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Bilat Ferat বিলেত ফেরত (England Returned) also known as Bilet Pherat, is a 1921 Bengali silent comedy drama film directed by Nitish Chandra Laharry and produced by Dhirendra Nath Ganguly.
One of the earliest examples of broad, deliberate satire made in the mould of the Hollywood slapstick comedies of the time, ‘Bilet Pherat’ (1921) lampoons the trend of Indians travelling abroad (in those days, usually to Britain) for higher education in a slavish, hankering imitation of their colonial masters and returning to their native ...
- Black and white
- Indo- British Films, Calcutta
- Bengali and Hindi intertitles
- Silent
Bilet Ferat: Directed by Nitish Chandra Lahiri. With Dhirendranath Ganguly, Manmatha Pal, Kunjalal Chakraborty, Sushilabala. This famous satire contrasts conservative Bengali culture with that of the colonial elite.
- Nitish Chandra Lahiri
- 1921
- Comedy
- Nitish Chandra Lahiri
Aug 28, 2020 · A hundred years ago, a silent film called Bilet Pherat (England-Returned) was made. That pioneering work placed its maker by the side of such greats of early Indian cinema as Dadasaheb Phalke...
Das Gupta directed as many as seven films, namely The Stuff of Steel (1969), The Dance of Shiva (1968), Portrait of a City (1961), Amodini (1994), Zaroorat Ki Purti (1979), Rakhto (1973) and Bilet Pherat (1972) Of these he composed only two.
Bilat Ferat (England Returned) also known as Bilet Pherat, is a 1921 Bengali silent film directed by N.C. Lahiri and produced by Dhirendra Nath Ganguly. A satirical comedy, it is one of the earliest Bengali feature film, which marked the debut of Dhiren Ganguly as an actor.
It is the story of a young Indian who returns to his native land after a long absence. He is so mightily impressed with his foreign training that, at his parental home, he startles everybody with his quixotic notions of love and matrimony.
