Chander Pahar (film)

This article is about the 2013 Bengali film. For the 1990 film of the same name, see Mountains of the Moon (film).
Chander Pahar

An young man with Indian origin is looking back with a rifle on his shoulder, having a backdrop of jungle, animals, mountain ranges and the logo art of the film

Chander Pahar Official Poster
Directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Produced by Mahendra Soni
Shrikant Mohta
Written by Bibhutibushan Bandyopadhyay
Based on Chander Pahar 
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Starring Dev
Gérard Rudolf
Martin Cito Otto
Music by Indraadip Das Gupta & Debojyoti Mishra[1]
Cinematography Soumik Haldar
Edited by Raviranjan Maitra
Distributed by Shree Venkatesh Films
Release dates
  • 20 December 2013 (West Bengal)
  • 27 December 2013 (India)
Running time
 148 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali
English
Budget INR15 crore (US$2.4 million)
Box office INR16.32 crore (US$2.6 million)[2]

Chander Pahar (released as Mountains of the Moon in USA)[3] is a 2013 Indian adventure drama 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. The film features Bengali actor Dev in the lead role as Shankar. This is the first collaboration between Dev and Mukherjee, the latter having made only two films before, namely, Uro Chithi and Meghe Dhaka Tara.[4] The filming commenced on 20 April 2013.[5] The film released on 20 December 2013. The trailer of the movie was released at the Nicco park at 5 pm, on the occasion of Children's Day on 14 November 2013. This is the first Indian film to be extensively shot in South Africa. The film was the most successful film at the Tollywood Box Office. Since its release the film gained a strong cult following from the audience as well as the critics. Critics consider it Dev's most memorable and recognizable work.[6]

Plot

Chander Pahar is the story of a young Bengali man's adventures, named Shankar Roy Chowdhury (Dev) in Africa in the years 1909-1910. Shankar Roy Chowdhury, the protagonist, is a 20-year-old man, recently completed his FA (First Arts)(graduation) and about to take up a job in a jute mill, a prospect he absolutely loathes.

He yearns for adventure, wild lands, forests and animals. He wants to follow the footsteps of famous explorers like Livingstone, Mungo Park, Marco Polo, all of whom he has read about and idolizes.

By a stroke of luck, he secures a job as a station master in a desolate station in Uganda Railway through a fellow villager already working there and goes to Africa without a second thought. One fine evening Shankar gets chased by a man-eating lion and luckily he reaches his cabin and locks the door. The next day he asks the head station master to provide him with a Springfield Bolt Action Gun and some carbolic acid as a day before he encounters another hazard in Africa: the poisonous black mamba. He miffs the black mamba with his torchlight. Next day he gets these things via another fellow Indian Tirumal Appa who is serving the British Army. They quickly strike a rapport and Tirumal visits him often and gives him company till one day a mishappening happens, Tirumal himself becomes victim of the same man eater lion. This rages Shankar and he decides to end this peril, he uses himself as a bait by pouring blood on himself and scatters meat chunks in way tempting the lion out of his cave and eventually shots him down. He also rescues and looks after the middle-aged Portuguese explorer and gold prospector, Diego Alvarez. The encounter with Alavarez influences him deeply. Alavarez tells him of his earlier exploits and adventures, how he and his companion Jim Carter had braved deep jungles and mountains of Richtersveld to find the largest diamond mine. However, they were thwarted by the legendary Bunyip, a mythical monster which guards the mines which killed Carter.

Shankar gives up his job and accompanies Alvarez as he decides to venture out once more and find the mines again. They meet with innumerable hardships,The First one a raging volcano which explodes and forces them to halt their expedition and then one night they were attacked by the monster Bunyip . Eventually they get lost in the forests where Alvarez is killed by the monster, in an effort to save Shankar's life. Desolated Shankar Mourns the death of Alvarez deeply and buries him with all rites and set sail for his expedition towards the mountain of moon.

