''Bhuierantlo Munis'' ( en, Cave Man) is a 1977 Indian Konkani-language drama film. The first

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in Konkani, it was produced under the banner of Chripton Motion Pictures by Tony Coutinho and Chris Perry and released in 1977. The film was shot in

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

, and also has footage shot in

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competition in

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Plot

The movie's story is based on

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's novel ''

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'', which in turn was based on a Goan,

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Cast

The film has Ivo Almeida Coutinho and Helen Pereira in the main lead and a star cast consisting of C. Alvares, Ophelia, Rico Rod, Cyriaco Dias, Robin Vaz, Souza Ferrao, Betty Fernandes, comedian Paul Romy and in a guest role, model

Radha Bartake Radha Bartake is an Indian actress, model and beauty queen. Early life Radha was born in 1959 in Military Hospital, Panaji, Goa, India in the year 1959. Career and pageantry Miss Goa 1973-1974 At the age of 14, she won Miss Goa in 1973–74 ...

Music

The music for the film was provided by the producer Chris Perry, who had earlier composed music for Bollywood films. Chris Perry wrote lyrics for and composed all the songs, except for the traditional

dulpod Dulpod is a Goan dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life. The plural of ''dulpod'' in Konkani is ''dulpodam''. The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking in thematic unity. The tunes of t ...

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...

sang the title song of the movie ''Bhuierantlo Munis''. Another immortal number from the movie was ''Nokre'' sung by Adolf. There were medley of dulpods including the popular ''Undrea Mhojea Mama'', ''Moddgonvam Toviaguere'', ''Combea Sadari'', ''Chup Chup'' sung by Adolf and Mabel, ''Adeus'' sung by Adolf were other memorable numbers. In versions apart from the movie, ''Combea Sadari'' was sung by

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, and ''Nokre'' and ''Adeus'' were sung by

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Cover of the film's DVD
Konkani-language films 1977 films Films based on The Count of Monte Cristo Films based on works by Alexandre Dumas Films shot in Goa Films set in Goa {{India-film-stub

Plot

Cast

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