Bhanu Pelo Lottery
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Bhanu Pelo Lottery is a 1958 India
n Bengali
comedy
film
produced by Tushar Kanti Ghosh and directed by the MGS Pictures Unit. It starred Bhanu Bandopadhyay
, Jahar Roy, Kamal Mitra and Lily Chakraborty. The film had music by Nachiketa Ghosh
and lyrics by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
.
) is a village-based clay modellist who earns a living selling earthen toys and singing. One day, he is presented a ticket for the Luck Velky Lottery by his Kolkata-based friend Jahar (Jahar Roy), with the first prize for the lottery standing at Rs 395,000. While Bhanu initially refuses to accept the ticket, he is finally coaxed into buying them, and goes to bed with the ticket stuck to his chest expecting the telegram announcing him as the winner to arrive anytime the next morning.
Bhanu receives the telegram informing him that he indeed is the lucky winner of Rs 395,000. With Jahar in tow, he goes to Kolkata
to collect his winnings. His awkwardness in the big city lead to innumerable faux pas, and things get more complicated for him when Mini Mitra or Mimi (Lily Chakraborty), Jahar’s paramour, gives him her undivided attention with the intention of obtaining some of his prize money to forge a film production career for herself. When Jahar finds out that he is being cheated by his best friend, he threatens the latter with a gun. Bhanu escapes, and in the climax of a chase sequence, is shown flying through the air hanging onto a gas balloon, out of reach of his pursuers. The balloon however pops in the end and Bhanu falls straight into the Hooghly.
At this point, Bhanu wakes up and realises that the entire Kolkata episode has been a dream. Jahar now comes with the news that Bhanu has won the lottery in reality. But horrified at the thought of sexual politics and the loss of his best friend over money, Bhanu now has no desire for the Rs 395,000 and urges Jahar to distribute his winnings among the needy.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n Bengali
Bengali cinema
Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
produced by Tushar Kanti Ghosh and directed by the MGS Pictures Unit. It starred Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay , also known as Bhanu Banerjee, was a Bengali actor and comedian. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.-Early life:...
, Jahar Roy, Kamal Mitra and Lily Chakraborty. The film had music by Nachiketa Ghosh
Nachiketa Ghosh
Nachiketa Ghosh was one of the most powerful music director and composer of India. He mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Oriya songs. He gave a new dimension to the Bengali music for both the arenas of Bengali modern song as well as Bengali film song...
and lyrics by Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
Gouri Prasanna Majumdar was an eminent Bengali lyricist. He is most commonly associated with the golden age of Bengali cinema, namely the black and white era, when he penned several enduring classics for the evergreen movies like Anyay Abichar, Maqsad, Tinmurti, Aparupa, Anusandhan, and Aaj Ka...
.
Plot
Bhanu Chitrakar (Bhanu BandopadhyayBhanu Bandopadhyay
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay , also known as Bhanu Banerjee, was a Bengali actor and comedian. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.-Early life:...
) is a village-based clay modellist who earns a living selling earthen toys and singing. One day, he is presented a ticket for the Luck Velky Lottery by his Kolkata-based friend Jahar (Jahar Roy), with the first prize for the lottery standing at Rs 395,000. While Bhanu initially refuses to accept the ticket, he is finally coaxed into buying them, and goes to bed with the ticket stuck to his chest expecting the telegram announcing him as the winner to arrive anytime the next morning.
Bhanu receives the telegram informing him that he indeed is the lucky winner of Rs 395,000. With Jahar in tow, he goes to Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
to collect his winnings. His awkwardness in the big city lead to innumerable faux pas, and things get more complicated for him when Mini Mitra or Mimi (Lily Chakraborty), Jahar’s paramour, gives him her undivided attention with the intention of obtaining some of his prize money to forge a film production career for herself. When Jahar finds out that he is being cheated by his best friend, he threatens the latter with a gun. Bhanu escapes, and in the climax of a chase sequence, is shown flying through the air hanging onto a gas balloon, out of reach of his pursuers. The balloon however pops in the end and Bhanu falls straight into the Hooghly.
At this point, Bhanu wakes up and realises that the entire Kolkata episode has been a dream. Jahar now comes with the news that Bhanu has won the lottery in reality. But horrified at the thought of sexual politics and the loss of his best friend over money, Bhanu now has no desire for the Rs 395,000 and urges Jahar to distribute his winnings among the needy.
Cast
- Bhanu BandopadhyayBhanu BandopadhyayBhanu Bandyopadhyay , also known as Bhanu Banerjee, was a Bengali actor and comedian. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.-Early life:...
as Bhanu Chitrakar - Jahar Roy as Jahar
- Lily Chakraborty as Mini Mitra
- Kamal Mitra as Jahar’s uncle and Mini’s former employer
Trivia
- The movie has a unique scene where Bhanu Chitrakar in his dream goes to the TollygungeTollygungeTollygunge is a locality of South Kolkata. It is flanked by the Eastern Railway south suburban line to the north, Lake Gardens and Golf Green in the east, the Pashchim & Purba Putiaries in the south, and Behala in the west.-History:...
movie studios and meets the actor Bhanu BandopadhyayBhanu BandopadhyayBhanu Bandyopadhyay , also known as Bhanu Banerjee, was a Bengali actor and comedian. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.-Early life:...
in person. The two Bhanus are brought face to face, with the same actor playing both the character and himself. When the actor Bhanu meets his doppelganger, he wants to know if the crew has brought him a body double. - Bhanu BandopadhyayBhanu BandopadhyayBhanu Bandyopadhyay , also known as Bhanu Banerjee, was a Bengali actor and comedian. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.-Early life:...
and Jahar Roy played different versions of themselves in some other movies like Bhanu Goyenda Jahar Assistant. This double-act has parallels in BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
in films like Johar Mehmood in Goa, starring I.S. Johar and Mehmood. `