Dadar Kirti

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Dadar Kirti
Directed by Tarun Majumdar
Story by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Starring Mahua Roychoudhury,
Tapas Paul,
Debasree Roy,
Ayan Banerjee,
Sandhya Roy,
Ruma Guha Thakurta,
Anup Kumar
Music by Hemanta Mukherjee
Cinematography Shakti Banerjee
Editing by Ramesh Joshi, Shakti Pada Roy
Release date(s) 1980
Running time 154 minutes
Language Bengali

Dadar Kirti (Bengali: দাদার কীর্তি) (Deeds of my elder brother) (1980) is a Bengali comic- romantic cinema starring Tapas Paul, Mahuya Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee and Debasree Roy. Directed by Tarun Majumdar, the film was a huge Box Office success upon its release and still has a popular following.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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Kedar Chatujye (Tapas Pal), 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 being unable to pass his B. A. exams even after three attempts. The simple minded Kedar becomes the butt of all jokes of his cousin Santosh alias 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 also the elder sister of Santu’s betrothed Bini (Debashree Roy). Saraswati’s parents too are also impressed by Kedar’s decency and simplicity and she also softens up to Kedar. However, Bhombolda and his gang create misunderstandings between the two. An extremely disappointed Saraswati decides to get married with a rich boy from Bhagalpur (Biplab Chatterjee). But at the end, Bhombolda and Boudi (Sandhya Roy) realise that Kedar has a heart of gold and admits his wrondoing leading Saraswati getting married to Kedar.

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Tapas Pal in Dadar Kirti

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This movie many uses Rabindra Sangeets, such as Bondhu Kon Alo Laglo..., Oho! Ki Duhsoho Spordha..., Choron Dhorite Dio... etc. (a part of the poetry- drama, Chitrangada by Tagore was acted; the first 2 songs from the above- mentioned list were a part of it); adhunik gaans (modern Bangla songs): Tomar Dake Sara Dite Boei Gechhe…, Jonom OBodhi Kaar... (this song is originally written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay).

  • Editing: Ramesh Joshi, Shaktipada Roy
  • Art Direction: Suresh Chandra Chandra
  • Audiography: Anil Dasgupta, Jyoti Chatterjee, Somesh Chatterjee, Amulya Das

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