to arrive anytime the next morning. Bhanu receives the telegram informing him that he indeed is the lucky winner of Rs 395,000. With Jahar in tow, he goes to

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to collect his winnings. His awkwardness in the big city lead to innumerable faux pas, and things get more complicated for him when Mini Mitra or Mimi (Lily Chakraborty), Jahar's paramour, gives him her undivided attention with the intention of obtaining some of his prize money to forge a film production career for herself. When Jahar finds out that he is being cheated by his best friend, he threatens the latter with a gun. Bhanu escapes, and in the climax of a chase sequence, is shown flying through the air hanging onto a gas balloon, out of reach of his pursuers. The balloon however pops in the end and Bhanu falls straight into the Hooghly. At this point, Bhanu wakes up and realises that the entire Kolkata episode has been a dream. Jahar now comes with the news that Bhanu has won the lottery in reality. But horrified at the thought of sexual politics and the loss of his best friend over money, Bhanu now has no desire for the Rs 395,000 and urges Jahar to distribute his winnings among the needy.

Cast

as Bhanu Chitrakar *

as Jahar * Kuntala Chattopadhyay as Mini Mitra *

as Jahar's uncle and Mini's former employer *

Nripati Chattopadhyay Nripati Nath Chttopadhyay ( bn, নৃপতি নাথ চট্টোপাধ্যায়; born 1907 – 27 May 1975) was a Bengali actor, known for his role in ''Teen Kanya'' (1961), ''Bhanu Pelo Lottery'' (1958) and ''Dui Bari'' (1963). ...

as Haladhar Halder

Soundtrack

http://play.raaga.com/bengali/album/Bhanu-Pelo-Lottery-songs-B0000557

Trivia

#The movie has a unique scene where Bhanu Chitrakar in his dream goes to the

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movie studios and meets the actor

in person. The two Bhanus are brought face to face, with the same actor playing both the character and himself. When the actor Bhanu meets his doppelganger, he wants to know if the crew has brought him a body double. #

and

played different versions of themselves in some other movies like

Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant ''Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant'' is an Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Purnendu Roy Chowdhury and produced by Badalraja Sinha. This film was released in 1971 under the banner of Joydeep Pictures. Shyamal Mitra was the mu ...

. This double-act has parallels in

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in films like ''Johar Mehmood in Goa'', starring

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and

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References

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