Bhranti Bilas

Bhranti Bilas (transl. Comedy of Errors) is a 1963 Bengali-language comedy film based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,[1] which is itself based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The film was remade in Bollywood thrice as Do Dooni Char , Angoor and Cirkus.[2][3]

Bhranti Bilas
Bengaliভ্রান্তি বিলাস
Directed byManu Sen
Written byIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
StarringUttam Kumar
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sandhya Roy
Music byShyamal Mitra
Release date
1963
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
BudgetRs. 15,000
Box officeRs. 45,000

Plot

Although the original play was set in an unspecified, but distant past, the film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a Bengali merchant from Kolkata and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion.

Cast

References
  1. "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - When Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. Rajiva Verma (2006). "Shakespeare in Hindi Cinema". In Poonam Trivedi; Dennis Bartholomeusz (eds.). India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and Performance. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 247–248.
  3. Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 December 2018.


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