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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bhranti Bilas<br />
| image = Bhranti Bilas.jpg<br />
| native_name = {{film name|bn|ভ্রান্তি বিলাস}}<br />
| director = [[Manu Sen]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]]<br />
| starring = [[Uttam Kumar]]<br/>[[Bhanu Bandopadhyay]]<br/>[[Sabitri Chatterjee]]<br/>[[Sandhya Roy]]<br />
| music = [[Shyamal Mitra]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = 1963<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| budget = Rs. 15,000<br />
|gross = Rs. 45,000<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Bhranti Bilas''''' ({{trans|Illusion of illusion}}) is a 1963 [[Bengali language|Bengali-language]] [[comedy film]] based on the 1869 play of the same name by [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Bhranti Bilash’ and 'Comedy of Errors' - When Bengali cinema drew inspiration from William Shakespeare|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/when-bengali-cinema-drew-inspiration-from-william-shakespeare/bhranti-bilash-and-comedy-of-errors/photostory/63799939.cms|access-date=2021-06-07|website=The Times of India}}</ref> which is itself based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''. The film was remade in [[Bollywood]] thrice as ''[[Do Dooni Char]]'' , ''[[Angoor (1982 film)|Angoor]]'' and ''[[Cirkus (film)|Cirkus]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and Performance |last=Rajiva Verma |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2006 |editor-last=Poonam Trivedi |location=New Delhi |pages=247–248 |chapter=Shakespeare in Hindi Cinema |editor-last2=Dennis Bartholomeusz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/400-years-later-shakespeare-still-remains-relevant-in-indian-cinema/article23648292.ece |title=400 years later, Shakespeare still remains relevant in Indian cinema |last=Radhakrishnan |first=Sruthi |date=23 April 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Although the original play was set in an unspecified, but distant past, the film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] merchant from [[Kolkata]] and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Uttam Kumar]] as Chiranjib Chowdhury and Chiranjit Chowdhury<br />
* [[Bhanu Bandopadhyay]] as Bhakti Kinkar and Shakti Kinkar<br />
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]] as Chiranjib's Wife<br />
* [[Sandhya Roy]] as Bilashini, Chiranjib's sister-in-law<br />
* [[Sabita Bose]] as Aparajita<br />
* [[Tarun Kumar Chatterjee|Tarun Kumar]] as Money lender<br />
* [[Chhaya Devi]] as Chiranjit & Chiranjib's Mother<br />
* [[Bidhayak Bhattacharya]] as Bosupriyo<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2609170|Bhrantibilas}}<br />
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{{The Comedy of Errors}}<br />
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