Shankar sets out to reach civilization. He finds the diamond mines by accident. He enters the cave but eventually gets lost. With great difficulty, he gets out, marking his way with "pebbles" and taking some back with him as memento, not knowing each is a piece of uncut diamond. He finds the remains of the Italian explorer, Attilio Gatti, and learns that the cave he found earlier really was the diamond mine. Gatti, as Shankar learns from a note by him, had uncut diamonds in his boots. The note said that whoever reads the note can take the diamonds as long as he buries his skeleton, with Christian rites. Shankar does so, and keeps the old diamonds.Accidentally while crossing the jungle he comes in contact with the bunyip's cave filled with revenge he devises a plan to get rid of bunyip. Shankar collects wood from Jungle and sharpen their tip as sharp as spear and in a process he fences the entrance with sharpened wood and wait for the bunyip. The Bunyip eventually turns up and seeing its prey jumps at it from height, Shankar eventually moves out and the bunyip gets peirced within the sharpened wood & dies. Shankar tries to move out by following the compass,He becomes lost in the deserts of Kalahari and nearly dies of thirst. Fortunately he is rescued by a survey team, and taken to a hospital in Salisbury, Rhodesia, When he recovers he sells 4 of his diamonds and gets lots of money and One diamond he sends to his Parents with a note to sell it and help the villagers with its money.Next he sells his sole diamond and buys a steamer boat to continue his exploration.He ends the book saying that he will return to that cave one day with a large team, and continue the legacy of Alvarez, Carter and Gatti.

Cast

Production

Development

“ The film is about a young Bengali man and his adventures in South Africa. The story is set in 1909-1910. This time around, Kamaleswarda shot the early years of Shankar's life and for that I had to gain few kilos to look like a typical bhodro-Bangali chhele. From my getup (dhoti-panjabi and jhola) to body language to hairstyle – everything had to reflect the era Shankar hailed from. Trust me, it wasn't easy at all. Shankar loves adventure, forests and animals. The director wanted to see that passion in my eyes. ”

—Dev, sharing his experience on playing the role of Shankar, the protagonist of Chander Pahar[8]

Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee mentioned Chander Pahar as his "dream project". But he even compared the project to a "double-edged sword" as he realised the challenges while looking for locations in South Africa for a month.[7] When Shree Venkatesh Films agreed to produce the film, they wanted a big star in the lead role. As a result, it was filnally decided that actor Dev will be going to play the role of Shankar, the protagonist.

For this very special project, Kamaleshwar has a Masai proverb in mind: "If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space."[9] He added that he was lucky enough as Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, author of Chander Pahar, had such a fertile imagination that without having visited Africa, he had a clear idea about the landscape.[7] Even Dev said that the shooting of Chander Pahar is going to be the most happenning few days of his life.[10]

Casting

A source close to the Chander Pahar unit revealed that the production house wanted a big star to play Shankar, the adventurer protagonist. At the beginning, Dev and Parambrata's names had come up.[9] However, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee later said that Dev was in his mind and also in the producer's (Shree Venkatesh Films) mind from the beginning. They needed an athletic body for the role of Shankar because in the book it is mentioned that Shankar was into boxing and he knew horse riding and swimming. Dev is learning horse riding and he is also good in action scenes. Therefore, finally he was chosen to be cast as Shankar, instead of Parambrata. Dev also agreed to do that as he was brought the offer. But he was asked to lose weight because in the latter part of the film, Shankar fights with lions, walks through jungles and mountains, and almost starves.[11] Regarding the character of Shankar, Dev said, "Shankar, the protagonist, was an athlete and a boxer. He never flinches from any challenge or danger. Be it fighting the African lion or duelling on the cliff, and that too without a body double."[6]

Most of the cast members of Chander Pahar are from South Africa. It took a lot of time to decide that who was going to play the role of Diego Alvarez, the Portuguese explorer, who has a supporting role in the novel. It was later disclosed that, among others, South African actor Gérard Rudolf has been assigned the role of Diego Alvarez. He even has a dialogue in Bengali, where he tells Shankar, "Ishwar Tomar Mongol Korun" (meaning, God Bless You). Kamaleshwar Mukherjee said that he was sending a translated version of the script to the actors and added that, they were so professional that they had already read up about Chander Pahar on the net.[7]

Marketing

First look and trailer

Though by early 2013, the production house had yet not released any official poster of Chander Pahar, a large number of unofficial posters designed by graphic designers were promoted in social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, featuring only Dev in the foreground and a background somewhat similar to the official cover art of the novel. It was later found out that some of these were unofficial versions and morphed screenshots from the 2011 Australian movie The Hunter.

