Beder Meye Josna (lit. 'Josna, the daughter of a Bede') is a 1989 Bangladeshi film directed by Tojammel Haque Bokul. The film stars Ilias Kanchan and Anju Ghosh in the lead roles.[3]
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Directed by | Tojammel Haque Bakul |
Produced by | Abbas Ullah Shikder |
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Cinematography | Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury |
Music by | Abu Taher |
Production company | Anandomela Cholocchitro |
Distributed by | S.M. Abbas Matiur Rahman Pannu |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ৳20 lakh (equivalent to ৳1.3 crore or US$140,000 in 2021)[1] |
Box office | ৳20 crore (equivalent to ৳132 crore or US$14 million in 2021)[2] |
This story was taken from a very old rural Bengali play of the same name. The tune of the title song, "Beder meye Jyotsna amay katha diyeche," was adopted from the song "Ek pardesi mera dil le gaya" from the film Phagun (1958).
In Bengal, Bede means a caste or group of people who make their living by catching snakes and entertaining people by making the snakes dance to the tune of there flutes. Josna is a girl from this community. One day a poisonous snake bites the foot of a local prince. A bede is called to cure the prince. He sees the wound and declares that only Josna can extract the poison from the prince's blood. The king calls Josna and asks her to save his son, in exchange for which he agrees to give her anything she wants. Josna cures the prince but becomes ill in the process. After her mother and the queen pray for her, she recovers and demands the hand of the prince as her reward, but the king balks. When the prince, now recovered, learns what has transpired, he falls in love with Jyotsna. After a long tug-of-war, the couple persuade the king to consent to their union and they marry.
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Released | 1989 |
Genre | Film music |
Language | Bengali |
Producer | Abu Taher |
Abu Taher directed the music of Beder's daughter Josna. The film has eleven songs. The film's director Tozammel Haque Bakul is composing the lyrics for ten of these eleven songs.[4] The audio cassette of the film's songs sold one lakh copies within a month of its release.[5] The song, written by Veda's daughter Josna Amay, became a huge hit. Besides, the song 'Ami Bandi Jail' written by Hasan Matiur Rahman and sung by Mujib Pardesi is still popular.[6][7]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singers | Length |
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1. | "Mayay gora ei songsare" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Rathindranath Roy | |
2. | "O rani salam barebar/Pahariya shaper khela" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Sabina Yasmin | |
3. | "Esho esho sahazada... go" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Runa Laila and Andrew Kishore | |
4. | "Beder meye josna amay kotha diyeche" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Runa Laila and Andrew Kishore | |
5. | "Prem jamuna satar dilam... go" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Runa Laila | |
6. | "Ki dhon ami chaibo raja... go" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Runa Laila | |
7. | "O tui dakli jare apon kore" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Rathindranath Roy | |
8. | "Merona merona jollad... go" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Runa Laila | |
9. | "Amaro lagiya re bondhu" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Sabina Yasmin and Andrew Kishore | |
10. | "Ore tara tui dili dhora" | Tozammel Haque Bakul | Khurshid Alam and Runa Laila | |
11. | "Maa... ami bondi karagare" | Hasan Matiur Rahman | Mujib Pardeshi |
This is the highest grossing Bangladeshi film[8] earned approximately ৳20 crore gross.[2] The film was ranked among the top 10 films of Bangladesh in a survey by British Film Institute.[9]
The film was remade in West Bengal in 1991 with the same name. The film stars Chiranjeet Chakraborty.[10] In 2019, production company named Banga BD bought the rights from Anandamela Cholocchitro for another remake of the film.[11]
In 2018, producer Nader Khan of Rajesh Film proposed a sequel to the film on the day of reception ceremony for Anju Ghosh at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation named Josna Keno Bonobase.[12]