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Moner Majhe Tumi is a comedy and drama
Bengali language film directed by Matiur Rahman Panu in 2003. It is a
Bangladesh-India joint venture film. The film was top grossing in Bangladesh
for 2003. This film is a remake of the Telugu film Manasantha Nuvve directed
in 2001.
Plot Summary:
Chingtu a boy lives with
his only mother at a village. It is a poor family. Along with his house, Anu a
middle class girl lives with her parents. Chingtu and Anu are close friends.
They move one place to another in rainy day. Anu has a bad fever. So, Chingtu
goes to Mazar and takes a Holy chador. He gives it to Anu. Chingtu has promised
to go in every birthday anniversary of Anu. They have a good relationship. But
Anu's father can't accept it. So one day he beats Chingtu. Suddenly another
day, Anu's father decides to move his family to city. On the other hand, Anu
meets Chingtu and gives him a pocket watch. Chingtu's mother is died so he
becomes orphan and feels very lonely. One day a man named Mohon taken him to
look after him. Chingtu gets a good family with a sister and a friend and his
parents in the same city where Anu's family live. Anu goes to Malaysia to study
higher education. She gets another close friend named Arun. Arun starts to like
Anu. But after reading her diary about Chingtu he becomes only a close friend.
After 12 years, Anu, her name is also Renu come back to Calcutta, India. She
starts to find Chingtu. But she fails to find him. At last she starts to write
her and Chingtu's love Story named 'Moner Majhe Tumi' and
publishes in a magazine. She becomes a good writer. Many readers become her
fans. On the other side, Chingtu, his name is also Benu works at his father's
cassettes shop as a seller.
His sister Rekha is also a big fan of Renu. One day
Renu sees the pocket watch to her friend Shruti, Magazine editor's daughter.
She thinks they love each other. After some days, she is able to know that
Chingtu doesn't love Shruti. Still now, he finds his Anu. He loves anu a lot.
But Benu's friend Haabu thinks Renu loves him. So one day Benu and Haabu invite
Renu to visit their house and Rekha is a big fan of her. Renu accepts the
invitation and goes to Benu's house. Renu starts to love Benu secretly. One day
Benu is able to know that Renu is his Anu from Shruti. After some day
Benu's father decides to order her daughter marry to Minister's son. At the
same day Benu's sister's marriage is also okay. Renu's father threatens to Benu
that if he breaks his daughter's marriage, he also will break his sister's
marriage. So, Benu wanted to stay away from Renu. For this, he tells Renu that
he loves Renu not Anu. Anu misunderstands and stays away. At the Rekha's
marriage day, Renu is able to know that her father is responsible for all from
Shruti. Thus she again starts to love Benu. She flees away. Her father can know
and goes to Benu's house and tries to break his sister's marriage. At the
eleventh hour of fighting, Benu is wounded by knife. He has to be admitted to
hospital. Renu is also with him. Benu gains his life when his watch starts to
play. They got each other at last.
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Filming Locations:
Moner
majhe Tumi film was captured in two locations. The film was captured in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and West Bengal, India.
Casting:
There are some
main characters cast in this film are given below:-
Riaz as Benu
(Chingtu)
Purnima as
Renu (Anu)
Jishu Sengupta
as Arun
Biplab
Chatterjee as Mohan Sarkar
Moumita Gupta
as Rekha
Shankar
Chakraborty as haabu
Shiraj Haider
as Minster
Mita
Chatterjee as Benu's Grand Mother
Abbas Ullah as
Magazine Editor
And some other
characters have performed in this film.
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Story:
There is a
good story of the film. It was one of the grossing films in Bangladesh in 2003
though it was a remake of a Telugu Film. The story has helped to be successful
in Bangladesh. Especially it is a love story of a pair of lover. In many scenes
there are some dramatic and comedy scenes. But the film is about a love story.
In Bangladeshi and Indian-sub-continental films comedy and dramatic scenes are
very important. They play a vital role to all the audiences. Besides, as the
story of the film is of the Indian-sub-continental, the audiences have received
it simply.
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Sound and Music:
There are 8
songs in the film. These are the most powerful contribution of the film.
Because, songs are very popular in Bangladesh and if these are love based,
there is no way of thinking. Besides, the most popular singers of India have
sung for the film. for example,Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Shan, Udit
Narayan, Kumar Sanu. The title of the super hit songs are ''Akashe batashe Chal
Sathi'', ''Akash Chhoa Swapna Asha'', ''Premi O Premi'', Chupi Chupi Kichhu
Kotha'', ''Premi O Premi'' (as title song), ''Pran Kade hay'', ''Dukkho Jala
Koshtote'', and ''Jibone Koto Ritu Ase Jay''.At that time these songs attracted
the mind of a lot of audiences. Besides, one of the most popular music composers
Devendranath Chatterjee composed the songs and the background music that helped
the film to reach its highest place. Though ''Akashe Batashe Chal Sath'' was
copied from a Malayalam song named ''kannadikkoodum Kootti''
Cinematography:
There are many
types of shots in the film but the cinematographer could not show his
creativity using different types of shots. Suppose, the great film makers know
what types of shots are used to indicate/show what things. But Director Matiur
Rahman Panu was not able to show his creativity in this sector. For example,
the great film makers use Dutch angle shots to show/indicate something
unexpected events or uncommon things.
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Costume and Make up:
The use of
costume and make up in this film is so so. There is no creativity. But In 2002,
the audiences were happy to see the dress because the dresses were common to
many Bengali audiences. Specially, the film is made for the Bengali audiences.
Its main target audiences are the Bengali people.
In a word, the
film is overall good to many audiences. But to say the main word is It is a
common drama and comedy film which is related with the Indian-sub continental cultures,
language and love story.
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