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Dhanni Meye
Dhanni Meye
Soundtrack album by Nachiketa Ghosh
Released	1971;
Recorded	1970
Studio	Shree Productions
Length	0:16:47
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology

Dhanyee Meye
Dhanyee Meye
Directed by	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
Screenplay by	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay ; Himanish Goswami (Co-Screenplay)
Story by	Debanshu Mukherjee
Starring	Uttam Kumar; Sabitri Chatterjee; Jaya Bhaduri;
Cinematography	Bijoy Ghosh
Edited by	Amiyo Mukhopadhyay
Music by	Nachiketa Ghosh
Production; company	Shree Productions
Distributed by	Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd
Release date	1971;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Dhanyee Meye is a 1971^[3] Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.^[4]^[5] The cast includes Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Partho Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Jahor Roy and Nripati Chattopadhyay.^[6] This was Bhaduri's third film overall and only her second Bengali film. The music of the film was composed by Nachiketa Ghosh.

Plot

The story centers around the character of Bogola; who is the younger brother of Kali Dutta. Bogola is the captain of a football team Sarbamangala Club managed by his elder brother. The team goes to a village Harbhanga to play in the finals of the Nangteshwar Shield. Monosha's maternal uncle (mama) Gobordhan Chowdhury is the president of the local football club and after losing the ancestral "Nangteshwar shield" (named after his father, Nangteshwar Chowdhury); decides to forcefully marry off Monosha and Bogola to keep the "Shield" in the family. All matters are soon resolved because Monosha and Bogola love each other.^[7]

Cast

Uttam Kumar as Kali Dutta (Bagla's brother)
Sabitri Chatterjee as Bagla's sister-in-law
Partho Mukherjee as Bagla
Jaya Bhaduri as Mansa
Jahor Roy as Gobardhan Choudhury
Nripati Chattopadhyay as Gobardhan's masseur
Tapen Chatterjee as Ghanta
Sunil Das Gupta as Bairagi
Sukhen Das as Nera (commentator)
Salil Dutta
Rabi Ghosh as Bhattacharjee (Totla Bhattacharjee-village priest)
Tapati Ghosh as Tapan's wife
Anubha Gupta as Gobardhan's wife
Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as the doctor
Shyam Laha as Nafar Ghosh
Haridhan Mukherjee as Gobardhan's yes-man
Chinmoy Roy as the lawyer
Kalyan Chatterjee
Shambhu Bhattacharya

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Pulak Banerjee, Pronab Roy; all music is composed by Nachiketa Ghosh

Songs
No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"E Betha ki je Betha Bojhe ki"	Hemanta Mukherjee	3:12
2.	"Radhe Monta rekhe eli"	Hemanta Mukherjee	3:11
3.	"Bou kotha kou"	Aarti Mukherji	3:30
4.	"Sob khelar sera"	Manna De	3:32
5.	"Lathibaji Hockey Noy"	Manna Dey	3:32
Total length:			16:47

Reception

Reviews

The Times Of India wrote that It’s no doubt an all-time best Bengali comedy flick; ‘Dhanyee Meye’ also explored the beautiful relationship between a sister and his brother.^[8]