Dhanyee Meye

Dhanyee Meye is a 1971^[3] Bengali-language sports action 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.

Dhanyee Meye
Directed by	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
Screenplay by	Arabinda Mukhopadhyay Himanish Goswami (Co-writer)
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[1]
Distributed by	Chandimata Films Pvt Ltd
Release date	1971 (1971)[2]
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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

Dhanni Meye
Soundtrack album by Nachiketa Ghosh
Released	1971 (1971)
Recorded	1970
Studio	Shree Productions
Length	0:16:47
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Nachiketa Ghosh chronology
Chhinnapatra (1971) Dhanni Meye (1971) Natun Diner Alo (1972)

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 (Ja Ja Behaya Pakhi Ja Na)"	Aarti Mukherji	3:30
4.	"Sob Khelar Sera (Lathibaji Hockey Noy)"	Manna Dey	3:32
Total length:			13:25

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 [sic]".^[8]