''Chheley Kaar'' () is a 1954 Indian
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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-language
romantic comedy
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film directed by
Chitta Basu Chitta Basu may refer to:
*Chitta Basu (politician)
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and produced by Charan Chitra. This film received
President's Silver Medal in
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
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in 1954. The film was remade in
Hindi
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as ''Bandish'' starring
Ashok Kumar
Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family.
He ...
and
Meena Kumari
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. The film was also remade in Tamil as ''
Yaar Paiyyan'' and in Malayalam as ''
Bhagyamudra
''Bhagyamudra'' is a 1967 Indian Malayalam-language film written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. A. V. Rajendran. It stars Prem Nazeer, Meenakumari, Adoor Bhasi, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Manavalan Joseph, Kottayam Shantha, Kal ...
''.
Plot
Tomato is an orphan lives with his adoptive father. His father is very sick, suffering from a virulent disease, and will die within a few months. He instructed Tomato to take shelter to a rich person, Kunal Sen. Tomato approaches Kunal in a park and calls him as father. Shocked, Kunal tries to escape from the unknown child Tomato, but cannot. After many obstacles and chaos, Kunal and his girlfriend Mili start loving Tomato.
Cast
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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 Kunal
*
Bhanu Bannerjee as Monti
*
Chhabi Biswas
Chhabi Biswas (''Chabi Biśbās'') (13 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's '' Kabuliwala'' and Satyajit Ray's films '' Jalshaghar'' (''The Music Room'', 1958), '' Devi'' ...
as Kunal's father
*
Arundhati Devi
Arundhati Devi (; also known as Arundhati Mukherjee or Mukhopadhyay) (1924 – 1990) was an Indian actress, director, writer and singer who is predominantly known for her work in Bengali cinema.
Arundhati Devi was a student of Visva-Bharati Un ...
as Mili
*
Tulsi Chakraborty
Tulsi Chakraborty (also Tulsi Chakrabarti, bn, তুলসী চক্রবর্তী; 3 March 1899 – 11 December 1961) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema in the 1940s and 50s. His most n ...
*
Nabadwip Haldar
*
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, ...
as Rabin
* Suprava Mukherjee as Kunal's mother
*
Jiben Bose
Jiben Bose (1915 – 21 March 1975) was a Bengali Indian actor known for his serious-comical side role performances in Bengali cinema.
Biography
Bose was born in 1915 in Kolkata, British India. He was known for mainly supporting characters in Be ...
* Master Tiak as Tomato
* Santi Bhattacharya
References
External links
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali
1954 films
Bengali-language Indian films
1950s romantic comedy-drama films
Indian romantic comedy-drama films
Bengali films remade in other languages
Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners
1950s Bengali-language films
1954 comedy films
1953 comedy films
1953 films
1953 drama films
1954 drama films
Indian black-and-white films