''Gosaibaganer Bhoot'' ( en, The Phantom Of Gosaibagan Grove, bn, গোঁসাইবাগানের ভূত) is a Bengali
comedy
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fantasy film
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directed by art director, production designer, and costume designer
Nitish Roy
Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema and a Bengali Film Director, who is also known for his work with art cinema directors, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Govind Nihlani, Hind ...
, based on a novel by Bengali writer
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relativel ...
. The music/lyrics was composed by Bengali brand
Chandrabindoo
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.
Plot
The film narrates the tale of Burun, who is hopelessly weak in mathematics and has to take lessons from an eccentric teacher (Karali Sir). However, not all is well in Burun's world and he strays into Gosainbagan, befriends an enduring ghost (Nidhiram Sardar) only to later battle an evil force by the name of Habu.
Cast
* Dedipya Ganguly as Burun
* Antony as Gosaibaba
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Victor Banerjee
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as Ram Kobiraj
* Sajal Haldar as Fatik
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Kanchan Mullick
Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatr ...
as Nidhiram (Ghost)
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Biswajit Chakraborty
Biswajit Chakraborty, (born 29 October 1948) is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was '' Sunya Theke Suru'' directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more ...
as Sachin Sarkar (Head Master)
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Tinu Anand
Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand, 12 October 1945) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films.
Early life
He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu Ana ...
as Manmatha Ukil
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Paran Bandyopadhyay
Paran BandopadhyaySpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t/ref> or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is an ...
as Korali Master
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Shankar Chakraborty
Shankar Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actor who has done several tele serials and has appeared in pivotal roles in numerous Bengali films.
Personal life
Shankar Chakraborty was born to a Bengali Hindu family. He married actress ...
as Godai Daroga
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Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...
as Habu Sardar
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Saswata Chatterjee
Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Maju ...
as Bhelu Daktar
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Dwijen Bandopadhyay
Dwijen Bandyopadhyay (22 September 1949 – 27 September 2017) was a veteran Bengali actor and theater personality from West Bengal, India. He worked onstage from the 1970s. Bandyopadhyay has also been a professor in the department of Drama at Rab ...
as Panchkori Adhya
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Kharaj Mukherjee
Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian actor. He completed his early education from St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata He made his debut in Bengali film with the film ''Hulusthul'' in 1980. In the last 32 years, ...
as Damodar Kaka
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Biplab Chatterjee
Biplab Chatterjee is an Indian actor and director of television and films.
Career
Biplab started his film career with Satyajit Ray in his film ''Pratidwandi''. He is popular for his antagonistic character in Bengali films. Apart from his career ...
as Kailash Mitra
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Locket Chatterjee
Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, ...
as Burun's Mother
Music
Soundtrack
See also
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Chhayamoy
''Chhayamoy'' or ''Chayamoy'' is a 2013 Bengali horror-comedy film directed by Haranath Chakraborty and based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel of the same title. This was a children's film with supernatural elements in it. Debajyoti Mishra c ...
References
External links
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Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
2011 films
Films based on works by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
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