Tenida (film)

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Tenida is a Bengali comedy adventure film directed by Chinmoy Roy and produced by Tower Solar System loosely based on a Tenida novel Charmurtir Abhijan by Narayan Gangopadhyay. [1] This film was released in 2011. Director Roy himself played the part of Tenida in Charmurti in 1978. [2]

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Tenida and his three friends Kyabla, Habul and Palaram are invited by uncle Kutty Mama for a visit to the jungles of Dooars in vacation. They go to Dooars and realise that poacher stealing the trees and animals of the forest. There are some terrorists also active inside the jungle. Tenida and his friends solve the problems.

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References

  1. "WBRi Movie Review: Tenida (2011)". washingtonbanglaradio.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. PTI (14 December 2011). "Chinmoy Roy to reinvent 'Charmurti'". The Sunday Indian. Retrieved 25 March 2019.