Chander Pahar | |
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Created by | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay |
Original work | Chander Pahar |
Print publications | |
Novel(s) | Chander Pahar |
Comics | Moon Mountain Amazon Obhijaan |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Chander Pahar Amazon Obhijaan |
Audio | |
Radio program(s) | Chander Pahar (Sunday Suspense) |
Chander Pahar is an IndianBengali language franchise consisting of novels, graphic novels and a film series. 2nd puc textbooks karnataka pdf merge. The original work is a 1937 novel[1] named Chander Pahar, written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.[2] It was translated to English in 2002 by Santanu Sinha Choudhuri and Pradeep Kumar Sinha, published by Orient Blackswan. Miracle box coolsand usb driver. The English version of the novel was titled Mountain of the Moon. Bandyopadhyay’s story was adapted into a Graphic novel and a live-action film in 2013.[3] A sequel to the 2013 film Amazon Obhijaan, written by the director of the first film Kamaleswar Mukherjee, is released in Christmas 2017.[4]
This novel tells the story of an ordinary young Bengali man, Shankar Roy Chowdhury, as he adventures in Africa in the years 1909 and 1910. After graduating from college at 20-years-old, his family's financial struggles almost force him take a job in a jute mill in Shyamnagar — a prospect he absolutely loathes.
Because loves the subject of geography, he wants to follow the footsteps of renowned explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, and Marco Polo. He wants to explore the wilderness, passionate for learning about African forests and animals. By a stroke of luck, he gets a job as a clerk at the Uganda Railway and rushes to Africa without a second thought.
After a few months laying rail tracks, he encounters the first of many dangers in pre-World War I Africa: a man-eating lion. Later, he takes up a job as station-master in a desolate station amidst the Veldts, where he to narrowly escapes a deadly black mamba. While at this post, Shankar encounters, rescues and nurses Diego Alvarez, a middle-age Portuguese explorer and gold/diamond prospector. Alvarez's arrival becomes a turning point in Shankar's life.
While recovering, Alvarez describes his exploits in Africa with his friend Jim Carter. He explains that, lured by the prospect of a priceless yellow diamond from a Kaafi village chief, Alvarez and Carter searched for these yellow diamond caves, on the Mountain of the Moon (Chander Pahar) in the Richtersveld. Rumors suggested a mythical monster, the Bunyip, guards the mine. The explorers set off into the dense jungle, much against the villagers' advice, and Carter was gruesomely killed, supposedly by the Bunyip.
Shankar, inspired by Alvarez's exploits, resigns from his job and accompanies Alvarez to venture again for the mines. They meet hardships, like a raging volcano. Eventually, they get lost in the forests where Alvarez is killed by the Bunyip. Demoralised, Shankar tries to return to civilization. He finds the Bunyip's cave and the diamond mines by accident. Almost getting lost, he finds the remains of the Italian explorer, Attilio Gatti, and learns that the cave is in fact the diamond mine.
Leaving, he becomes lost in the deserts of Kalahari and nearly dies of thirst. Fortunately, he is rescued by a survey team and taken to a hospital in Salisbury, Rhodesia, from where he sets sail for home. Before going back, he writes his account in a newspaper, earning him money. He names the volcano after Alvarez. He ends the book saying that he will return to the cave one day with a large team, and continue the legacy of Alvarez, Carter, and Gatti.
Moon Mountain | |
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Date | 15 Feb 2014 |
Page count | 160 pages |
Publisher | Penguin India |
Creative team | |
Writers | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Saurav Mohapatra |
Artist | Sayan Mukherjee |
Creator | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay |
Original publication | |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9780143332589 |
Moon Mountain is a 2014 Graphic novel adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's classic Chander Pahar. The graphic novel is published by Penguin Books India, has its script written by Saurav Mohapatra with illustrations by Sayan Mukherjee[5][6][7]
Amazon Obhijaan is a 2017 Graphic novel based on the film of the same name.[8] The graphic novel is written by film's director Kamaleswar Mukherjee, and available in two languages - English and Bengali.[9] The graphic novel acts as a promotional activity for the film. It is released on 11 November 2017.[10]
A film based on the novel, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee was released on 20 December 2013 (27 December 2013 in all over India).[11] The film, poorly received by critics and the Bengali audience,[citation needed] was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and has been shot on locations across Africa. It was reportedly being made with a budget of nearly ₹150 million (US$2.2 million), making it one of the most expensive in the Bengali film industry.
Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee mentioned Chander Pahar as his 'Dream Project'. The film has reportedly incorporated CGI and visual effects at par with Hollywood and Bollywood standards. Dev plays the role of the main protagonist, Shankar.[12] Most of the other cast members are from South Africa. According to the crew members, it took a considerable time to decide who would play the role of Diego Alvarez, and South African actor Gérard Rudolf was selected. The first theatrical trailer of the film was released by Shree Venkatesh Films, at the Kolkata Nicco park on 14 November 2013.
