| Nater Guru | |
| Director: | Haranath Chakraborty |
| Starring: | Jeet Koel Mallick Ranjit Mallick Moushmi Chatterjee |
| Producer: | Shinjini Movies |
| Distributor: | Eskay Movies |
| Cinematography: | V. Prabhakar |
| Editing: | Swapan Guha |
| Country: | India |
| Runtime: | 145 minutes |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Music: | S. P. Venkatesh |
Nater Guru (Bengali: নাটের গুরু ; English: The main culprit) is a 2003 Indian Bengali language action-comedy film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Based on Samaresh Basu's famous novel of the same name, the film stars Ranjit Mallick, Jeet, Moushmi Chatterjee and Koel Mallick, making her cinematic debut. It was successful at the box office.[1] Nater Guru revolves around four main leads—Shashi Bhushan, a bookie in Kolkata race course who always gets defeated the challenges; Sulochona, Shashi's wife who keeps herself mutually separated from her husband becoming bore of his involvement with race course; Manisha, their daughter who gets troubled when her mother wants to meet her love interest, Durgadas; and Rabi, a mechanic who is hired to be the false Durgadas in front of Sulochona, by the advise of Shashi's advise.
The soundtrack and background score of the film was composed by S.P Venkatesh, while the cinematography was by V. Prabhakar with editing by Swapan Guha. It was a super hit[2] [3] at the box office, with a successful run consisting of 165 days, in theatres.
Nater guru marks the 15th collaboration of Ranjit Mallick-Haranath Chakraborty duo and the 3rd collaboration between Jeet and Haranath Chakraborty. It received a number of positive reviews from the critics, with appreciation for the performance of entire star cast, including debutant Koel Mallick's incredible acting all over the film.
Shashi and Sulochona are an estranged couple who are mutually separated from each other but not divorced legally. The separation is out of misunderstandings, egoism and preconceived notions from both sides. After 15 years, Sulochona is a business tycoon while Shashibushan is a worthless race course bookie. Their only daughter Manisha is a dancer, and resides with her mother. Sulochana suffers a heart attack and Manisha unable to get help turns to her father. The father-daughter combo decide that the ailing Sulochona can't be given any stress or anxiety. Hence they carry a stealth operation. They decide to hire Shashi's friend and ally Rabi (Jeet) Maitra and present him as Durgadas. Rabi is required by Manisha to give proxy whenever necessary. He becomes regular. But the two often quarrel and fight over irrelevant issues. Rabi gets insulted by the behaviour of Manisha. Rabi touches Sulochona's feet as Durgadasand brings forth his singing prowess. The music actually heals Sulochona and she is able to walk again. Sulochona loves Rabi. Meanwhile, Sulachona accidentally unravels Rabi's originality. Suluchona admires Rabi's honesty and self-esteem. Rabi's honesty and simplicity makes Manisha fall in love with him. Durgadas creates trouble. But with Shashi's cooperation the lovers reunite. Shashi and Sulochona rediscover their long lost love and the couple get reunited.
The album is composed by S. P. Venkatesh for Nater Guru. Singers are Jhantu, SwaranLata, Monu, Pravakar and Anuradha Sriram.