On 14 November 2013, during the occasion of Children's Day, the first theatrical trailer of the film was released by Shree Venkatesh Films, at the Kolkata Nicco park.[12][13] Upon its release, the trailer went viral on the web and managed to receive 32,000+ viewers on YouTube on the first day itself.[14] Soon, the trailer got 100,000+ viewers in just 3 days, which was the first for any Bengali film.[15]

Apart from these, back to back episodes were released by Shree Venkatesh Films at their official YouTube channel for promotion, under the name of 'Chander Pahar Diaries', which provided various glimpses of the filming:

Episode No. Title Release date Ref.
1 Gerard Rudolf 28 November 2013 [16]
2 Lion The King Part I 29 November 2013 [17]
3 Columbus Vs Shankar Part I 30 November 2013 [18]
4 Columbus Vs Shankar Part II 2 December 2013 [19]
5 African Food Safari 3 December 2013 [20]
6 The Tribes - Zulu & Massai 4 December 2013 [21]

Budget

"Many directors wanted to make this film earlier. But they simply could not make it due to lack of budget. This is the reason why I want to thank Shrikantda (Producer Shrikant Mohta) for financing this film. The film is made on a whooping fifteen crore budget. The cost is a big factor for the making of this film. There is a lion in the film which was acquired for six lakh rupees per day. Hence without a good budget, making Chander Pahar was impossible."[13]

—Dev, in an interview speaking about the budgeting of Chander Pahar.

The budget of Chander Pahar was the highest in Bengali Cinema till its release in 2013. The film is produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and is shot at locations in Africa. The film is reportedly being made with a budget of nearly INR150 million (US$2.4 million) - thus making it one of the most expensive movies ever made in Bengali film industry. The film will reportedly incorporate Computer-generated imagery or CGI and visual effects at par with Hollywood and Bollywood standards. For Shree Venkatesh Films, Chander Pahar marks the latest in a series of adventure films. According to the Times of India, it will be a high budget film and have computer graphics that no one has seen before in a Bengali film.[9] It was also reported that the production costs of the film suddenly went up by INR10 million (US$160,000) more than that was estimated, during the second schedule of filming.[22]

Filming

Chander Pahar was filmed for 45 days in South Africa.[6] Before the filming of Chander Pahar, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee threw a party on 31 March 2013 at Kolkata, much before 20 April, the day on which the shooting was scheduled to start. Upon questioning, he said, "Before the shooting of the film which contains a large amount of risks, team Chander Pahar wanted a party with the presence of all the crew and artists. Who knows if anyone doesn't come back forever! Everyone's life is at stake." It is the first time in Bengali Cinema that a film is made with so much of risks and challenges. Even actor Dev said, "Chander Pahar is going to be the biggest challenge in my life and I'm not afraid. Being afraid will mean no shooting for the project."[5] Some of the curious facts about Chander Pahar have been discussed below.

Sequence with African lions

The film consists of a sequence in which 6 African lions chase Dev. Though a lot of scenes involve risks, the crew was very much tensed about this particular scene. This chase sequence was filmed at an animal farm for 3 days. During this scene, the director and cinematographer stayed in an open cage with three sides closed. The distance between Dev and the lions was measured by the examiner of the lions. Pieces of meat were used to tempt the lions. Dev had to run as the director said "Action", with 6 African lions chasing him. Then he had to enter the cage while running and the opening of the cage was shut immediately. According to the director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, lions are very lazy and don't even get up for 4 days after having a meal. That is why, the lions that were used in this sequence, were not given food for 3 days.[5] After the filming of this shot, Dev said, "During my shoot with the lion, I went closer than what director Kamaleswar Mukhopadhyay had wanted. And he reprimanded me on this count."[6]

Sequence with Black mamba

The novel of Chander Pahar consists of a story where the protagonist Shankar has a face-to-face experience with Africa's most deadliest snake, Black mamba. Even in the film, this sequence will not be excluded. In fact, shooting will include a real Black mamba. Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee said that the local people were telling the pre-production team that how the Black mamba had bitten at least someone of the crew of a film in 80% shooting cases. The most threatening fact was that the venom of Black mamba cannot be taken out. Thus, shooting of Chander Pahar has a life-threatening sequence with a venomous snake. Mukherjee added that the largest risk in this sequence will be of the cinematographer, Soumik Haldar, who confidently said that he will be positively doing his work since he had already decided to do that, even though one bite of the historical Black mamba may mean death. It was later revealed that, to prevent risk, a glass sheet will be present over the snake and the camera such that if the snake attacks, the glass sheet will be dropped over the snake.[5]

