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Sasurbari Zindabad (2000)

Sasurbari Zindabad poster
Original title
শ্বশুরবাড়ি জিন্দাবাদ
Directed by
Haranath Chakraborty
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 31m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A rich young woman runs away from an arranged marriage with her father's help. She falls in love with a motor mechanic and tries to win over her mother-in-law through a series of adventures.

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What happens

Sasurbari Zindabad (English: Three Cheers for the In-laws) is a 2000 Indian Bengali-language masala film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles, while Ranjit Mallick, Anamika Saha, Subhashish Mukherjee and Tota Roy Chowdhury play another pivotal roles. The film revolves around a rich girl, Rupa, escaping from her house with the help of her father to avoid being forcefully married by her mother; on the run, she falls in love with a motor mechanic, Somu, who then takes her on several adventures and tries to impress his mother-in-law. The music of the film was composed by Babul Bose, with cinematography and editing by Swapan Guha. It ran more than 90 weeks in theatres and created a box office record by becoming the highest grossing Bengali film ever at the time. Sasurbari Zindabad marks the 6th collaboration between Prosenjit Chatterjee and Haranath Chakraborty. The song "Chokh Tule Dekho Na Ke Esechhe", sung by Babul Supriyo, was a chartbuster during its release. The movie is a remake of 1990 Hindi movie Jamai Raja which itself was a remake of 1989 Telugu movie Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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