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Chander Pahar

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 28m
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6.4/10
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Dev in Chander Pahar (2013)
Faced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in search of gold and diamond mines.
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Faced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in sea... Read allFaced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in search of gold and diamond mines.Faced with the prospect of a dim future in his impoverished village, young Shankar bids farewell to his family in rural Bengal and makes a journey to the fabled "Mountain Of The Moon" in search of gold and diamond mines.

  • Director
    • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
  • Writers
    • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
    • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
  • Stars
    • Dev
    • Gérard Rudolf
    • Martin Cito Otto
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
    • Writers
      • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
      • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
    • Stars
      • Dev
      • Gérard Rudolf
      • Martin Cito Otto
    • 47User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 29Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Chander Pahar: International Cast And Crew (US Featurette)
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    Chander Pahar: International Cast And Crew (US Featurette)
    Chander Pahar: International Cast And Crew (US Featurette)
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    Chander Pahar: International Cast And Crew (US Featurette)
    Chander Pahar: The Bribe Zulu And Masai (US Featurette)
    Featurette 2:11
    Chander Pahar: The Bribe Zulu And Masai (US Featurette)
    Chander Pahar: African Food Safari (US Featurette)
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    Chander Pahar: African Food Safari (US Featurette)
    Chander Pahar: Black Mamba (US Featurette)
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    Chander Pahar: Black Mamba (US Featurette)
    Chander Pahar: African Elephants (US Featurette)
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    Chander Pahar: African Elephants (US Featurette)

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    Dev
    Dev
    • Shankar
    Gérard Rudolf
    Gérard Rudolf
    • Diego Alvarez
    Martin Cito Otto
    • Jim Carter
    Nabeel Khan
    • Tirumal Appa
    Paul Ditchfield
    • Jacobus Marius
    David James
    • Albuquerque
    Peter Moruakgomo
    • Zulu Chief
    Matthew Monika
    • Zulu King
    Rafiq Jibhay
    • Patel
    Keith Joshua Gengadoo
    • Prasad Das
    • (as Keith Gendagoo)
    Luthuli Dlamini
    • Dan Mabiru
    Ramambila Muladelo
    • Masai Cheif
    Andrew Stock
    • Attilio Gatti
    Tamal Ray Chowdhury
    • Shankar's Father
    • (as Tamal Roychowdhury)
    Columbus
    • Lion
    Md Anan Islam
    • Side Carecter
    Debika Mitra
    • Shankar's relative
    Laboni Sarkar
    Laboni Sarkar
    • Shankar's Mother
    • Director
      • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
    • Writers
      • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
      • Kamaleswar Mukherjee
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    8alekhyadas

    Mountains of the Moon come to reel.

    Please visit - http://iamalekhya.blogspot.com

    Mountains of the Moon come to reel. One of the best movies made lately. It is one of my favorite escapade hardback and I am really happy with its reel product The movie is a true gem and bids extensive detailing of African biota. Director adds some of his own accounts to the story which is something new, which could have been edited but still it doesn't matters to you in the end. You'll actually love it.

    Acting: Dev has a done fabulous job. The character of Shankar is drawn very well by him. Especially the last 15 minutes, he has done his best till date. It seems that he was made for this role. Gérard Rudolf does a praiseworthy job, loved him as Diego Alvarez.

    Direction: Salute to the director, Mr. Kamaleswar Mukherjee for being audacious to make such a movie. He is the one who bring to us Dev in an innovative way and makes Gerard Rudolf speak Bengali in a Portuguese accent.

    Cinematography: Soumik Halder does it yet again. Every bit of scenes he captured, from the landscapes to the chased thing, he made us Teleport to Africa.

    Sound: I liked the Background Score but it could have been better for such a paced film. The song at the end credits is too average.

    VFX: The worst part of this delight. When they can spend such a big amount, they could have spent some more for the VFX. The computer generated Volcano was bad and the Buniyp was terrible.

    Verdict: A Bengali movie is up over the moon with this production. They went directly to Africa which is truly a daring task to attempt. Kudos to that!! Make it a success for the entire Chander Pahar team, Go and watch it. It's a must watch one. 4.5/5 for sure!
    sid-47

    A wonderful movie

    After the brilliant Meghey Dhaka Tara, director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee has pulled off another masterpiece. At this point in time, I regard him as the best current Bengali director, a couple of notches above Srijit Mukherjee.

    I know this is not a fashionable opinion I hold. I almost did not watch this movie after reading some reviews on certain Bengali movie websites. I realize now that I should not have taken those reviews seriously, since they reflected a typically strange attitude - that Dev cannot act. First of all, I think Dev acted wonderfully in this movie. Second, this movie is not only about Dev - that would make it more like a 3rd class Hindi movie which has no substance but the cheap pull of its leading man. That would be a insult to a director of Mukherjee's calibre.

    I don't want to reveal too much about this movie - so I wont go into details. I would request people to watch this movie - and make up their own minds. Let me put it simply, without revealing too much.

    I will compare it to 2 recent movies which received better reviews - Satyanweshi by Rituparno Ghosh and Mishar Rahashyo by Srijit. In both those movies, I fell asleep at various points - especially in the turgid effort by Srijit with its high faluting moralizing and lack of pace and punch. In this movie, I was drawn to the action from start to end - the pace never slackened, the next event never became apparent, and the story never dulled.

