Carey Saheber Munshi

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Carey Saheber Munshi is a Bengali historical drama film directed by Bikash Roy based on a novel of the same name by Pramathanath Bishi. [1] [2] This film was released on 20 January 1961 under the banner of Bikas Roy Productions Private Limited. [3]

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The movie revolves with a historic story of British India. The protagonist of the film is Ramram Basu who is the manager (or munshi ) of William Carey, a Churchman come from England. Ramram, a man of modern thoughts faces serious problems to spread education among the Bengali people. But his fight is going on against cruel customs, rituals of Bengal.

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References

  1. Bisi, Pramathanath. "Keri Saheber Munshi" . Retrieved 6 November 2018.[ dead link ]
  2. Kunal Chakrabarti, Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810880245 . Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "CAREY SAHEBER MUNSHI (1961)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2018.