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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| name = Coolie		\| name = Coolie
	\| image = ~~CoolieMithunBengali~~.jpg		\| image = Coolie (2004 film).jpg
	\| caption = DVD cover		\| caption = DVD cover
	\| director = [[Swapan Saha]]		\| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
	\| studio = Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd.		\| studio = Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd.
	\| writer = [[N.K. Salil]]<br /><small>'''(Story,Screenplay & Dialogues)'''</small>		\| writer = [[N.K. Salil]]<br /><small>'''(Story, Screenplay & Dialogues)'''</small>
	\| screenplay =		\| screenplay =
	\| starring = {{Plain list \|		\| starring = {{Plain list \|
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	\| music = '''Songs:'''<br />[[Ashok Bhadra]]<br />'''Score:'''<br />[[S.P. Venkatesh]]		\| music = '''Songs:'''<br />[[Ashok Bhadra]]<br />'''Score:'''<br />[[S.P. Venkatesh]]
	\| cinematography = K.V. Ramanna		\| cinematography = K.V. Ramanna
	\| editing = Suresh ~~Arts~~		\| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=yes\|2004\|9\|17}}		\| released = {{Film date\|df=yes\|2004\|9\|17}}
	\| runtime = 125 minutes		\| runtime = 125 minutes
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	'''''Coolie''''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|কুলি }}) is a 2004 [[~~Cinema of West Bengal~~\|~~Indian~~ Bengali-language action ~~drama~~]] ~~film~~ directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and produced by Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd. The film stars [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Meghna Naidu]] along with [[Dulal Lahiri]], [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], [[Nishita Goswami]], [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Coolie (2004) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director\|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/coolie-34108/cast-crew\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> This film marks the Bengali debut of [[Meghna Naidu]] and [[Nishita Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|title=Meghna Naidu returns to Bengali cinema after 14 years - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/meghna-naidu-returns-to-bengali-cinema-after-14-years/articleshow/62982601.cms\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Meghna Naidu to do Bengali film after over a decade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2018/feb/16/meghna-naidu-to-do-bengali-film-after-over-a-decade-1774320.html\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> This movie was later dubbed in [[Bhojpuri language\|Bhojpuri]] with the same title.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2021}}		'''''Coolie''''' ({{langx\|bn\|কুলি }}) is a 2004 Indian [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Swapan Saha]], written by [[N.K. Salil]] and produced by Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd. The film stars [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Meghna Naidu]] along with [[Dulal Lahiri]], [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], [[Nishita Goswami]], [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Coolie (2004) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director\|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/coolie-34108/cast-crew\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213849/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/coolie-34108/cast-crew\|url-status=live\|archive-date=2 June 2021\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> This film marks the Bengali debut of [[Meghna Naidu]] and [[Nishita Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Meghna Naidu returns to Bengali cinema after 14 years - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/meghna-naidu-returns-to-bengali-cinema-after-14-years/articleshow/62982601.cms\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Meghna Naidu to do Bengali film after over a decade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2018/feb/16/meghna-naidu-to-do-bengali-film-after-over-a-decade-1774320.html\|access-date=2021-05-29\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> This movie was later dubbed in [[Bhojpuri language\|Bhojpuri]] with the same title.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2021}}

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
