| Bhranti Bilas | |
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| Directed by | Manu Sen |
| Written by | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |
| Screenplay by | Bidhayak Bhattacharya (Dialogues) |
| Based on | Comedy Of Errors by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Uttam Kumar |
| Starring | Uttam Kumar Bhanu Bandopadhyay Sabitri Chatterjee Sandhya Roy |
| Edited by | Haridas Mahalanabish |
| Music by | Shyamal Mitra |
Production company | Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd |
| Distributed by | Chayabani Pvt Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
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 produced by Uttam Kumar and he played double roles. Others in the film are Bhanu Banerjee who also played dual roles, Sabitri Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy. The film was made under the banner of Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd. The music of the film composed by Shyamal Mitra. The film was remade in Bollywood thrice as Do Dooni Char, Angoor[2] and Cirkus[3][4]
The classic comedy was made based on Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar's popular novel with a similar name, which itself was inspired by the Shakespearian play 'Comedy Of Errors'. In this movie, Uttam Kumar and Bhanu Bandyopadhyay were cast as a merchant and his servant, respectively. They visit a new town but don't know about the existence of their respective twin brothers and it ultimately leads to a series of confusions leading to a laugh riot.[5]
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- ^ "Angoor (1982)". The Hindu. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Radhakrishnan, Sruthi (23 April 2018). "400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'Bhranti Bilash' and 'Comedy of Errors' - When Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.