Underplayed Gems

Pasher Bari (1952)

Pasher Bari poster
Directed by
Sudhir Mukherjee
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man becomes infatuated with the young woman who moves into the house next door. He devises various schemes to get her attention and win her affection.

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What happens

Pasher Bari (transl. The House Next Door) is a 1952 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Sudhir Mukherjee based on the short story of the same name by Arun Chowdhury. This film was released on 7 March 1952 under the banner of Production Syndicate. The film was a major success at the box office, catapulting Sabitri Chatterjee to stardom. Several Indian films were made adapting the same story including the Telugu films Pakka Inti Ammayi (1953) and Pakkinti Ammayi (1981), the Tamil film Adutha Veettu Penn (1960), the Hindi film Padosan (1968), and the Kannada film Pakkadmane Hudugi (2004). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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