Beder Meye Josna

Beder Meye Josna
Directed byTojammel Haque Bakul
Produced byAbbas Ullah Shikder
Starring
CinematographyRafiqul Bari Chowdhury
Music byAbu Taher
Production
company
Anandomela Cholocchitro
Distributed byS.M. Abbas
Matiur Rahman Pannu
Release date
  • 9 June 1989 (1989-06-09)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali
Budget৳20 lakh (equivalent to ৳1.6 crore or US$130,000 in 2023)[1]
Box office৳25 crore (equivalent to ৳195 crore or US$16 million in 2023)[2][3]

Beder Meye Josna (lit. 'Josna, the daughter of a Bede') is a 1989 Bangladeshi film directed by Tojammel Haque Bokul. The film stars Ilias Kanchan and Anju Ghosh in the lead roles.[4]

This story was taken from a very old rural Bengali play of the same name. The tune of the title song, "Beder meye Jyotsna amay katha diyeche," was adopted from the song "Ek pardesi mera dil le gaya" from the film Phagun (1958).

Plot

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In Bengal, Bede means a caste or group of people who make their living by catching snakes and entertaining people by making the snakes dance to the tune of there flutes. Josna is a girl from this community. One day a poisonous snake bites the foot of a local prince. A bede is called to cure the prince. He sees the wound and declares that only Josna can extract the poison from the prince's blood. The king calls Josna and asks her to save his son, in exchange for which he agrees to give her anything she wants. Josna cures the prince but becomes ill in the process. After her mother and the queen pray for her, she recovers and demands the hand of the prince as her reward, but the king balks. When the prince, now recovered, learns what has transpired, he falls in love with Jyotsna. After a long tug-of-war, the couple persuade the king to consent to their union and they marry.

Cast

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Music

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Beder Meye Josna
Soundtrack album by
Rathindranath Roy, Sabina Yasmin, Runa Laila, Andrew Kishore, Khurshid Alam, Mujib Pardeshi
Released1989
GenreFilm music
LanguageBengali
ProducerAbu Taher

Abu Taher directed the music of Beder's daughter Josna. The film has eleven songs. The film's director Tozammel Haque Bakul is composing the lyrics for ten of these eleven songs.[5] The audio cassette of the film's songs sold one lakh copies within a month of its release.[6] The song, written by Veda's daughter Josna Amay, became a huge hit. The song "Ami Bandi Jail" written by Hasan Matiur Rahman and sung by Mujib Pardesi is still popular.[7][8]

Beder Meye Josn soundtrack – track listing
No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Mayay gora ei songsare"Tozammel Haque BakulRathindranath Roy 
2."O rani salam barebar/Pahariya shaper khela"Tozammel Haque BakulSabina Yasmin 
3."Esho esho sahazada... go"Tozammel Haque BakulRuna Laila and Andrew Kishore 
4."Beder meye josna amay kotha diyeche"Tozammel Haque BakulRuna Laila and Andrew Kishore 
5."Prem jamuna satar dilam... go"Tozammel Haque BakulRuna Laila 
6."Ki dhon ami chaibo raja... go"Tozammel Haque BakulRuna Laila 
7."O tui dakli jare apon kore"Tozammel Haque BakulRathindranath Roy 
8."Merona merona jollad... go"Tozammel Haque BakulRuna Laila 
9."Amaro lagiya re bondhu"Tozammel Haque BakulSabina Yasmin and Andrew Kishore 
10."Ore tara tui dili dhora"Tozammel Haque BakulKhurshid Alam and Runa Laila 
11."Maa... ami bondi karagare"Hasan Matiur RahmanMujib Pardeshi 

Reception

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It was the highest grossing Bangladeshi film[9] by earning approximately ৳25 crore gross till 2023,[2][3] which was surpassed by Priyotoma in 2023.[10][11][12] It was ranked fifth among the top 10 Bangladeshi films in an audience poll a survey by the British Film Institute.[13]

Remake

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The film was remade in West Bengal in 1991 with the same name, which feature Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Anju Ghosh reprise her role.[14] In 2019, Bongo BD bought the rights from Anandamela Cholocchitro for another remake of the film, which was later cancelled.[15]

Cancelled sequel

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In 2018, producer Nader Khan of Rajesh Film proposed a sequel to the film on the day of the reception ceremony for Anju Ghosh at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation named Josna Keno Bonobase.[16] However, this was later cancelled. [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "'বেদের মেয়ে জোসনা'র ৩০ বছর: একান্ত আলাপে ইলিয়াস কাঞ্চন". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b বাংলাদেশে সেরা ব্যবসা সফল যে ১০ চলচ্চিত্র. www.sunnews24x7.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  3. ^ a b "ঢালিউডের ইতিহাসে সবার ওপর 'বেদের মেয়ে জোৎসনা'". Jugantor (in Bengali). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "They Met After 23 Years". The Daily Star. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  5. ^ "২৫ বছরে \\\বেদের মেয়ে জোসনা\\\". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  6. ^ "বেদের মেয়ে জোসনা". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. ^ "'বেদের মেয়ে জোসনা'র রজতজয়ন্তী". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ^ "বাংলা গানের কারাগারনামা". NTV Online. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. ^ বেদের মেয়ে জোসনার প্রযোজক আর নেই. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  10. ^ "ভাঙল 'বেদের মেয়ে জোসনা'-র রেকর্ড! ৩৪ বছর পর কোন সিনেমা হারিয়ে দিল সুপারহিট ছবিকে?". Eisamay (in Bengali). 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  11. ^ "৩ সপ্তাহে 'প্রিয়তমা'র ২৫ কোটি টাকার টিকিট বিক্রি!". Channel i Online. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  12. ^ "'Priyotoma' sells tickets worth Tk 25 crore by the end of third week". The Daily Star. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  13. ^ "Beder Meye Josna (1989)". Bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
  14. ^ Chatterji, Shoma A. "Not quite a babumoshai". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  15. ^ "BongoBD to remake five Dhallywood blockbusters". Dhaka Tribune. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  16. ^ "ইলিয়াস কাঞ্চন-অঞ্জু ঘোষকে নিয়ে নতুন ছবি 'জোসনা কেন বনবাসে'". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  17. ^ "ইলিয়াস কাঞ্চন-অঞ্জু ঘোষকে নিয়ে নতুন ছবি 'জোসনা কেন বনবাসে'". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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