Rajmohol
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| Rajmohol | |
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| রাজমহল | |
| Directed by | Swapan Saha |
| Written by | Madhu Muttam |
| Produced by | Ashok Khemka Bijoy Nopani |
| Starring | Prosenjit Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee Anu Choudhury Rachana Banerjee Biplab Chatterjee Subhasish Mukherjee |
| Music by | Ashok Bhadra |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Rajmohol is a 2005 Indian Bengali-language psychological horror film starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abhishek Chatterjee, Anu Choudhury, Rachana Banerjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, and Bharat Kaul. An adaptation of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu, having slight plot changes involving not only awareness of split personality disease but also the existence of Chandramukhi's vengeful spirit. Another interesting fact making this version more realistic is that although Deboshree is a non-dancer in reality, her illness causes her to imagine she is the character Chandramukhi. In her mind, she is performing a perfect classical dance, but physically, she dances in an erratic and untrained way. This contrast makes the scene more realistic, as it shows her mental state rather than a sudden, magical talent. [1]
A married couple from Kolkata, Deboshree and her husband Sumit, move to a village. There, they move into a supposedly haunted mansion which belonged to Sumit's ancestors. Deboshree then goes into the restricted room and finds out that there was a dancer named Chandramukhi who had been killed by a zamindar (a Persian word meaning "landlord"), who lived in that mansion. After mysterious occurrences in the mansion, which appear paranormal, Sumit calls his psychologist friend Dr. Agni from USA, as he believes that there is no ghost. He believes that Malini who could not marry him is mentally ill and behind all those incidents. But Dr. Agni makes more comic misunderstandings. Also, Dr. Agni starts to like Malini. But the fact everyone is still unaware of is that there is truly Chandramukhi's spirit who is freed after 150 years when Deboshree unlocks the mysterious room.
In the climax, it is revealed that Deboshree suffers multiple personality disorders and because of her sympathy for Chandramukhi, she starts believing that she is Chandramukhi. She thinks that her husband is the cruel zamindar responsible for Chandramukhi's death, and she must take her revenge by killing him. The fact that Chandramukhi's spirit exists and possesses Deboshree is still unknown to Dr. Agni. Dr. Agni devises a plan and makes Deboshree 'kill' a doll instead of Sumit. Thinking she has killed Sumit and exacted her revenge, the spirit of Chandramukhi is also satisfied and it leaves the body of unwell Deboshree. At the end of the movie, a hypnotized Deboshree regains consciousness as her usual self. And Dr. Agni marries Malini.
Cast
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Dr. Agni
- Abhishek Chatterjee as Sumit
- Anu Choudhury as Debashree, Sumit's wife/Chandramukhi
- Rachana Banerjee as Malini, Agni's love interest
- Subhasish Mukherjee as Manik, Malini's maternal uncle
- Biplab Chatterjee as Manohar Choudhury, Malini and Abhi's father
- Kalyani Mandal as Bimala, Malini & Abhi's mother
- Soma Chakraborty as Gita, Manik's wife
- Sudeshna Das as Rina, Manik & Gita's daughter
- Premjit Chatterjee as Abhijit aka Abhi, Malini's brother
- Abhik Bhattacharya as Ghana
- Rita Koiral as Maa Sadhika
- Dulal Lahiri as Tarapith Maharaj
- Oindrila Sen as Junior Debashree
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