Sharey Chuattor

Sharey Chuattor (Bengali: সাড়ে চুয়াত্তর; English: Seventy Four and Half) is a 1953 Indian Bengali-language comedy film, directed by Nirmal Dey, based on a story by Bijon Bhattacharya. The film stars Tulsi Chakrabarti and Molina Devi, and co-starring Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Bhanu Bannerjee, and Jahor Roy. Contemporary playback singers like Dhananjay, Dwijen Mukherjee, Shyamal Mitra, and Manabendra Mukherjee also acted in this film.

Sharey Chuattor
Original poster of Sharey Chuattor
Directed by	Nirmal Dey
Story by	Bijon Bhattacharya
Starring	Tulsi Chakrabarti Molina Devi Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen Bhanu Bannerjee Jahor Roy
Music by	Kalipodo Sen
Cinematography	Amal Das
Edited by	Kali Raha
Release date	20 February 1953[1]
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

The Annapurna Boarding House owned by Rajanibabu (Tulsi Chakraborty) is a peaceful abode where the residents are all friendly except Shibbabu, a senior learned man, who sometimes acts as a killjoy. The story begins when Romola (Suchitra Sen), a relative of Rajanibabu and her family comes to stay in the boarding, after being thrown out of their rented house. Rajanibabu calls a meeting where all the residents except Shibbabu cast vote in favour of Romola's staying.

Rampriti (Uttam Kumar), the son of a wealthy family, who also stays at the boarding, is away home. On the day of his return, he telephones Annapurna Boarding to inform the cook Modon (Nabadwip Haldar) to prepare food for him that night. Seeing no one to answer the phone, Romola picks it up, but Rampriti does not believe that there's a girl in the boarding and so an exchange of hot words takes place. Rampriti, after returning narrates the incident to Kedar (Bhanu Bandopadhyay), another resident of the Boarding. Romola overhears them and berates Rampriti, silencing him.

However, they fall in love and exchange love letters, but this fact becomes known to the other residents and they start teasing both of them. Rajanibabu, the go-between, is given a love letter to deliver but as he's hurrying to catch the train home, he keeps it in his pocket. At home, he quarrels with his wife (Molina Devi) and leaves the house in the middle of night. His wife manages to find the love letter and thinks that her husband is running an extramarital affair.

Seeing that Romola and Rampriti are in love, Rajanibabu makes the marriage arrangements for them and calls Rampriti's and Romola's father.
Rajanibabu's wife prepares a puja to bring him back. She becomes impatient and goes to the Boarding House. She charges her husband of infidelity and drags him to another room where Rajanibabu tells her the truth about the letter. He says, it is about Rampriti and Romola, the couple who are getting married the very day. The residents make fun of them and the film ends with Rampriti and Romola sitting side-by-side at the marriage altar.

Cast

Cast	Name in the film
Tulsi Chakrabarti	Rajanibabu, Owner of the Boarding House
Molina Devi	Rajanibabu's wife
Uttam Kumar	Rampriti
Suchitra Sen	Romola
Bhanu Bannerjee	Kedar
Jahor Roy	Kamakhya
Nabadwip Haldar	Modon
Gurudas Bannerjee	Romala's father
Padma Devi	Ramala's mother
Sital Bannerjee	Resident at the mess
Dhananjay Bhattacharya	Akhil Babu
Panchanan Bhattacharya	Elderly resident at the mess
Reba Bose
Shyamal Mitra	Resident at the mess
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay	Resident at the mess, Singer
Sanat Singha	Resident at the mess
Shyam Laha	Resident at the mess
Ranjit Roy	Resident at the mess

Music

• Lyrics by Sailen Roy
• Music Direction by Kalipodo Sen

1. "Amar Ei Jouban" - Chorus (Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Dwijen Mukherjee, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Pannalal Bhattacharya, Sanat Singha.)
2. "E Maya Proponchomoy" - Dhananjay Bhattacharya
3. "Dio Go Basite Bhalo" - Suprova Sarkar

References

Citations

1. "Sare Chuattor completes 60 years". Ananadabazar Patrika (Patrika, page 1). 2 March 2013.

Sources

• Sharey Chuattar on IMDb
• http://calcuttatube.com/sharey-chuattar-1953-bengali-movie/119/