Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

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Movie
Original title গুপী গাইন ও বাঘা বাইন
(Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne)
Country of production India
original language Bengali
Publishing year 1968
length 114 minutes
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Director Satyajit Ray
script Satyajit Ray
production Nepal Dutta and Asim Dutta for Purnima Pictures
music Satyajit Ray
camera Soumendu Ray
cut Dulal Dutta
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Hirak Rajar Deshe

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ( Bengali : গুপী গাইন ও বাঘা বাইন , Gupī Gāin O Bāghā Bāin ; translated: about Gupi sings and Bagha plays ) is an Indian fairy tale film by Satyajit Ray from 1968. It was based on a children's story by Upendrakishore Raychowdhury .

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The simple-minded Gupi was given a tanpura and sings with little talent, but all the more enthusiasm and thus wakes his king up. As a punishment, he is mocked and expelled from the country.

In a forest he meets the sleeping Bagha, who is a passionate but equally untalented drummer (plays Dhol ) and who had the same fate. They go out together and witness a ghost dance. The king of the forest spirits grants them 3 wishes. They desire never to have to worry about enough food and clothing, to see the world and to please people with their music. They have to clap each other's hands for a meal, get magic shoes (a kind of seven-mile boot) and the gift of enchanting people with song and drums.

After trying the food, they hear about a singing competition in the Kingdom of Shundi. They don't know where that is, but the magic shoes help them. When it is their turn to perform, everyone is enthusiastic, especially the King of Shundi, who then takes them into his service as court musician.

The King of Halla, twin brother of the King of Shundi and compelled to do this by his first minister and the magician Borfi, declares war on Shundi. The King of Shundi promises one of them his daughter, Princess Monimala, if Gupi and Bagha can prevent the war. With their magic shoes they are immediately in Halla and with their singing they keep on preparing for war. However, they are then captured asleep in a meadow. They can finally escape from prison by conjuring up a sumptuous meal and thus making the starved prison guard forget his job; he unlocks the dungeon and greedily throws himself at the food while Gupi and Bagha flee. In time they can get their shoes and drums on that meadow and stop the army of camels. With sweets falling from the sky, the soldiers are distracted and Gupi and Bagha fly with the king from Halla to Shundi, where he is happy to meet his brother and admits that he was made docile by the first minister and the magician Borfi.

Bagha now insists on the hand of the princess, but the king of Shundi thinks that he actually thought of Gupi. After some initial moaning, Bagha is satisfied with the daughter Muktomala offered by the King of Halla and they get her from Halla. When Gupi and Bagha are allowed to see the faces of the princesses, as requested by them, there is a color scene as a happy ending.

Children's film

This children's film is Satyajit Ray's most commercially successful film and was extremely popular in Bengal . The story of his grandfather Upendrakishore Raychowdhury of the same name used by Ray is rooted in the tradition of Bengali fairy tales, where forest spirits (bhuts) and the "three wishes" are an integral part of the repertoire. The ghost dance scene is remarkable, artistically ambitious and well done with the means available (negative film, dance, puppets and Indian percussion instruments ).

A sequel based on the same literary model was created in 1980 as a color film under the title Hirak Rajar Deshe . In 1991, Satyajit Ray's son Sandip Ray completed the planned trilogy with Goopy Bagha Phire Elo .

Awards

The film also took part in the competition at the Berlinale 1969 , but received nothing at the award ceremony.

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