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	Shiba ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]) is working as a coolie in Birpur Railway Station, and he is a hard-working man who cannot tolerate injustice towards the poor. Seema ([[Meghna Naidu]]), daughter of a wealthy businessman, during return to home, encounters with Shiba fighting goons in the station. After she reaches home, Seema's father asks why she was late. Seema replied that there was a situation in the station, and she met a coolie who was a very nice person. Shiba has a younger brother whom he has sent to Kolkata for studies, and in flashback, a scene appears, where Shiba's brother Dibyendu (Premjit Mukherjee) denies going for further studies to Kolkata at first because of financial problems, but later he agrees when Shiba told him that Shiba gave his words to their late mother to make his brother educated and established. During a railway strike, when Seema's car broke near the station, Shiba helps to fix the car. Seema asks him how come he knows car repairing. Shiba replied that he had done various works for the sake of living and today itself he has to earn 500 rupees so that he can send it to his brother for college fees and he doesn't know how he will do it as today is strike hence no passenger in the station so no work. After listening to everything, Seema gave him 599 rupees and told him that this is not a favor, but she is lending him as a token of friendship. But Shiba refuses to take the money. Mitali ([[Nishita Goswami]]) finds Dibyendu in a coffee shop working as a waiter and asks him why he is doing this. Dibyendu told her about his financial conditions, and then Mitali asks him to leave this job and instead to give her private tuition as he was a brilliant student. Dibyendu at first refuses to do so, but when Mitali's mother, who lost her son in years ago, mistakes Dibyendu as 'Subho', he agrees with Mitali's scheme and gives his words to Mitali's mother that he will come to meet her daily.		Shiba ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]) is working as a coolie in Birpur Railway Station, and he is a hard-working man who cannot tolerate injustice towards the poor. Seema ([[Meghna Naidu]]), daughter of a wealthy businessman, during return to home, encounters with Shiba fighting goons in the station. After she reaches home, Seema's father asks why she was late. Seema replied that there was a situation in the station, and she met a coolie who was a very nice person. Shiba has a younger brother whom he has sent to Kolkata for studies, and in flashback, a scene appears, where Shiba's brother Dibyendu (Premjit Mukherjee) denies going for further studies to Kolkata at first because of financial problems, but later he agrees when Shiba told him that Shiba gave his words to their late mother to make his brother educated and established. During a railway strike, when Seema's car broke near the station, Shiba helps to fix the car. Seema asks him how come he knows car repairing. Shiba replied that he had done various works for the sake of living and today itself he has to earn 500 rupees so that he can send it to his brother for college fees and he doesn't know how he will do it as today is strike hence no passenger in the station so no work. After listening to everything, Seema gave him 599 rupees and told him that this is not a favor, but she is lending him as a token of friendship. But Shiba refuses to take the money. Mitali ([[Nishita Goswami]]) finds Dibyendu in a coffee shop working as a waiter and asks him why he is doing this. Dibyendu told her about his financial conditions, and then Mitali asks him to leave this job and instead to give her private tuition as he was a brilliant student. Dibyendu at first refuses to do so, but when Mitali's mother, who lost her son in years ago, mistakes Dibyendu as 'Subho', he agrees with Mitali's scheme and gives his words to Mitali's mother that he will come to meet her daily.
	Seema expresses her love for Shiba through a radio program. On another side, Mitali's father tells Dibyendu to forget all his past life and start his life as their son so that Mitali's mother can come out of her mental break down.		Seema expresses her love for Shiba through a radio program. On another side, Mitali's father tells Dibyendu to forget all his past life and start his life as their son so that Mitali's mother can come out of her mental break down.
	Seema's father refuses their relationship, later goes to Shiba to threaten him and gives him some money to not to interfere in Seema's life. Seema quarrels with his father, and at last, she leaves her home and goes to Shiba to live together. On their first night, Shiba proposes to Seema that they will not have any child, as Seeba thinks of Dibyendu as his own child rather than his brother after their mother ~~passed away~~.		Seema's father refuses their relationship, later goes to Shiba to threaten him and gives him some money not to interfere in Seema's life. Seema quarrels with his father, and at last, she leaves her home and goes to Shiba to live together. On their first night, Shiba proposes to Seema that they will not have any child, as Seeba thinks of Dibyendu as his own child rather than his brother after their mother died.
	Seema's father sends a gift box (which eventually has drugs in it) to her newly married daughter as of her marriage gift. The next day police come and arrest Shiba. Seema's father refuses to arrange bail for Shiba as she refuses to forget him.		Seema's father sends a gift box (which eventually has drugs in it) to her newly married daughter as of her marriage gift. The next day police come and arrest Shiba. Seema's father refuses to arrange bail for Shiba as she refuses to forget him.
