Dadar Kirti

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Dadar Kirti
Dadar kirti.jpg
Directed by Tarun Majumdar
Story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Starring
CinematographyShakti Banerjee [1]
Edited byRamesh Joshi, Shakti Pada Roy
Music by Hemanta Mukherjee
Release date
  • 1980 (1980) [2]
Running time
154 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali

Dadar Kirti (Bengali : দাদার কীর্তি; lit.'Deeds of my elder brother') is a 1980 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar. [3] The film was based on an unpublished novel of the same name by Saradindu Bandopadhyay. [4] It stars Tapas Paul, Mahua Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee, Debashree Roy, Sandhya Roy, Kali Banerjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta and Anup Kumar. The film marks the debut of Tapas Paul.

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The film attained a huge box office success upon its release and still has a popular following. [5]

Plot

Kedar Chatujye (Tapas Paul), a dim-witted simpleton, is exiled to his uncle's house in a small town in Bihar by his father, who is extremely angry with him for failing to pass his B.A. exams in three attempts. The simple-minded Kedar becomes the butt of all jokes of his cousin Santu's (Ayan Banerjee) gang of friends led by Bhombol Bhattacharjee also known as Bhombolda (Anup Kumar).

He falls in love with Saraswati (Mahua Roychoudhury), a girl with a strong, no-nonsense character who is the elder sister of Santu's betrothed Beena (Debashree Roy), at first sight. Saraswati even falls in love of Kedar not because of Bhombal's many lies but because of his simple nature. Saraswati's parents too are impressed by Kedar's decency and simplicity; they soften up to Kedar. However, Bhombolda and his gang create misunderstandings between the two. A disappointed Saraswati decides to marry a rich boy from Bhagalpur (Kaushik Banerjee). At the end, Bhombolda realises that Kedar has a heart of gold and admits his wrongdoing leading Saraswati to marry Kedar.

Cast

Crew

Music

The music director of the film is Hemanta Mukherjee. The film has many uses of Rabindra Sangeet such as Charana Dharite, Ei korechho bhalo and also Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe, Guru Guru Guru Guru Ghono Megho which was the part of the play 'Chitrangada' in the movie. There was also a song which was originally written by Saradindu Bandopadhyay himself titled as Janam Abdhi. The music of the film was a huge hit upon release and is still popular today.

Dadar Kirti
Soundtrack album by

All lyrics are written by Rabindranath Tagore, Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay and Hridayesh Pandey; all music is composed by Hemanta Mukherjee

Songs
No.TitlePlaybackLength
1."Badhu Kon Alo (1)"Arundhati Holme Chowdhury4:11
2."Badhu Kon Alo (2)"Arundhati Holme Chowdhury4:00
3."Chorono Dhorite"Arundhati Holme Chowdhury4:26
4."Chorono Dhorite" Hemanta Mukherjee 4:26
5."Ei Korechho Bhalo" Hemanta Mukherjee 5:32
6."Eso Pranbharan"Arundhati Holme Chowdhury and Bitu Samajpati3:01
7."Janam Abdhi" Manna Dey 3:55
8."Saat Suron Ki" Hemanta Mukherjee, Shakti Thakur5:21
9."Tomar Dake Sara Dite" Aarti Mukherjee 3:07

Source: [6]

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