Bhooter Bhabishyat
Bhooter Bhabishyat (ভূতের ভবিষ্যৎ English: Future of the past or future of ghost) is a 2012 Indian Bengali ghost comedy film directed by Anik Dutta. The film became one of the biggest hits of 2012 among the Bengali films.[2] It is a film with supernatural element.[3] It is the directorial debut of Anik Dutta. It was well received by various critics for its direction.
| Bhooter Bhabishyat | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anik Dutta |
| Produced by | Sappy banzz |
| Screenplay by | Anik Dutta, Deb Roy |
| Story by | Anik Dutta |
| Starring | Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Parambrata Chatterjee Paran Bandopadhyay Swastika Mukherjee Sumit Samaddar Biswajit Chakraborty Mir Afsar Ali Saswata Chatterjee Sreelekha Mitra Samadarshi Dutta |
| Music by | Raja Narayan Deb |
| Cinematography | Aveek Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Arghyakamal Mitra |
Production company | Satya Films Mojo Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹0.6 crore (US$84,000)[1] |
| Box office | ₹3 crore (US$420,000) (100 days)[1] |
Plot
Ayan, an ad director, visits a palace-like house for shooting his new ad. His dream is to make a movie but he doesn't have enough money. A ghost named Biplab tells a story to Ayan. The story is about a haunted house which is being pulled down and being replaced with a swanky shopping mall. The ghosts living in the house threaten the millionaire who tries to make the shopping mall. Biplab gives enough money to Ayan to make the story into a film. At the end, Ayan makes the movie.
Cast
- Paran Bandopadhyay as Darpa Narayan Chowdhury, the owner of the house, the zamindar ghost
- Swastika Mukherjee as Kadalibala Dasi, an actress ghost from the 1940s
- Sumit Samaddar as Bhootnath Bhaduri, a refugee ghost from Bangladesh
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Biplab Dasgupta, the story teller and a Naxalite ghost
- George Baker as Sir Donald Ramsey, an Englishman ghost
- Mir Afsar Ali as Ganesh Bhutoria, the builder
- Udayshankar Pal as Atmaram Paswan, the rickshawpuller ghost from Bihar
- Pradip DasGupta as Khaja Khan, the cook ghost from Siraj-ud-Daula's kitchen
- Samadarshi Dutta as Pablo Patranabis, the rock musician ghost
- Mumtaz Sorcar as Koel Dhar, the ghost of an industrialist's daughter
- Parambrata Chatterjee as Ayan Sengupta, an aspiring director
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Brigadier Yudhajit Sarkar, an Army Officer's ghost who died during the Kargil War
- Arunava Dutta as Nantu, Production Manager
- Ashes Bhattacharyya as lawyer of Ganesh Bhutoria
- Bibhu Bhattacharya as Sudhirbabu, caretaker of "Chowdhury Palace"
- Saswata Chatterjee as Haatkata Kartik, a criminal ghost
- Sreelekha Mitra as Madhumita Sanyal
- Monami Ghosh as Laxmi, Bhutoria's dead wife
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Pramod Pradhan aka Pod Podhan (Po'od P'odhan)
- Sanjay Biswas as T. K. Guchait, Bhutoria's secretary
- Anindita Bose as Rinka
- Debdut Ghosh as Keshab Narayan Chowdhury, lover of Kadalibala
Release
Bengali film stars were present in the screening of the film in March 2012.[4] The Indian Express gave Bhooter Bhabishyat a four-star rating and described the film as "one of the most intelligent and satiric comedies one has seen in a long time".[5] The film was also released in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi in April 2012.[6]
Remake
The film has been remade in Hindi as Gang of Ghosts, directed by Satish Kaushik.
Legacy
Two of the films character has been portrayed in an ad-film of Bisk Farm Top biscuit; where Debdut Ghosh reprises his role as Keshab Narayan Chowdhury, and actor Pushpita Mukherjee replaces Swastika Mukherjee as Kadalibala Dasi.[7]
References
- Nag, Ashoke (28 June 2012). "Small-budget Tollywood film, Bhooter Bhobishyot, is the biggest hit in Tollygunge". The Economic Times. Archived from Economictimes the original Check
|url=value (help) on 9 November 2014. - Ghosts meet for Datta’s Bhooter Bhabishyat, The Daily Telegraph
- Bhuter Bhabishyat (2012) - Cinematic Magic in a Supernatural Bengali Film Par Excellence, Washingtonbanglaradio.com
- Celebs at Bhooter Bhabishyat premiere, The Times of India
- Bhooter Bhabishyat - The Future Of The Past (Bangla), The Indian Express
- "Bhhoter Bhabishyat to be released in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore". Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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