Chhadmabeshi (lit.'Disguised') is a 1971 Bengali comedy film directed by Agradoot,[a] starring Uttam Kumar and Madhabi Mukherjee as leads,[2] based on the story Chhadobeshi by writer Upendranath Ganguly.[3] The story revolves around a newly married professor, who plays a practical joke upon his brother-in-law by posing as his family driver. Music of the film was composed by Sudhin Dasgupta. The film was remade in Hindi in 1975 as Chupke Chupke[4][5][6] and in Kannada in 2004 as Joke Falls.
Plot
Abanish Sen is a Botany professor as well as newly married to Sulekha. When he learns that his brother-in-law, advocate Prasanta Ghosh, needs a driver at Allahabad where he stays with his family, Abanish plans to play a practical joke upon them. As per his plan, he goes to Allahabad and is selected as the driver. Sometime later, Sulekha arrives at Allahabad and lies to Prasanta and her sister Labanya that being involved in some important work, Abanish will arrive after a few days. In the next few days, Prasanta and Labanya notice and are perturbed by the intimacy between the new driver and Sulekha. Suddenly, Sulekha and Gaurhari alias Abanish flee without informing anyone. At the same time, Abanish's friend Subimal arrives posing as Abanish, quite angry at the absence of his wife, further irking Prasanta Ghosh.