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Mouchak
Directed byArabinda Mukhopadhyay
Written bySamaresh Basu
Screenplay byBharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana, Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
Based onAboseshe story by Samaresh Basu
Produced byBharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana
Starring
CinematographyKanai Dey
Edited byAmiya Mukherjee
Music byNachiketa Ghosh
Production
company
Srimati Pictures
Distributed byPiyali Pictures
Release date
  • 10 January 1974 (1974-01-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Mouchak is a Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Ranjit Mullick, Mithu Mukherjee, Sulata Choudhury, Ratna Ghoshal, and Nripati Chattopadhyay in lead roles. Nachiketa Ghosh scored the music in the film. The film was released on 10 January 1974.[1]

Plot

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Eligible bachelor Sitesh Roy lives with his elder brother Nitish and sister-in-law in Kolkata. He gets a job in a jute mill, which is seventy miles away from his house based in the suburbs of the city and so he decides to live near his office in a rented house. But after few days, he becomes frantic with the marriage proposals from local residents. Everyone including his office boss coaxes him to marry their aged daughters (a satirical take on the Indira Gandhi's administrative campaign on birth control set in the aftermath of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War during which time many young men had been enlisted into the army, thereby causing a hypothetical increase in numbers of unmarried girls, who were seen a burden by their conservative families) population and numerous funny incidents start rolling. However, Sitesh falls for Neepa, a headstrong, smart girl who lives opposite to Sitesh's apartment, who also falls in love with him. In the meantime, to save his brother from the hands of crazy fathers, Sitesh starts a smear campaign against his brother. As a result, Neepa's headmaster father does not approve of the love affair and the couple start making plans to flee & marry. Later, Nitish and his wife come to Sitesh's flat over a false alarm and come know about his love affair with Neepa. After a huge drama and laugh riot, Neepa confess her love, Sitesh is proven innocent and everything is solved with a happy ending.[2]

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Mouchak
Soundtrack album by
Released1974
Recorded1973
StudioSrimati Pictures
Length0:12:47
LabelAngle Digital Pvt Ltd
ProducerBharat Shumsher, Jung Bahadur Rana
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology
Shravan Sandhya
(1973)
Mouchak
(1974)
Asati
(1974)

All the songs are composed by Nachiketa Ghosh. The lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Majumder and Shyamal Gupta.

Songs
No.TitleSingers(s)Length
1."E Bar Mole Suto Habo"Manna De3:13
2."Ta Bole Ki Prem Debe Na"Manna De3:00
3."Paglaa Gaarod Kothay"Asha Bhosle, Manna De3:24
4."Besh Korechi Prem Korechi"Asha Bhosle3:10
Total length:12:47

References

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  1. ^ Mukhopadhyay, Arabinda (10 January 1974), Mouchak, Uttam Kumar, Mithu Mukherjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, retrieved 22 October 2017
  2. ^ "Bangla Movie Mouchak (1975) | Bangla Movie News". www.banglamovienews.com. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Mouchak (1975) Cast and Crew". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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