Mouchak


Mouchak is a Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay and produced under the banner of Pratima Pictures. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Ranjit Mullick, Mithu Mukherjee, Sulata Choudhury, Ratna Ghoshal, and Nripati Chattopadhyay in lead roles. Nachiketa Ghosh scored the music in the film. The film was released in 10 January 1974.

Plot

Eligible bachelor Sitesh Roy lives with his elder brother Nitish and sister-in-law. He gets a job in a jute mill, which is seventy miles away from his house and so he decides to live in a rented house, there. But after few days, he becomes frantic with the marriage proposals from local residents. Everyone including his office boss coaxes him to marry his aged daughter and numerous funny incidents start rolling. Neepa, who lives opposite to Sitesh's apartment, falls in love with him. In the meantime, to save his brother from the hands of crazy fathers, Nitish visits Sitesh and campaigns for his brother as an alcohol addict and a man with several vices. As a result, Neepa’s father does not approve of the love affair and the couple start making plans to prove that Sitesh is actually innocent. Later, Nitish and his wife come to Sitesh’s flat and rescue him from all odds. After a huge drama and laugh riot, Sitesh and Neepa confess their relationship and everything is solved with a happy ending.

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