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''Swapner Feriwala'' ( bn, স্বপ্নের ফেরিওয়ালা, ...and they dared to dream) is a 2002
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film. Directed by Subrata Sen, it featured Subrata Dutta,
Ferdous Ahmed Ferdous Ahmed (born 7 June 1974), known mononymously as Ferdous, is a Bangladeshi film actor and producer. He acts in Bangladesh and Indian Bengali films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor 5 times for his roles in the films ' ...
,
Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...
. The film is
Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...
's cinematic debut.


Plot

''Swapner Feriwala'' is a soothing fantasy in the pursuit of the last magical charms in our modern, urban lives. It's a symbolic story of youthful and vigorous rebellion against age-old orthodoxy and religious fanaticism and a clarion call to set everyone free of blind prejudices. Saritsekhar Roychowdhury, the old descendant of a renowned family, gets obsessed with the attainment of spiritual emancipation and brings a "godman" (
Dipankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', ...
) to the house to help him find the true way to freedom. The latter him the confidence of everyone in the family through his Tantra tricks and promises the childless couple a child within a year. Som (
Subrat Dutta Subrata Dutta (born 16 November 1975) is an actor who appears in Indian films. He is best known for his role in Bollywood films like ''Talaash'', '' Tango Charlie'', ''Zameen'', ''The Shaukeens'', ''Rakhcharitra'', ''Bhootnath Returns'' and B ...
) an iconoclast magician and his friend, a fellow magician named Ferdoup Siddhartha, have devoted their lives to uncover the magic rackets fooling people with petty magic tricks. Som is an enigma, while Siddhartha believes the magic to pervade the beauty of nature, the vastness of the universe, the beautiful movements of togetherness and entire human existence. He wants only to drink the elixir of life and insists Som stop hankering after an elusive goal. The evil godman plots to seize the Roychowdhury house from Sanitsekhar and lay his hands on young, pretty Turni (
Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...
), the only granddaughter of Saritsekhar, who lost her parents at an early age. Som and Sidhartha befriend Turni and warn her about the upcoming danger in her life. The godman reduces the woman in his aid and entrusts upon her the duty to keep an eye on Turni and to lure her closer to him. Turni escapes their evil plans with the help of the magician duo at first but soon she feels to be at her wit's end when her grandfather donates his house to the godman to build an ashram there. She could not settle elsewhere like her two uncles, being financially dependent on her grandfather. The satanic duo threatens Turni to follow their instructions to stay at the ashram and finally traps her and gets her intoxicated. As the sinister godman pounces upon her, the magician duo comes at her rescue and brings her to consciousness. The godmen fly away while the trio set on a journey. By then, Turni has fallen for Som while Siddhartha loves her with his whole heart. When she reveals her feeling to Som, he resists her and leaves to follow his destiny. Siddhartha consoles the bereaved Turni and promises to stay with her forever. She recognises her true love in Siddhartha with the help of the magical hourglass, given by her mother and together they start a new journey.


Cast

*
Subrat Dutta Subrata Dutta (born 16 November 1975) is an actor who appears in Indian films. He is best known for his role in Bollywood films like ''Talaash'', '' Tango Charlie'', ''Zameen'', ''The Shaukeens'', ''Rakhcharitra'', ''Bhootnath Returns'' and B ...
as Shome *
Ferdous Ahmed Ferdous Ahmed (born 7 June 1974), known mononymously as Ferdous, is a Bangladeshi film actor and producer. He acts in Bangladesh and Indian Bengali films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor 5 times for his roles in the films ' ...
as Siddhartha *
Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...
as Turni *
Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...
as Godman (as Dipankar De) * Baisakhi Marjit as Godman's lady assistant *
Haradhan Bannerjee 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 prominen ...
as Turni's grandfather * Gautami Bhattacharya as Turni's aunt * Bodhisattva Mazumdar as Turni's uncle


Awards

* BFJA Awards (2003) * Most Promising Actress
Nilanjana Sharma Nilanjana Sengupta (née Sharma) is an actress. She played the role of Mona in the show '' Hip Hip Hooray''. Her debut movie was director Subrata Sen's '' Swapner Feriwala''. She is a graduate of English literature. She directed the television ...
* Official selection at Karlovy Vary Film Festival


References


External links

* {{Subrata Sen 2002 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata Films directed by Subrata Sen