Bhranti Bilas

Bhranti Bilas
Directed byManu Sen
Written byIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Screenplay byBidhayak Bhattacharya (Dialogues)
Based onComedy Of Errors by William Shakespeare
Produced byUttam Kumar
StarringUttam Kumar
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sandhya Roy
Edited byHaridas Mahalanabish
Music byShyamal Mitra
Production
company
Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd
Distributed byChayabani Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
102 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Bhranti Bilas (transl.Comedy of Errors) is a 1963 Bengali-language comedy film based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. The film was produced by Uttam Kumar and he played double roles. Others in the film are Bhanu Banerjee who also played dual roles, Sabitri Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy. The film was made under the banner of Uttam Kumar Films Pvt Ltd. The music of the film was composed by Shyamal Mitra. The film was remade in Bollywood thrice as Do Dooni Char, Angoor and Cirkus

In this movie, Uttam Kumar and Bhanu Bandyopadhyay were cast as a merchant and his servant, respectively. They visit a new town but don't know about the existence of their respective twin brothers and it ultimately leads to a series of confusions leading to a laugh riot.