The next day he asks the head stationmaster to provide him with a Springfield bolt-action rifle and carbolic acid as a day before he encounters another hazard in Africa: the poisonous black mamba. One evening Shankar is chased by a man-eating lion and luckily he reaches his cabin and locks the door. By a stroke of luck, he secures a job as a station master in a desolate station in Uganda Railway through a fellow villager working there and goes to Africa without a second thought.
He wants to follow the footsteps of famous explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, Marco Polo, all of whom he has read about and idolizes. He yearns for adventure, wildlands, forests and animals. Shankar Ray Choudhuri is a 20-year-old man, recently completed his First Arts graduation and about to take up a job in a jute mill, a prospect he absolutely loathes. Critics consider it Dev’s most memorable and recognizable work.It is the first film of the Chander Pahar] franchise and was followed by Amazon Obhijaan in 2017.Ĭhander Pahar Chander Pahar is the story of a young Bengali man’s adventures in Africa from 1909-1910. Chander Pahar is the most successful film in Bengali cinema. This is the first Indian film to be extensively shot in South Africa. The trailer was released at the Nicco park at 5 pm, on the occasion of Children’s Day on 14 November 2013. Shooting commenced on 20 April 2013.The film released on 20 December 2013. This is the first collaboration between Dev and Mukherjee, the latter having made only two films before: Uro Chithi and Meghe Dhaka Tara. It features Bengali actor Dev in the lead role as Shankar. Source: Chander Pahar (released as Mountains of the Moon in the United States)is a 2013 Indian Bengali-language action-adventure film based on Chander Pahar by Bengali novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Mahendra Soni and Shrikant Mohta under the banner of their production house Shree Venkatesh Films. However it is also the story of grit and determination, a story of following one's dream against all odds and emerging victorious, a story about a young lad called Shankar who faced with the prospect of having to make a living as a factory worker in his impoverished village, bids farewell to his family in Keutia, Rural Bengal and through his aid Prasad Das Banopadhay who happens to work for the Uganda railway head office sets sail to the Dark Continent to work as the station master in Nakuru station, it's a dream come true for Shankar who has always envisioned himself as a Expeditionary and holds good knowledge in world geography and map reading. Director: Kamaleswar Mukherjee Writer: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Kamaleswar Mukherjee Stars: Dev, Gérard Rudolf, Martin Cito Otto Summary: Chander Pahar is the journey to the fabled, 'Mountain Of The Moon', in search of gold and diamond mines, up against threats as vivid and varied as lurking snakes, pouncing lions, poisonous flora, the fury of an active volcano and a seemingly, almost supernatural mythical horror 'The Bunyip' the guardian angel of the diamond cave.