Shooting spot

Along with Dev and cinematographer Soumik Haldar, there will be life-threatening risks with the other 35 artists also. The grassland in Africa, where the shooting will take place, is full of snakes and most of the crew is quite afraid regarding this matter. Abhishek Daga, the executive producer for this film said that carbolic acid will be used in all the places wherever the shooting will take place and everyone will have to wear ankle-high boots. Also, during the chase sequence with the lions, the entire shooting spot will be fenced with electric fences so that giraffes or deer don't enter the set as that can prove dangerous. Small base camps are being made for the shooting, where all the crew members will stay. They will be surrounded by electric fences because lions may destroy them if angry and it has occurred previously. Other than lions and Black mamba, shooting will feature even other wild animals such as Python, hyena, crocodile, cheetah, hippopotamus, Puff adder, viper and wild scorpions, some of which are extremely venomous. "Every animal will be shot real and alive with no use of computer graphics!", said Dev. A 22-year-old Bengali boy named Sundar will train the hyenas. There is so much risk in the shooting that the crew is bound to keep mobile phones and ambulances so that crew members can be taken to a big hospital in case of an unexpected danger. Even it is said that helicopters will be kept so that no time is wasted.[5]

Sequence with African elephants

The film will even feature another chase sequence with 6 African elephants. "The local people said that the sequence with African elephants is even more risky than those with African lions and Black mamba. If the elephants somehow get angry, no one will return alive!", said Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. The most favorite thing of African elephants is oranges and that is why, oranges will be thrown towards the sky from a distance at the time of shooting in order attract the attention of the elephants. As the elephants will run to get the oranges, Dev has to run preceding them. Kamaleshwar added, "The local stuntmen assured us that there is nothing to fear. Once they raise their hands and tell the elephants to stop, the herd of elephants will stop immediately".[5]

Other risks

Other than these sequences, there are other scenes regarding which the crew members were worried initially. These are the scenes which were shot at the Kalahari Desert. The production team of Chander Pahar said that the place in the Kalahari Desert where the film was shot is nearly 300 kilometers from their hotel and the team had to cover 600 kilometers regularly during the shoot. "The most dangerous thing is that we have to return in the presence of daylight. Otherwise, we cannot return once there is darkness over the red desert. The place is so impassable that there is no sign of roads. We will get lost. Over that, the day temperature there is 50 degrees. And the night temperature is 4 degrees", said Kamaleshwar Mukherjee before the filming. Other than the Kalahari Desert part, the film also features actor Dev in a rock climbing sequence. This sequence was shot at such a mountain that if one fell down from there, he would be 500 feet down straight. There is also a sequence of Dev inside an old cave with a Python.[5]

It was also reported that the Chander Pahar team had to face a Mozambique spitting cobra while shooting a scene.[23]

Some facts at a glance

Locations

Drakensberg Mountains, where some portions of the film was shot.Though in the novel, Richtersveld mountains was mentioned, but, director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee instead used Drakensberg Mountains for the pupose

For the filming of Chander Pahar, the team camped at various places in South Africa for a month. Some places near Johannesburg were finalised. Other places where the filming took place include the jungles of Mpumalanga, Elands River valley, Blyde River Canyon, Kruger National Park, mountains of Drakensberg and the Kalahari Desert. The film was also shot in Kenya and Uganda, besides South Africa. Shooting locations within West Bengal include Bolpur, where the portions of Shankar's village and home were shot.[8]

Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee said, "Near Johannesburg and the province of Mpumalanga, there are forests, streams and game parks that are quite spectacular, which would be great on screen. Once we'd decided on the locations in and around Kruger National Park, my directorial team set out for the mountains of Drakensberg and the deserts of Kalahari. Drakensberg has numerous valleys, water bodies and trails that could serve for the famous Richtersveld Mountains described in the novel. The Sentinel peak and KwaZulu-Natal offer brilliant vistas, but visually, the Kalahari is the most stunning. Like all deserts, the temperature varies from 51° Celsius in the day to 5° Celsius in the evening. About 17 years ago, an Italian film was shot there and since then the furious desert hasn't witnessed a camera. There is one single lodging facility about three hours away from the core area. But we will shoot there anyway." [7]

