This movie is based on a very famous novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay in the back drop of 1909.
When we came out of the INOX Forum we all agree that the movie fall short of expectations. The heart of the film is clearly in the right place writer-director. On 21st Dec 2013 I went to watch much hyped Chander Pahar with few of my friends.
Mukherjee’s epic ambition is palpable here, but “Lawrence of Arabia” it ain’t. Chander Pahar Full Movie Hd 720p Dev hindi video, Chander Pahar Full. But the episodic script, which sees Shankar repeatedly fleeing wild animals and tumbling down into caves and crevasses, feels awfully sluggish, especially at a 2 ½-hour running time. Retrieved 22 November Edit Storyline Chander Pahar is the journey to the fabled, ‘Mountain Of The Moon’, in search of gold and diamond mines, up against threats as vivid and varied as lurking snakes, pouncing lions, poisonous flora, the fury of an active volcano and a seemingly, almost supernatural mythical horror ‘The Bunyip’ the bemgali angel of the. Dev said, Chander Pahar is going to be the biggest challenge. In the early 1900s, a young man named Shankar forgoes a steady financial future to seek his fortune in Africa in this adaptation of the popular 1937 Bengali novel “Chander Pahar.” Shooting in South Africa and Botswana, director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee never lacks for atmosphere, but his film is painfully awkward in execution, from the stiff dialogue to the time-padding slo-mo sequences and glaring CGI (the big villain, a mythical beast called a Bunyip, looks like something out of the ’70s Krofft show “Land of the Lost”).Īs Shankar, Tollywood (Indian cinema based in Hyderabad) star Dev Adhikari cuts a handsome figure in various period garb, first as stationmaster at a remote Ugandan train stop, and then as he’s tramping through the veldt with diamond-hunter Diego Alvarez (Gerard Rudolf) in search of the titular mountain. Chander Pahar, a beloved Bengali adventure novel written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay in 1937, is not an easy book to bring to the big screen. It was the first time in Bengali cinema that a film is made with so much of risks and challenges. Member feedback about Satyajit Ray: Soumik Haldar born 1st june is an Indian film cinematographer and photographer known for his works in Bengali cinema, and Bollywood. At the AMC Empire, 42nd Street near Eighth Avenue. Chander Pahar franchise topic Chander Pahar is an Indian Bengali language franchise consisting of novels, graphic bibhutibhudhan and a film series. In English, Bengali and Portuguese, with English subtitles.