Chander Pahar (film)

Chander Pahar Bengali released as Mountains of the Moon in the USA is a 2013 Indian adventure drama film based on Chander Pahar by Bengali novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Mahendra Soni and Shrikant Mohta under the banner of their production house Shree Venkatesh Films. It features Bengali actor Dev in the lead role as Shankar. This is the first collaboration between Dev and Mukherjee, the latter having made only two films before Uro Chithi and Meghe Dhaka Tara.

Chander Pahar is the story of a young Bengali mans adventures in Africa in 19091910. Shankar Roy Chowdhury Dev, the protagonist, is a 20yearold man, recently completed his First Arts graduation and about to take up a job in a jute mill, a prospect he absolutely loathes.He yearns for adventure, wild lands, forests and animals. He wants to follow the footsteps of famous explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, Marco Polo, all of whom he has read about and idolizes. ........

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