Carey Saheber Munshi is a Bengali historical drama film directed by Bikash Roy based on a novel of the same name by Pramathanath Bishi. [1] [2] This film was released on 20 January 1961 under the banner of Bikas Roy Productions Private Limited. [3]
Plot
The movie revolves with a historic story of British India. The protagonist of the film is Ramram Basu who is the manager (or munshi) of William Carey, a Churchman come from England. Ramram, a man of modern thoughts faces serious problems to spread education among the Bengali people. But his fight is going on against cruel customs, rituals of Bengal.
Cast
- Chhabi Biswas
- Manju Dey
- Pahari Sanyal
- Tulsi Chakraborty
- Bikash Roy
- Kali Banerjee
- Nitish Mukhopadhyay
- Tandra Burman
- Amit Dey
References
- ^ Bisi, Pramathanath. "Keri Saheber Munshi". Retrieved 6 November 2018. [ dead link]
- ^ Kunal Chakrabarti, Shubhra Chakrabarti (22 August 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "CAREY SAHEBER MUNSHI (1961)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2018.