Shathe Shathyang
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| Directed by | Dinen Gupta |
| Screenplay by | Anjan Choudhury Additional screenplay: Shekhar Chatterjee (uncredited) |
| Story by | Anjan Choudhury |
| Produced by | Mamata Das |
| Starring | Ranjit Mallick Mahua Roy Chowdhury Sumitra Mukherjee Shekhar Chatterjee Anup Kumar |
| Cinematography | Dinen Gupta |
| Edited by | Amiyo Mukherjee |
| Music by | Dilip Ganguly |
Production company | Jyotirmoy Pictures |
| Distributed by | Shree Bishnu Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Shathe Shathyang (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃɔʈe ʃaʈʰjɔŋ]; transl. Ultimate perfection) is a 1982 Indian Bengali-language action comedy film directed and cinematographed by Dinen Gupta. Produced by Mamata Das under the banner of Jyotirmoy Pictures, the film is based on Anjan Choudhury's serialised story of the same name,[1] published for his edited weekly magazine Chumki.[2][3] It stars Ranjit Mallick in dual roles as identical twin brothers, alongside an ensemble cast of Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Sumitra Mukherjee, Shekhar Chatterjee, Anup Kumar, Dilip Roy and Biplab Chatterjee in another pivotal roles.[4]
Gupta bought the original script of Shathe Shathyang from Choudhury, later collaborating with his frequent screenwriting collaborator Shekhar Chatterjee to modify it. The film marks the fifth collaboration between Gupta and Mallick, and also pairs Mallick and Roy Chowdhury for the third time. Music of the film is composed by Dilip Ganguly, with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Shibdas Bandyopadhyay and Choudhury.
Shathe Shathyang was theatrically released on 12 March 1982, coinciding with Pohela Baishakh. Opening to positive reviews, the film became a box-office success and emerged as the highest-grossing Bengali film of 1982. The film's soundtrack album, also became a commercial success, with the song "Amar Moto Emon Chhele" topping the charts. It attained a cult status generally for marking Mallick's return to the action genre, after a long time.[5][6]
Cast
[edit]- Ranjit Mallick as
- Mahua Roy Chowdhury as Ritu Chatterjee, Joy's love interest
- Sumitra Mukherjee
- Shekhar Chatterjee as Arun, Joy and Bijoy's maternal uncle
- Anup Kumar as Bhajahari / Bhoju Da
- Dilip Roy as Joy's adoptive maternal uncle
- N. Viswanathan as Mr. Ganguly, Joy and Bijoy's father
- Smita Sinha as Mrs. Ganguly, Joy and Bijoy's mother
- Gita Dey
- Kajal Gupta as Basanti, Joy's adoptive mother
- Biplab Chatterjee
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Dilip Ganguly | |||||
| Released | 29 October 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 13:08 | ||||
| Language | Bengali | ||||
| Label | Saregama Bengali | ||||
| Producer | Dilip Ganguly | ||||
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The soundtrack of the film is composed by Dilip Ganguly, with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay, Shibdas Bandyopadhyay and Choudhury himself.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Amar Moto Emon Chhele" | Pulak Bandyopadhyay | Manna Dey, Aarti Mukherjee | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Antarjami Tumi To" | Pulak Bandyopadhyay | Pratima Bandopadhyay | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Dhuk Puk Dhuk Puk" | Anjan Choudhury | Manna Dey | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Paan Peyalay Ekti Chumuk" | Shibdas Bandyopadhyay | Banashree Sengupta | 3:02 |
| Total length: | 13:08 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Anjan Chowdhury: মুখে মুখে ফিরত তাঁর ছবির সংলাপ". Anandabazar Patrika. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Ranjit Mallick says stories of earlier films were "more realistic"". The Times of India. 14 March 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Ranjit Mallick: It feels sad to see mainstream Bengali commercial films failing at the box office". The Times of India. 9 June 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "Bilingual E-archive Digital Platform for Bengal's Cinema". Bengal Film Archive. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ "Ranjit Mallick: The evergreen "Pratibadi Nayak" of Bengali cinema". The Telegraph. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ "When Ranjit Mallick used to beat Prosenjit Chatterjee on the sets!". The Times of India. 26 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Ray Chaudhuri, Shantanu (19 April 2023). "Ranjit Mallick: 'I do films for two reasons – to provide a moral compass to the viewer and for them to laugh'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ^ Acharya, Anindita (22 April 2023). "Feel sad when mainstream commercial films don't run today: Ranjit Mallick". Millennium Post. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- 1982 films
- 1982 Bengali-language films
- 1982 Indian films
- 1982 action comedy films
- 1982 martial arts films
- 1982 comedy films
- 1982 romantic comedy films
- 1980s romantic action films
- 1982 action drama films
- 1980s masala films
- 1980s buddy comedy films
- Films about twin brothers
- Films directed by Dinen Gupta
- Films set in Kolkata
- Films shot in Kolkata
- Bengali-language action films
- Bengali-language action comedy films
- Bengali-language romantic action films
- Bengali-language comedy films
- Bengali-language romantic comedy films
- Bengali-language action drama films
- Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police
- Twins in Indian films
- Indian action comedy films
- Indian romantic comedy films
- Indian comedy-drama films
- Indian romantic action films
- Indian action drama films
- Indian buddy comedy films
- Films about telepathy
- Indian films about revenge
- Films about brothers
- Films about mother–son relationships
- Bengali-language Indian films
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