Jhankar

Jhankar
Directed by	Sujit Guha
Produced by	Bulbuli Pictures
Screenplay by	Sujit Guha
Story by	Deb Singha
Starring	Prosenjit Chatterjee Debashree Roy Samit Bhanja George Baker Anup Kumar Soumitra Banerjee
Music by	R. D. Burman
Cinematography	Bijoy Dey
Edited by	Swapan Guha
Production company	Bulbuli Pictures
Distributed by	Sunit (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	6 October 1989 (1989-10-06)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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) is a 1989 Indian Bengali-language musical fantasy action drama film written and directed by Sujit Guha. Produced by Bulbuli Pictures, the film is based on a story of the same name by Deb Singha. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee and Debashree Roy in lead roles, while Samit Bhanja, George Baker, Anup Kumar, Rajeshwari Roy Chowdhury and Soumitra Banerjee play another pivotal roles. It follows Joseph Fernandes, a vagabond, who sings and plays drum for living.

The film marks Sujit Guha's seventh collaboration with Prosenjit Chatterjee. Music of the film was composed by R. D. Burman, with lyrics penned by Swapan Chakraborty. The cinematography and editing of the film were handled by Bijoy Dey and Swapan Guha respectively. It released theatrically on 6 October 1989, coinciding with Durga Puja. Opening to be a huge positive response, the film was declared to be a box office hit.

Plot

Joseph Fernandes, a vagabond, who sings and plays drum and earns his living. One night he met with a woman who committed suicide leaving her child. Joshep could not leave the baby and so he granted him as his own son and named him Shankar Fernandes. Shankar got shelter in the house of Master ji. His wife Malati looked after Shankar as she looks at her son.

Shankar and Joshep left home in search of earning. It was during this time when Malati died when she was giving birth to a girl child Arati. Shankar and Arati grew up and Arati fell in love with Shankar, who became a vagabond after the death of his father Joshep. He took his father's profession of entertaining people and earning his living. Paralysis struck Masterji, so he had no other option but to take Arati to his elder sister's place. His elder sister was a greedy person, who only for the sake of money wanted to give marriage of Arati with a goon with the help of Bheeru. Shankar rescues her. He also discovered that this woman was no other than Joshep's own daughter.

When the marriage of Arati was taking place, Shankar went there and told the truth of that man's character but no one believed. It was then that the police came and arrested the goon, then every one came to know about the truth. Then Masterji died and Arati left the house with Shankar. When some criminals tried to rape Arati, a stranger Kesto Pal appeared there and saved her from the mollestation. He gave shelter to Shankar and Arati. Shankar fell ill and a tumor is found in his stomach by the medical test. He was adviced not to sing by the doctor. But Shankar did not pay any attention to the doctor and he fleed from the hospital in order to sing in the musical programme where he was supposed to perform. On his was he met with that rascal and after much fight he reached the stage ansd there he and Arati performed in front of the audience. Shankar's condition became very critical and he was admitted to the hospital, where the operation was successful and he was well. The two lovers Shankar and Arati were married to each other.

Cast

• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Shankar Fernandes
• Debashree Roy as Arati
• Samit Bhanja
• George Baker
• Anup Kumar
• Soumitra Banerjee
• Rajeshwari Roy Chowdhury
• Gita Dey
• Satya Bandyopadhyay
• Chinmoy Roy

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack of the film are composed by R. D. Burman. It marks his second collaboration with Sujit Guha after Aakrosh (1989), and third collaboration with Prosenjit Chatterjee after working on Aparupa (1982) and Aakrosh (1989). The soundtrack features eight songs, each penned by Swapan Chakraborty.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Era Mukhoshdhari"	Mohammed Aziz	4:57
2.	"Bajlo Je Ghungroo"	Asha Bhosle	5:33
3.	"Moner Kotha"	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz, Kakoli	3:39
4.	"Ei Elakai Bash Kori Maa"	Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal	5:31
5.	"Shono Shono Gunijon"	Amit Kumar	4:36
6.	"Tomader Lagi"	Mohammed Aziz	6:07
7.	"Holi Re Holi"	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz	5:15
8.	"Keno Baaje Banshori"	Ramanuj Dasgupta	3:40
Total length:			39:18

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