''Jibon Niye Khela'' (translation: ''Playing with life'') is a

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

Bengali film directed by

Anjan Choudhury Anjan Choudhury (25 November 1944 – 21 February 2007) was an Indian film director, writer, and screenplay writer who worked in the Bengali cinema of West Bengal. He was survived by his wife Jaysree Choudhury and two daughters, namely Chumki ...

. The film attained mass attention as it deals with the corruption in Healthcare sector of West Bengal. The film features

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

, Biplab Chatterjee,

Manoj Mitra Manoj Mitra (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh. Initially he used to study at home b ...

Debashree Roy Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962), also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She has been cited as the ...

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 ...

Chumki Chowdhury Chumki Choudhury is an Indian actress who works in Bengali cinema. Family and Career Chumki Choudhury was born in Kolkata. She is the daughter of famous director Anjan Choudhury and Smt. Joysree Choudhury. She passed her Madhyamik from Joysre ...

Haradhan Bandopadhyay Haradhan Bandopadhyay (6 November 1926 – 5 January 2013) was a Bengali Indian male actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film ''Devdut'', directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent ...

, Arjun Chakraborty, Lokesh Ghosh and others. Cinematographer of the film was Shyamal Banerjee. The music of the film was composed by Tapan Chakraborty, background music was scored and lyrics were penned by Leela Choudhury.

Plot

The movie revolves around an imaginary village called Haridevpur where Dr. Subhankar Sanyal (

) arrives as the head doctor of a Dharampur State Hospital, who is a specialist in each field. He tries to break the previous rules made in an agreement between the Super, (

), and Dr. Sen, (

), because of which he faces many difficulties. By creating various hardships in his daily life, the Super and Dr. Sen try to remove him from the hospital. They succeed in this act by passing out his transfer to some other place. But they were confronted by the villagers who try to prevent him from leaving the village.

Cast

as Dr. Shubhankar Sanyal *

as Minoti Samanta *

as Ex Minister Pratap Samanta *

Supriya Devi Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years. She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film '' Megh ...

(Guest appearance) as Shubhankar's Mother *

as a corrupt official * Biplab Chatterjee * Arjun Chakraborty * Lokesh Ghosh as Runu *

as Rekha *

Rina Choudhury Rina Choudhury is a former Indian actress who worked in Tollywood cinema and now working as a film director and writer. Her first film was ''Geetsangeet''. She directed ''Kalpataroo''. She also appeared in the Bengali serial ''Erao Sotru'' ...

as Madhuri Sanyal *

Rita Koiral Rita Koiral (or Rita Kayral; c.1959 – 19 November 2017) was an Indian Bengali actress, especially known for her television and film roles. She appeared in several soap opera roles, often as villains and often opposite Monami Ghosh. Direct ...

Gita Dey Gita Dey (5 August 1931 – 17 January 2011) was an Indian actress in Bengali cinema, theatre and Bengali folk theater. She became a stage artist at the age of 6 years. She came to the film industry in 1943. Her first film release was '' Ahut ...

References

External links

* 1999 films Bengali-language Indian films 1990s Bengali-language films Films directed by Anjan Choudhury {{1990s-Bengali-film-stub