Bhooter Bhabishyat
| The Future of the Past | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anik Dutta |
| Produced by | Joy Ganguly |
| Screenplay by | Anik Dutta, Deb Roy |
| Story by | Anik Dutta |
| Starring |
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Parambrata Chatterjee Paran Bandopadhyay Swastika Mukherjee 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 dates |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹0.6 crore (US$89,000)[1] |
| Box office | ₹3 crore (US$450,000) (100 days)[1] |
Bhooter Bhabishyat (English: Future of the past or future of ghost) is a 2012 Bengali 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 directional debut of Anik Dutta. It was well received by various critics for its direction.
Plot
Bhooter Bhabishyat - though it is a ghost story, it is meant to be a comic entertainer. The story is about a haunted house which is being pulled down and being replaced with a swanky shopping mall. Apparently, the ghosts who belong to different era consider this as their home so what happens later on shapes the rest of the story.
Cast
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Biplab Dasgupta, the story teller and a Naxalite ghost
- Parambrata Chatterjee as Ayan Sengupta, an aspiring director
- Paran Bandopadhyay as Darpa Narayan Chowdhury, the owner of the house, the zamindar ghost
- Swastika Mukherjee as Kadalibala Dasi, an actress ghost from the 1930s
- George Baker as Sir Donald Ramsey, an Englishman ghost
- Samadarshi Dutta as Pablo Patranabis, the rock musician ghost
- Mumtaz Sorcar as Koel Dhar, the ghost of an industrialist's daughter
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Brigadier Yudhajit Sarkar, an Army Officer's ghost who died during the Kargil War
- Arunava Dutta as Nantu, Production Manager
- Mir Afsar Ali as Ganesh Bhutoria, the builder
- Ashes Bhattacharyya as lawyer of Ganesh Bhutoria
- Sumit Samaddar as Bhootnath Bhaduri, a refugee ghost from Bangladesh
- Pradip DasGupta as Khaja Khan, the cook ghost from Siraj-ud-Daula’s kitchen
- 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
- Uday Roy as Atmaram Paswan, the rickshawpuller ghost from Bihar
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.
Character Map of Remakes
| Bhooter Bhabishyat | Gang of Ghosts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | Character's Name | Cast | Character's Name |
| Parambrata Chatterjee | Director | Parambrata Chatterjee | Director |
| Sabyasachi Chakrabarty | Biplab Dasgupta | Sharman Joshi | Raju Writer |
| Paran Bandyopadhyay | Darpa Narayan Chowdhury | Anupam Kher | Gendamal |
| Swastika Mukherjee | Kadalibala Dasi | Mahie Gill | Manoranjana Kumari |
| Debdut Ghosh | Keshab Narayan Chowdhury | Chunky Pandey | Gulab Chand |
| Samadarshi Dutta | Pablo Patranabis | Vijay Verma | Robin Hoodda |
| Mumtaz Sorcar | Koel Dhar | Meera Chopra | Rich Girl |
| Saswata Chatterjee | Haatkata Kartik | Jackie Shroff | Babu Hathkata |
| Biswajit Chakraborty | Brigadier Yudhajit Sarkar | Yashpal Sharma | Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh |
| Sumit Samaddar | Bhootnath Bhaduri | Saurabh Shukla | Bhootnath Bhaduri |
| Uday Roy | Atmaram Paswan | Asrani | Atmaram |
| Pradip DasGupta | Khaja Khan | Rajpal Yadav | Cook |
| Mir Afsar Ali | Ganesh Bhutoria | Rajesh Khattar | Bhuteria |
| George Baker | Donald Ramsey | J. Brandon Hill | Mr.Ramsey |
See also
References
- 1 2 Economictimes
- ↑ 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.
External links
 Full movie at Youtube |
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