Chaowa Pawa (transl. Desires and Fulfilment) is a 1959 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by three directors Sachin Mukherjee, Dilip Mukherjee,Tarun Majumdar. It is based on the 1934 Academy Awards winning American film It Happened One Night. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen.[1] This is the debut film of the legendary director Tarun Majumder and this film is regarded as one of the best film pairing Uttam-Suchitra. Film become huge success.

Chaowa Pawa
Poster
Bengali	চাওয়া পাওয়া
Directed by	Sachin Mukherjee Dilip Mukherjee Tarun Majumdar
Written by	Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee
Screenplay by	Nripendrakrishna Chatterjee
Based on	It Happened One Night American Film
Starring	Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen Chhabi Biswas Tulsi Chakraborty Jiben Bose Bharati Devi
Cinematography	Anil Gupta Jyoti Laha
Edited by	Dulal Dutta
Music by	Nachiketa Ghosh
Production company	Time Films
Distributed by	Mitali Films Private Limited
Release date	27 February 27 February 1959 (1959-02-27)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Rajat is a young journalist who works for his fathers newspaper agency and is on the verge of being fired. He meets Manju, who has run away from home. He falls in love with Manju.

Cast

• Uttam Kumar as Rajat Sen, a young, smart journalist working as an employee under Manju's father at the newspaper agency 'Janamat', who initially eyes for the bounty announced for Manju's return but later falls in love with her.
• Suchitra Sen as Manju, the single daughter of a rich, newspaper tycoon, who initially is short-tempered and spoiled kid later turns into a benevolent and sweet personality as she gradually develops a romantic interest in Rajat.
• Chhabi Biswas as Manju's father, a newspaper tycoon, and a dignified man full of authority and professionalism. He is a caring father, who is determined to marry his daughter to a person of his choice initially and later announces prize money over his daughter's safe return.
• Tulsi Chakraborty as Chakraborty "Chokkotty" Moshai, a clever innkeeper who plots a plan to grab the prize money.
• Jiben Bose as Banku/Banka, Rajat's friend, a jovial good-hearted person who invites Rajat and Manju to his home.
• Bharati Devi as Banku's wife, a friendly woman who acts as a catalyst in Rajat and Manju's relationship.
• Anil Chatterjee
• Amar Mullick
• Rajlakshmi Devi as Chakraborty's wife.
• Shailen Mukherjee as guest house manager.

Crew

• Director: Tarun Majumdar, Sachin Mukherjee, Dilip Mukherjee (as Yatrik
• Producer: Time Films
• Music director: Nachiketa Ghosh
• Cinematographer: Anil Gupta, Jyoti Laha
• Playback singer: Hemanta Mukherjee, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

Soundtrack

Reception

This is the debut film of the legendary director Tarun Majumder. The film is one of the most iconic film of Uttam Suchitra pair. Generally the film become blockbuster hit at the box office and ran over 63 days in theaters.

References

External links

• Chaowa Pawa at IMDb
• www.citwf.com