Shooting locations include Kruger National Park, the mountains of Drakensberg, and the deserts of Kalahari.[13]
According to a Bengali magazine, director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee is already penning the script, taking the story forward from where it left and Dev has been quoted as saying that the next location, after the African safari, will be the dense forests of Amazon rainforest.[14] The film has been titled Amazon Obhijan.[4]
Mahabharata star plus. The story of the film is original, written by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee with some character reprising their roles from the original Chander Pahar. Reportedly it will be made with a budget of whopping ₹20 crores.[15]
The shooting of this film has been started from May 2016 and ended in July 2017.[16]
A sequel to Amazon Obhijaan is instantly announced after the release of the film. Commonly referred as Shankar's Next Adventure the film announced along with 24 more films of 3 upcoming years.[17]
Character | Film | ||
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Chander Pahar (2013) | Amazon Obhijaan (2017) | Shankar's Next Adventure (TBA) | |
Shankar Roy Chowdhury | Dev | ||
Shankar’s mother | Laboni Sarkar | ||
Shankar’s father | Tamal Roy Chowdhury | ||
Albuquerque / Marco Florian | David James (cameo) | David James | |
Diego Alvarez | Gérard Rudolf | Mentioned only | |
Jim Carter | Martin Cito Otto | ||
Turumal Appa | Nabeel Khan | ||
Attilio Gatti | Andrew Stock | ||
Zulu Chief | Peter Moruakgomo | ||
Zulu King | Matthew Monika | ||
Patel | Rafiq Jibhay | ||
Prasad Das | Keith Gendagoo | ||
Dan Mabiru | Luthuli Dlamini | ||
Masai Chief | Ramambila Muladelo | ||
Bunyip | Animated character | ||
Ankoma | Eduardo Munniz | ||
Anna Florian | Svetlana Gulakova |
Occupation | Film | |
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Chander Pahar (2013) | Amazon Obhijaan (2017) | |
Director | Kamaleswar Mukherjee | |
Producer(s) | Mahendra Soni Shrikant Mohta | |
Screenplay | Kamaleswar Mukherjee | |
Story | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | Kamaleswar Mukherjee |
Composer(s) | Indraadip Das Gupta Debojyoti Mishra | TBA |
Cinematography | Soumik Haldar | TBA |
Editor | Raviranjan Maitra | TBA |
Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
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Chander Pahar | 20 December 2013 | ₹150 million (US$2.2 million) | ₹200 million (US$2.9 million)[18][19] |
Amazon Obhijaan | 22 December 2017 | ₹200 million (US$2.9 million)[20] | ₹486.3 million (US$7.0 million)[21][22] |
Total | ₹350 million (US$5.1 million) Two films | ₹686.3 million (US$9.9 million) Two films |
Year | Award Name | Result |
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2014 | Filmfare Awards East for Best Film – Bengali[23] | Won |
Filmfare Awards East for People's Choice Best Actor – Global - (Dev) for Mountains of the moon | Won | |
Filmfare Awards East for Best Director – Bengali - Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | Nominated | |
Filmfare Awards East for Best Actor Male – Bengali - (Dev) | Nominated | |
Tollywood National Award for Best film | Won | |
Tollywood National Award for Best film in critics | Won | |
Tollywood National Award for Best Actor (Male) (Dev) | Won | |
Star Jalsha Entertainment Award for Best Film of the year | Won | |
Star Jalsha Entertainment Award for Best Actor (Dev) | Won | |
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Biggest Superhit film of the year | Won | |
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Actor (Male) (Dev) | Won | |
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | Won | |
Kalakar Awards for Best Actor (Dev) | Won | |
Kalakar Awards for Best Film | Won | |
Kalakar Awards for Best Director (Kamaleshwar Mukherjee) | Won |
Considering that 'one of the most expensive Bengali-language films ever made' cost a mere $2.5 million US, beating it up over the terrible digital FX would be a little unfair, especially considering that some of the effects, like a particularly lengthy volcanic eruption, look faintly Ray Harryhausen-esque if you squint, which is an asset to the type of old-fashioned adventure picture 'Chander Pahar' sets out to be. The guilelessness of the presentation is as well, aided immensely by a sincere and warm performance as Shankar by Dev, one of the biggest stars of the Tollywood (that's the Bengali Hollywood) film industry and rightfully so.
Where the film stumbles—or more accurately, never stands up at all—is in the direction. I have admittedly not seen Kamaleswar Mukherjee's first two films, and so can't speak to whether this is an issue with his filmmaking in general, or whether this is specific to the challenges of working on a larger-than-customary scale in a foreign country, but literally every aspect of the work he does in 'Mountains of the Moon' fails. The compositions are dull. The scenes are flimsy and shapeless. The pacing is the direct antithesis of what normally induces the excitement of adventure. Continuing the litany would be gratuitous except to point out one recurrent peculiarity, which is that the world of 'Mountains of the Moon' is one in which guns can apparently only be fired after running slowly for five minutes and then jumping, twisting backward, and firing two shots that miss by a mile. (This happens several times; it never occurs to anyone to stand, distribute their weight evenly, and aim for the center of their target.)
A byproduct of 'Mountains of the Moon' lacking the narrative drive to be a successful adventure movie is that it allows for far too much time to contemplate some of the less savory aspects of the genre. To wit, old-timey adventure yarns, be they set in Africa or elsewhere, all too often feature horrible racial stereotypes, and this is no exception, featuring tribespeople identical in every regard to their counterparts in movies seventy-five years ago. There's one conversation between Dev's Shankar and another Indian, in Africa with the British Army, about colonialism, but the story drops the subject immediately, never to return to it. There's also a distinctly anachronistic attitude toward humanity's relationship with nature, one manifestation of which will get the movie off to a rocky start with any animal lovers. These complaints aren't necessary related to the technical quality of the movie itself, but it's pointless to pretend that we watch movies in a vacuum.
That last point carries over to the question of whether or not one grew up with the book. If yes, 'Mountains of the Moon' is doubtlessly essential viewing, and many of the directorial missteps may very well be irrelevant in the face of finally getting to see the story on the screen after all these years. Absent that, there isn't much to recommend the film, which only escapes being truly awful by a complete absence of meanness and a compelling lead performance by Dev.
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