	Mitali's father assigned Dibyendu as his company's managing director and tells him about how Shiba got arrested for drugs. Mr. Chowdhury makes Dibyendu influence to sign an agreement that he will never look back to his past relations with his brother. Seema goes in search for Dibyendu, but Mr. Chowdhury insults her and calls the guard to throw her out of the house.		Mitali's father assigned Dibyendu as his company's managing director and tells him about how Shiba got arrested for drugs. Mr. Chowdhury makes Dibyendu influence to sign an agreement that he will never look back to his past relations with his brother. Seema goes in search for Dibyendu, but Mr. Chowdhury insults her and calls the guard to throw her out of the house.
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	* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Mr. Shashank Chowdhury, owner of Chowdhury Motors & Mitali's father		* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Mr. Shashank Chowdhury, owner of Chowdhury Motors & Mitali's father
	* Kalyani Mondal as Mrs. Chowdhury, mother of Mitali		* Kalyani Mondal as Mrs. Chowdhury, mother of Mitali
	* [[Subhasish ~~Mukhopadhyay~~]] as Station Master of Birpur Railway Station		* [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] as Station Master of Birpur Railway Station
	* Ramen Raychowdhury as Mr. Mukherjee, a businessman from [[Garia]], father of Seema		* Ramen Raychowdhury as Mr. Mukherjee, a businessman from [[Garia]], father of Seema
	* [[Nishita Goswami]] as Mitali Chowdhury, Daughter of Mr. Chowdhury and love interest of Dibyendu		* [[Nishita Goswami]] as Mitali Chowdhury, Daughter of Mr. Chowdhury and love interest of Dibyendu
	* Premjit Mukherjee as Dibyendu Roy alias Dibyo, Shiba's Brother		* Premjit Mukherjee as Dibyendu Roy alias Dibyo, Shiba's Brother
	* [[N. K. Salil]] as Raja's friend		* [[N. K. Salil]] as Raja's friend
			* Shyamal Dutta as Mr. Chatterjee
			* Sumit Ganguly as Mr. Dutta, Shashank Chowdhury's manager

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{{Infobox film
| name = Coolie
| image = CoolieMithunBengali.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
| studio = Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd.
| writer = [[N.K. Salil]] '''(Story,Screenplay & Dialogues)'''
| screenplay =
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
* [[Meghna Naidu]]
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]]
* [[Kalyani Mondal]]
}}
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Ashok Bhadra]] '''Score:''' [[S.P. Venkatesh]]
| cinematography = K.V. Ramanna
| editing = Suresh Arts
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|9|17}}
| runtime = 125 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget =
}}
'''''Coolie''''' ({{lang-bn|কুলি }}) is a 2004 [[Cinema of West Bengal|Indian Bengali-language action drama]] film directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and produced by Vijay-Laxmi Movies Pvt. Ltd. The film stars [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Meghna Naidu]] along with [[Dulal Lahiri]], [[Abhishek Chatterjee]], [[Nishita Goswami]], [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coolie (2004) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/coolie-34108/cast-crew|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Cinestaan}}</ref> This film marks the Bengali debut of [[Meghna Naidu]] and [[Nishita Goswami]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meghna Naidu returns to Bengali cinema after 14 years - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/meghna-naidu-returns-to-bengali-cinema-after-14-years/articleshow/62982601.cms|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meghna Naidu to do Bengali film after over a decade|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2018/feb/16/meghna-naidu-to-do-bengali-film-after-over-a-decade-1774320.html|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> This movie was later dubbed in [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] with the same title.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

== Plot ==
{{Long plot|date=April 2021}}
Shiba ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]) is working as a coolie in Birpur Railway Station, and he is a hard-working man who cannot tolerate injustice towards the poor. Seema ([[Meghna Naidu]]), daughter of a wealthy businessman, during return to home, encounters with Shiba fighting goons in the station. After she reaches home, Seema's father asks why she was late. Seema replied that there was a situation in the station, and she met a coolie who was a very nice person. Shiba has a younger brother whom he has sent to Kolkata for studies, and in flashback, a scene appears, where Shiba's brother Dibyendu (Premjit Mukherjee) denies going for further studies to Kolkata at first because of financial problems, but later he agrees when Shiba told him that Shiba gave his words to their late mother to make his brother educated and established. During a railway strike, when Seema's car broke near the station, Shiba helps to fix the car. Seema asks him how come he knows car repairing. Shiba replied that he had done various works for the sake of living and today itself he has to earn 500 rupees so that he can send it to his brother for college fees and he doesn't know how he will do it as today is strike hence no passenger in the station so no work. After listening to everything, Seema gave him 599 rupees and told him that this is not a favor, but she is lending him as a token of friendship. But Shiba refuses to take the money. Mitali ([[Nishita Goswami]]) finds Dibyendu in a coffee shop working as a waiter and asks him why he is doing this. Dibyendu told her about his financial conditions, and then Mitali asks him to leave this job and instead to give her private tuition as he was a brilliant student. Dibyendu at first refuses to do so, but when Mitali's mother, who lost her son in years ago, mistakes Dibyendu as 'Subho', he agrees with Mitali's scheme and gives his words to Mitali's mother that he will come to meet her daily.