    Proloy was another great movie made recently - but this is the best Bengali movie of 2013.
    7rhitwick

    A Bengali movie - up on cloud nine!

    Waited for this since it was a rumor. Liked the end product.

    Theme: Its an adventure movie. 90% of the movie is shot in either wild or desert. Chander Pahar is the story of a young Bengali man's adventures in Africa in the years 1909-1910. Shankar Roy Chowdhury, the protagonist, is a 20-year old man, recently completed his FA(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. By a stroke of luck, he secures a job as a clerk in Uganda Railway through a fellow villager already working there and goes to Africa without a second thought.

    Character development: The character of Shankar is drawn very well. His transformation from a Bengali village boy to a wanderer is drawn very carefully. Two things made it possible i.e. make-up and Dev's somewhat mature acting.

    Direction: The director first gets a nod for daring to make such a movie. Then he again gets a nod to make Dev act. Non-linear narration was used to tell the story. He took artistic liberty to tweak few story points. At times actors took time to react to their environment which should have been taken care of. Man vs. Wild scenes are very well captured and they are a treat to your eyes. The thrill and excitement is very well built and executed. He gets nod for creating few edge-on-the seat action scenes. Still more work should have done Dev's expressions. Why is he smiling in almost all scenes?

    Cinematography: This and this only makes all sins made by Dev go away. Beauty of Africa, wild animals, chase scenes are very well executed.Hats off to the DOP Soumik Haldar.

    Acting: Dev tries and tries very hard. Till he's accompanied by Alvarez he poses an immature look on his face and casual approach to situations around him. May be its intentional to make his character feel more out-of-place without Alvarez or its his weakness. Still, till Alvarez is alive he at times appears annoying. Gerard Rudolf as Deigo Alavarez did a very commendable job. Very good acting by this gentleman. Kudos to him.

    Songs and background score: Only one song and I did not like it. Background score was apt to the mood of the scenes and never overwhelms the scene.

    Editing: The dialog parts are too slow for the high paced movie like this. Editing could have been more good. Few unnecessary scenes are kept which can be removed. Specially the scene where Shankar Alvarez gets to meet three Masai tribe members in wild. This is an important part of the book but when pictured this scene does not add any value to the move. One or two more scenes like this could have been edited.

    Entertainment value: Apart from the occasional slowness this a very good adventure movie. Full of African wild animals and edge-on-seat thrill. I would recommend this.

    Verdict: Tollywood never did an adventure movie. Did not do in India and leave alone Africa. But the director and more-over the producers took the risk to do the impossible. The risks were great. What if it tanks, what if it does not live up to the expectation of people. Making movie from a classic is always a risky business. Still they braved this and we get a very good Christmas present in the form of a movie. Should you watch it? Why not? Most of us had read the book and imagined the locations in our mind. This is a dream-come-true for all of us. The director does not cheat us here. If not 100% but I would say 80% of your thirst would be quenched. Yes Dev hams at the beginning of the movie but later he throws a good acting example. Ask me, I liked what I had seen. A warning, don't expect much as VFX from a movie whose total budget was 15 crore.
    pinaki-632-769106

    A memorable journey of a single man from death to life

    The film brought back the memories of watching Life of Pi. This is a memorable journey of a single man through the wilderness of Africa, from death to life. 90% of the film is very high quality; the quality falling only at two points, the cg depiction of the volcano and the Bunyip monster, which I feel could have been better had the filmmakers got more post production time before release. For the same reason, though there are 5 languages used in the film, it has no subtitles. Overall, the film is a feast of spectacular visuals and stunts. The film has an universal appeal; even a person with no knowledge of Bengali language can watch the film, because there are few dialogs in the entire movie. The film has that element that makes you crave to come back to watch once more.
    8siddhartha1984

    A must watch for every Bengali........4 out of 5....

    Chander Pahar............

    Its really a journey if I forget Deb If I forget Bibhutibhusan and if I forget Kamaleshwar..Its still a journey for a Bengali movie to have come this far and a must watch for any Bengali...Animations are amateur no doubt but still the amount it has shown is a great leap for Bengali movie. The story line has been maintained around 80 percent with some overthrown because of infrastructure and difference in the art form. Deb has come a long way from what we know of him......But still I feel some other would have gone far in critic sense but in commercial angle Deb has been viable.

    Music and background score is good.But the editing has not been up to the mark with us feeling bored at the end of first half. Alvarez was excellent except the language with which he decides to speak... Bunip was a poor creative...but the lion scenes excellent .. A good effort and a new market that could take Bengali movie to great heights and can make many of our Bengali classics commercially viable.... Cant give less than 4 out of 5 as a Bengali........................

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    • Trivia
      The Uganda Railways was colloquially known as The Lunatic Express & the Iron Snake during the early periods.
    • Quotes

      Shankar: The "Mountain of the Moon" is calling out to us.

    • Crazy credits
      In the background of the rolling title credits, Shankar's steamer can be seen sailing.
    • Connections
      Followed by Amazon Obhijaan (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Chander Pahar Theme
      Composed by Indraadip Dasgupta

      Performed by Arijit Singh

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 2013 (India)
    • Countries of origin
      • India
      • South Africa
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Bengali
      • Afrikaans
    • Also known as
      • Mountain of the Moon
    • Filming locations
      • Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Production company
      • SVF Entertainment
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      • ₹150,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 28 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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