C/O Sir Dvd

C/O Sir (“Care of Sir”) is a 2013 Indian Bengali romantic thriller film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Jaspreet Kaur. The film tells story of a blind school teacher’s life and his struggle to prevent the school being sold. The lead character is played by Saswata Chatterjee.

Plot

The film is set in a boys’ school in Kurseong. The story revolves around the life of school teacher Jayabrata Ray, played by Saswata Chatterjee, who has gone blind due to a sudden retinal disorder. He must now rely on his sense of hearing. After becoming irritable and helpless due to the situation, how he tries to stop the school being sold and how he tackles the situation himself (as his friends are turning foes) becomes the issue of the story.

Cast

For a blind man, Jayabrata’s only weapon to survive is his power of hearing. And it is his constant struggle, his dilemma and his blindness which add extra dimensions to the story. The conflict between the unseen and the reality is what the film focuses on. There is also a romantic angle between Raima Sen and Saswata that the film dwells on. Raima plays a solicitor, assistant to Saswata’s childhood friend essayed by Indraneil.

— Kaushik Ganguly about the theme of C/O Sir
Saswata Chatterjee as Jayabrata Ray, a blind teacher, whose only solace in life is his school and his cottage, in which he resides. Due to sudden loss of eyesight, Jayabrata is becoming unsure about who are his real friends and well-wishers. He relies on his hearing power, and respects and trusts the most Mr. Das, who was Jayabrata’s teacher in the same school, besides being a friend of his father.
Indraneil Sengupta as Ranabir, Jayabrata’s school friend and a property lawyer in Kolkata. Jayabrata seeks his help to save his school and his cottage. He later turns out to be Jayabrata’s foe, taking advantage of his blindness and trying to sneak away with all the money. The purpose of his double-game is never clearly told (maybe it was for the huge amount of money). Nevertheless, he is arrested in the end of the film.
Raima Sen as Susmita Gupta/Sushmita Gupta/Reshmi Singh, an advocate who was sent by Ranabir to look after the legal matters of Jayabrata’s school. She is later revealed to be Ranabir’s girlfriend, working under a false identity to con Jayabrata, as per the instructions of Ranabir. Later she feels guilty and confesses everything to Jayabrata. She is also arrested in the end of the film.
Sabyasachi Chakraborty as the Headmaster in Jayabrata’s school. A straightforward man, he first agreed to sell the school to Mr. Ghosh. As Jayabrata’s cottage is within the school premises, he tries to convince Jayabrata to sell it. When refused, he takes a strict step and fires Jayabrata. Later, upon sensing his danger, he goes to warn Jayabrata against Sushmita. In the end, he drops the idea of selling the school.
Kunal Padhy as Mr. Ghosh, an NRI interested in buying the school and rebuilding it as an international educational institute.
Sudipta Chakraborty as Meghna Chatterjee, Jayabrata’s colleague and well-wisher. She is the first one to know about Sushmita’s secret identity and report it to the Headmaster. She cares for Jayabrata and often visits him and cooks food for him.
Kaushik Ganguly as Mr. Niogi, advocate of the school’s governing body. He was also involved in the moneymaking plot with Ranabir. Although it is never shown in the film, perhaps he is the one who murdered Mr. Das, the respected old teacher of Jayabrata. He is also arrested in the end of the film.
Anjan Mahato as Tipu, a small role as advocate assistant to Mr. Niogi of the school’s governing body, perhaps helped police in arrest of Mr. Niogi, in the end of the film.
trisankar Bera as school student.