Swapner Feriwala
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Swapner Feriwala is a 2002 Bengali
film. Directed by Subrata Sen
, it featured Subrata Dutta, Ferdous Ahmed
, Nilanjana Sharma
. The film is Nilanjana Sharma
's cinematic debut.
Saritsekhar Roychowdhury, the old descendant of a renowned family, gets obsessed with the attainment of spiritual emancipation and brings a "godman" (Dipankar De) to the house to help him find the true way to freedom. The latter him the confidence of everyone in the family through his Tantra tricks and promises the childless couple a child within a year.
Som (Subrata Dutta) an iconoclast magician and his friend, a fellow magician named Ferdoup Siddhartha, have devoted their lives to uncover the magic rackets fooling people with petty magic tricks. Som is an enigma, while Siddhartha believes the magic to pervade the beauty of nature, the vastness of the universe, the beautiful movements of togetherness and entire human existence. He wants only to drink the elixir of life and insists Som stop hankering after an elusive goal. The evil godman plots to seize the Roychowdhury house from Sanitsekhar and lay his hands on young, pretty Turni (Nilanjana Sharma
), the only granddaughter of Saritsekhar, who lost her parents at an early age.
Som and Sidhartha befriend Turni and warn her about the upcoming danger in her life. The godman reduces the woman in his aid and entrusts upon her the duty to keep an eye on Turni and to lure her closer to him. Turni escapes their evil plans with the help of the magician duo at first but soon she feels to be at her wit's end when her grandfather donates his house to the godman to build an ashram there. She could not settle elsewhere like her two uncles, being financially dependent on her grandfather. The satanic duo threatens Turni to follow their instructions to stay at the ashram and finally traps her and gets her intoxicated. As the sinister godman pounces upon her, the magician duo comes at her rescue and brings her to consciousness. The godmen fly away while the trio set on a journey.
By then, Turni has fallen for Som while Siddhartha loves her with his whole heart. When she reveals her feeling to Som, he resists her and leaves to follow his destiny. Siddhartha consoles the bereaved Turni and promises to stay with her forever. She recognises her true love in Siddhartha with the help of the magical hourglass, given by her mother and together they start a new journey.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
film. Directed by Subrata Sen
Subrata Sen
Subrata Sen , is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian film director, writer, novelist and producer.- Early life :Subrata Sen was born in Kolkata in 1963...
, it featured Subrata Dutta, Ferdous Ahmed
Ferdous Ahmed
Ferdous Ahmed is a Bangla movie actor. He became famous first as a television actor, then as a film hero in the mid 1990s. He has released more than 40 films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India...
, Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma is an actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her younger sister Chandana Sharma is also an actress. She also played a pivotal role in the show Hip Hip Hooray Nilanjana's debut movie was director Subrata Sen's Swapner Feriwala. She is a graduate of English literature. She...
. The film is Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma is an actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her younger sister Chandana Sharma is also an actress. She also played a pivotal role in the show Hip Hip Hooray Nilanjana's debut movie was director Subrata Sen's Swapner Feriwala. She is a graduate of English literature. She...
's cinematic debut.
Plot
Swapner Feriwala is a soothing fantasy in the pursuit of the last magical charms in our modern, urban lives. It's a symbolic story of youthful and vigorous rebellion against age-old orthodoxy and religious fanaticism and a clarion call to set everyone free of blind prejudices.Saritsekhar Roychowdhury, the old descendant of a renowned family, gets obsessed with the attainment of spiritual emancipation and brings a "godman" (Dipankar De) to the house to help him find the true way to freedom. The latter him the confidence of everyone in the family through his Tantra tricks and promises the childless couple a child within a year.
Som (Subrata Dutta) an iconoclast magician and his friend, a fellow magician named Ferdoup Siddhartha, have devoted their lives to uncover the magic rackets fooling people with petty magic tricks. Som is an enigma, while Siddhartha believes the magic to pervade the beauty of nature, the vastness of the universe, the beautiful movements of togetherness and entire human existence. He wants only to drink the elixir of life and insists Som stop hankering after an elusive goal. The evil godman plots to seize the Roychowdhury house from Sanitsekhar and lay his hands on young, pretty Turni (Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma
Nilanjana Sharma is an actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her younger sister Chandana Sharma is also an actress. She also played a pivotal role in the show Hip Hip Hooray Nilanjana's debut movie was director Subrata Sen's Swapner Feriwala. She is a graduate of English literature. She...
), the only granddaughter of Saritsekhar, who lost her parents at an early age.
Som and Sidhartha befriend Turni and warn her about the upcoming danger in her life. The godman reduces the woman in his aid and entrusts upon her the duty to keep an eye on Turni and to lure her closer to him. Turni escapes their evil plans with the help of the magician duo at first but soon she feels to be at her wit's end when her grandfather donates his house to the godman to build an ashram there. She could not settle elsewhere like her two uncles, being financially dependent on her grandfather. The satanic duo threatens Turni to follow their instructions to stay at the ashram and finally traps her and gets her intoxicated. As the sinister godman pounces upon her, the magician duo comes at her rescue and brings her to consciousness. The godmen fly away while the trio set on a journey.
By then, Turni has fallen for Som while Siddhartha loves her with his whole heart. When she reveals her feeling to Som, he resists her and leaves to follow his destiny. Siddhartha consoles the bereaved Turni and promises to stay with her forever. She recognises her true love in Siddhartha with the help of the magical hourglass, given by her mother and together they start a new journey.
Cast
- Subrata Dutta as Shome
- Ferdous AhmedFerdous AhmedFerdous Ahmed is a Bangla movie actor. He became famous first as a television actor, then as a film hero in the mid 1990s. He has released more than 40 films, both in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India...
as Siddhartha - Nilanjana SharmaNilanjana SharmaNilanjana Sharma is an actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her younger sister Chandana Sharma is also an actress. She also played a pivotal role in the show Hip Hip Hooray Nilanjana's debut movie was director Subrata Sen's Swapner Feriwala. She is a graduate of English literature. She...
as Turni - Dipankar Dey as Godman (as Dipankar De)
- Baisakhi Marjit as Godman's lady assistant
- Haradhan Bannerjee as Turni's grandfather
- Gautami Bhattacharya as Turni's aunt
- Bodhisattva Mazumdar as Turni's uncle
Awards
- BFJA Awards (2003)
- Most Promising Actress Nilanjana SharmaNilanjana SharmaNilanjana Sharma is an actress. She is the daughter of Anjana Bhowmik. Her younger sister Chandana Sharma is also an actress. She also played a pivotal role in the show Hip Hip Hooray Nilanjana's debut movie was director Subrata Sen's Swapner Feriwala. She is a graduate of English literature. She...
- Official selection at Karlovy Vary Film Festival