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| name = Manmoyee Girls' School<br />
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| director = Jyotish Bannerjee<br />
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| based_on = {{Based on|''Manmoyee Girls' School''|Rabindranath Maitra}}<br />
| starring = [[Tulsi Chakraborty]]<br />[[Jahar Ganguly]]<br />[[Kanan Devi]]<br />
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| music = Anath Basu<br />Mrinal Ghosh<br />Kumar Mitra<br />
| cinematography = D. G. Gune<br />
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| studio = Radha Films Company<br />
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| released = 1935<!-- {{Film date|df=yes/no|year|month|day|location}} --><br />
| runtime = 152 minutes<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
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'''''Manmoyee Girls' School''''' is a 1935 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali-language]] [[romantic comedy]] film directed by Jyotish Bannerjee. It is based on Rabindranath Maitra's 1932 play of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manmoyee Girls' School (1935)|url=https://indiancine.ma/BTC|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> The film stars [[Tulsi Chakraborty]], [[Jahar Ganguly]] and [[Kanan Devi]]. It was a success, and was remade again in Bengali under the same title in 1958.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, the [[zamindar]] Damodar (Chakraborty) looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. Manas (Ganguly) and Niharika (Kanan Devi) apply for and get the job. The two are not actually married; they posed as a couple to obtain the job. After a series of complications and delicate situations, love blooms between the two and they marry.<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Manmoyee Girls' School'' was a play written by Rabindranath Maitra and staged by Star Theatres in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|title=রবীন্দ্রনাথ মৈত্র - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার|url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95:%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0|access-date=2021-05-22|website=bn.wikisource.org|language=bn}}</ref> Radha Films Company adapted this play into a film under the same name, with Jyotish Bannerjee directing. D. G. Gune was the cinematographer, while the music was composed by Anath Basu, Mrinal Ghosh and Kumar Mitra.<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Manmoyee Girls' School'' was a success, and was remade again in Bengali under the same title in 1958.<ref name="Encyclopaedia" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |pages=264 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0154839}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]<br />
[[Category:1930s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1935 romantic comedy films]]<br />
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