Chaowa Pawa

1959 RomanceDrama Directed by Yatrik

About Chaowa Pawa

Rajat, a young man, meets Manju, a rich girl whose father is looking for her. He first tells the father, slyly, where she is. Then he falls in love with her. The film is a Bengali romantic comedy drawn from It Happened One Night.

Cast & crew

More about Chaowa Pawa

Three directors made it: Sachin Mukherjee, Dilip Mukherjee, and Tarun Majumdar. The catalog lists the director as Yatrik. Wikidata lists Tarun Majumdar. It is Majumdar's first film as a director. Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen star. Wikidata's cast names Arun Kumar Chatterjee and Roma Dasgupta, their names off the marquee, plus Chhabi Biswas and Tulsi Chakraborty. Anil Gupta photographed it. Nachiketa Ghosh wrote the music. The Bengali title is Chaowa Pawa, rendered as desires and fulfilment.

Themes

  • a runaway rich girl
  • a man who tells her father, then falls in love
  • Rajat
  • Manju
  • Bengali
  • It Happened One Night
  • Uttam Kumar
  • Suchitra Sen

Making

Majumdar's directing career starts with this picture, shared with Sachin Mukherjee and Dilip Mukherjee.

Look

Anil Gupta was the cinematographer.

Music

Nachiketa Ghosh wrote the music.

Notes

  • It is based on the 1934 film It Happened One Night, an Academy Award winner.
  • Uttam Kumar was born Arun Kumar Chatterjee. Suchitra Sen was Roma Dasgupta.
  • The Commons file is titled Chaoa Paoa.webm.

Scenes

  • Rajat tells Manju's father where she is, and then falls in love with her.

Influenced by

  • It Happened One Night (1934)

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Chaoa Paoa.webm)