Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha Explained

Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha (Burmese Box of Aunt Padi) is a Bengali adventure comedy film^[1] directed by Arundhati Devi.^{[2] [3] [4]} It is based on the children's novel of the same name by Leela Majumdar.^{[5] [6]} This film was released in 1972 under the banner of Anindiya Chitra^{[7] [8]} and the film is Devi's most famous directorial work.^[9]

Plot

Khoka is a schoolboy who goes to his uncle's house, where he learns about the tales of Padi Pishi (Aunt Padi), a formidable widow. She had once went to Khuro's house to meet him, but bandits attacked her. When Khuro got to know about it, he offered her bribes from his loot so that the news would not be public. Padi Pishi then took a precious Burmese box that was hidden in Khuro's house. Before Padi's Pishi's death, she did not reveal the hiding place to anyone except her son Goja. The entire family searched for the missing box but could not recover it. A private detective also searched for the box but cannot find it. The story is about how it is finally discovered.

Cast

• Chhaya Devi as Padi Pishi
• Ajitesh Bandopadhyay as Bandit Uncle
• Rabi Ghosh as Private detective
• Jahor Roy
• Rudraprasad Sengupta
• Chinmoy Roy
• Nripati Chattopadhyay
• Haradhan Bandopadhyay
• Ketaki Dutta
• Nirmal Kumar
• Rajlakshmi Devi
• Mrinal Mukherjee
• Tapati Ghosh

Notes and References

1. Book: Roy. Anjali Gera. Travels of Bollywood Cinema: From Bombay to LA. Huat. Chua Beng. 2014-11-10. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-908862-1. en.
2. Web site: PADI PISIR BARMI BAKSHA (1970). https://web.archive.org/web/20211123115042/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b753bbf46. dead. 23 November 2021. bfi.org.uk. 1 September 2018.
3. Book: Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. 10 July 2014. 9781135943257. 1 September 2018.
4. Web site: Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha (1972) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024182447/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/padi-pishir-barmi-baksha-35285. live. 24 October 2020. 2021-09-03. Cinestaan.
5. News: This is gold. 14 June 2014. The Indian Express. 24 March 2019.
6. Book: Majumadāra, Līlā. The Burmese Box: Two Novellas. 2010. Puffin Books. 978-0-14-333148-3. en.
7. Web site: Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha (Arundhati Devi) 1972. indiancine.ma. 1 September 2018.
8. Book: Film World. 1973. T.M. Ramachandran. en.
9. Web site: Arundhati Devi - Bengali women filmmakers who have made India proud. 2021-09-03. The Times of India.