''Chhadmabeshi'' () is a 1971 Bengali

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directed by

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, starring

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and sing ...

and

Madhabi Mukherjee Madhabi Chakraborty (''née'' Mukherjee; born 10 February 1942) is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film ''Dibratrir Kabya''. She has acted in some of the most critically ac ...

as leads, based on the story ''Chhadobeshi'' by writer Upendranath Ganguly. The story revolves around a newly married professor, who plays a practical joke upon his brother-in-law by posing as his family driver. Music of the film composed by

Sudhin Dasgupta Sudhin Dasgupta ( bn, সুধীন দাশগুপ্ত; 9 October 1929 – 10 January 1982) was a prolific Bengali music director, lyricist, and singer. He worked in various other Indian languages, such as Hindi, Assamese and Oriya ...

. The film was remade in Hindi in 1975 as '' Chupke Chupke'' and in Kannada in 2004 as ''

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''.

Plot

Abanish Sen (Uttam Kumar) is a Botany professor as well as newly married to Sulekha (Madhabi Chakroborty). When he comes to know that his brother-in-law, advocate Prasanta Ghosh (Bikash Roy), needs a driver at Allahabad where he stays with family, Abanish plans to play a practical joke upon them. As per his plan, he goes to Allahabad and is selected as the driver. Sometime later, Sulekha arrives at Allahabad and lies to Prasanta and her sister Labanya (Anuva Gupta) that being involved in some important work, Abanish will arrive after a few days. In the next few days, Prasanta and Labanya notice and are perturbed by the intimacy between the new driver and Sulekha. Suddenly, Sulekha and Gaurhari alias Abanish flee without informing anyone. At the same time, Abanish's friend Subimal (Subhendu) arrives posing as Abanish, quite angry at the absence of his wife, further irking Prasanta Ghosh.

Cast

as Abanish alias Gourhari *

as Sulekha *

Bikash Roy Bikash Roy (16 May 1916 – 16 April 1987) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He is well known for his character roles and for his own style of acting in Bengali films from the late 1940s until the mi ...

as Prashanta *

Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chatterjee, M.B.B.S. (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films. A contemporary of actors Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom he played sec ...

as Subimal *

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as Binoy *

Anubha Gupta Anubha Gupta (1930 - 14 January 1972) was an Indian Bengali actress, known for her work in Bengali cinema. She received the Best Actress in Supporting Role Award at the 26th Annual BFJA Awards for the film '' Hansuli Banker Upakatha.'' Early li ...

as Labanya *

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as Basudha * Ashok Mitra as Haripada *

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 ...

as Mosaheb Lal (Driver) * Samita Biswas as Latika

Soundtrack

Remakes

The film is remade in Hindi in 1975 as '' Chupke Chupke'' directed by the legendary

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...

, starring

Dharmendra Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935), also known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer and politician who is known for his work in Hindi films. Known as the first " He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra has worked in over 301 ...

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and

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. It's remade again in Kannada in 2004 as ''

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* 1971 comedy films 1971 films Bengali films remade in other languages Indian comedy films Bengali-language Indian films 1970s Bengali-language films {{1970s-Bengali-film-stub