Tribes

A number of tribes of Africa will be shown in this film. They are: Swahilis, Somalis, Maasais, Matabeles and Zulus.[7]

Computer graphics

Some special scenes of the film will be made with the help of computer graphics. The most notable of these are the eruption of the volcano and the sequence featuring the monster called Bunyip.[7]

Music

"Kamaleshwar had asked me to do the music. And I really don't know what went wrong since he is currently in South Africa. It's not that Rituparno Ghosh's Satyanweshi is my first film with the production house (Shree Venkatesh Films). I've known them for very long. Strangely, neither the producers nor the director gave me an explanation. Work was done on the background score and I had a few thoughts about the songs. Maybe, when Kamaleshwar is back, he'll explain to me the reasons for this change."[24]

—Debojyoti Mishra, in an interview speaking about his cancellation as the composer of Chander Pahar.

Initially, composer Debojyoti Mishra, who had earlier worked in Kamaleshwar Mukherjee's Uro Chithi and Meghe Dhaka Tara was signed to compose the film score for Chander Pahar. But just before a few days of the film's release, he was replaced by Indraadip Das Gupta. Producer Shrikant Mohta stated the reason that Debojyoti's music didn't quite suit the film well and that's why, they were bound to approach Indraadip.[24]

According to Indraadip, the producers did approach him and asked him that how long he would take to compose the film score for a film, to which he replied that it could be done in 4 days. He added, "Then, I was asked to work on Chander Pahar. I was astounded, since it's a big-canvas story. While Mishawr Rawhoshyo was quite a challenge, this is an even bigger task. I will have to work on the background score and the title track apart from a few other pieces of music. I spoke to my team and they gave their nod. I'll have to work extra hard to complete the score as the film's release is nearing."[24]

Box office

Chander Pahar Releases on 20 December 2013 along with the challenge of Bollywood film Dhoom 3.[25] As it is a festival time release,Chander Pahar beat Dhoom 3 in Kolkata.The first day collection of Chander Pahar in West Bengal is about INR90 lakh (US$140,000) by breaking the previous highest records of Tollywood films.[26] It had a collection of INR 4.83 crore in the first week.[27]

Reviews

The film received generally mixed to negative response from the critics. Satadru Ojha of The Times of India told ". Technically, this film will be a landmark for Soumik Haldar and Subhankar Bhar, who've woven magic with the camera. The music — done by Debajyoti Mishra and Indraadip Das Gupta — is operatic in parts, especially the soaring opening track. There's much effort and a lot of sweat in Chander Pahar. Bullets fly, lions roar, spiders crawl. The director and the actor do their best: marching, plodding, running, galloping — but sadly, never really soaring with the film."[28] David Chute of Variety (magazine) told "The thrills seem to have evaporated from Kamaleswar Mukherjee's handsome, slow-moving adaptation of a classic Bengali novel"[29] The Hollywood Reporter commented "Relatively few Bengali films reach our shores, and if Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon) is any indication, we’re not missing very much. Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee’s film version of the popular 1937 adventure novel by Bibhutishushan Bandyopadhyay struggles mightily for an epic quality in its depiction of a young Bengali man’s hair-raising African adventures. But it’s undercut by a sluggish, rough-hewn execution and special effects so laughable that any sense of wonder is quickly lost. Indian audiences may flock, but crossover commercial traction seems unlikely."[30]

Awards and nominations

Award Name Result
Filmfare Awards East for Best Film – Bengali Won
Filmfare Awards East for People's Choice Best Actor – Global - (Dev) for Mountains of the moon Won
Filmfare Awards East for Best Director – Bengali - Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Nominated
Filmfare Awards East for Best Actor Male – Bengali - (Dev) Nominated
Tollywood National Award for Best film Won
Tollywood National Award for Best film in critics Won
Tollywood National Award for Best Actor (Male) (Dev) Won
Star Jalsha Entertainment Award for Best Film of the year Won
Star Jalsha Entertainment Award for Best Actor (Dev) Won
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Biggest Superhit film of the year Won
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Actor (Male) (Dev) Won
Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Won
Kalakar Awards for Best Actor (Dev) Won
Kalakar Awards for Best Film Won
Kalakar Awards for Best Director (Kamaleshwar Mukherjee) Won

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