Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne


Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Bengali Gupi Gain Bagha Bain is a 1969 Indian Bengali fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The film is the first film of the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series, followed by a couple of sequels Hirak Rajar Deshe was released in 1980 and Goopy Bagha Phire Elo, written by Ray, but directed by his son Sandip Ray was released in 1992.

The story revolves around Gopinath Gyne alias Goopy, Tapen Chatterjee, the son of a poor grocer Kanu Kyne from a village called Amloki. Goopy wants to become a singer but has a hoarse voice. Persuaded by village elders to sing for the king, he does so and is driven out of Amloki on a donkey for waking the king with his terrible singing. Exiled into a forest, he meets Bagha Rabi Ghosh, another exile from nearby Hortuki sent to the forest in Baghas case, due to playing a drum badly. They start singing and drumming, initially to scare off a roaming tiger, and in the process they attract a group of ghosts who are fascinated by their music. The king of ghosts grants them three boonsThey travel to Shundi, where a benevolent king appoints them court musicians. However the king of Halla the long lost brother of the king of Shundi is planning to attack Shundi, after being poisoned with magic potion that makes him evil, given to the king of Halla by his selfcentered prime minister. Goopy and Bagha travel to Halla in an attempt at preventing the attack, but are captured instead. Since they have now lost their slippers, they cant escape by magic, but manage to do so instead by strategy. They arrive singing and drumming when the soldiers are about to launch their attack, capturing the king of Halla, who is returned to Shundi. The two brothers are reunited and Goopy and Bagha marry the daughters of the two kings. ........

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