Seema expresses her love for Shiba through a radio program. On another side, Mitali's father tells Dibyendu to forget all his past life and start his life as their son so that Mitali's mother can come out of her mental break down.
Seema's father refuses their relationship, later goes to Shiba to threaten him and gives him some money to not to interfere in Seema's life. Seema quarrels with his father, and at last, she leaves her home and goes to Shiba to live together. On their first night, Shiba proposes to Seema that they will not have any child, as Seeba thinks of Dibyendu as his own child rather than his brother after their mother passed away.
Seema's father sends a gift box (which eventually has drugs in it) to her newly married daughter as of her marriage gift. The next day police come and arrest Shiba. Seema's father refuses to arrange bail for Shiba as she refuses to forget him.
Mitali's father assigned Dibyendu as his company's managing director and tells him about how Shiba got arrested for drugs. Mr. Chowdhury makes Dibyendu influence to sign an agreement that he will never look back to his past relations with his brother. Seema goes in search for Dibyendu, but Mr. Chowdhury insults her and calls the guard to throw her out of the house.
Some goons try to misbehave with lone Seema when she was weeping alone in a temple. A mysterious man appeared, fights with them and saves Seema. The man told Seema not to walk around alone at night and asks her if she will come to his place. At first, Seema hesitates to go, but later she goes along with him. This man was Raja, who was a small time conman, living with a pickpocket girl named Rupasi and another two friends. They addresses Seema as their sister.
Raja promises Seema that he will help her to meet Dibyendu, but when he arrived to Chowdhury's home, seeing the mental breakdown of Mrs. Chowdhury, Raja couldn't force Dibyendu to come with him.
Shiba, gets released from jail due to his good behavior in jail and returning home, he encounters with Rupasi. Rupasi takes Shiba, where Seema was living with them, and they unite.
Shiba goes to meet with his brother, but Dibyendu refuses to recognize his brother (as per agreement) and insults him in front of all company board members. Mitali meets Dibyendu outside of the meeting room, and gives him some money as a payoff for everything he has done for his younger brother Dibyendu and tells him not to interfere in their life.
The rest of the movie deals with how Shiba deals with everything and reunites with his brother happily.

==Cast==
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shibnath Roy alias Shiba, coolie no 440 workings in Birpur Railway Station
* [[Meghna Naidu]] as Seema Mukherjee, a wealthy businessman's daughter and Shiba's wife
* [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] as Raja, a small time conman/Shubho, lost son of Mr. And Mrs. Chowdhury
* Rimjhim Gupta as Rupasi, a pickpocket and partner in crime of Raja
* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Mr. Shashank Chowdhury, owner of Chowdhury Motors & Mitali's father
* Kalyani Mondal as Mrs. Chowdhury, mother of Mitali
* [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay]] as Station Master of Birpur Railway Station
* Ramen Raychowdhury as Mr. Mukherjee, a businessman from [[Garia]], father of Seema
* [[Nishita Goswami]] as Mitali Chowdhury, Daughter of Mr. Chowdhury and love interest of Dibyendu
* Premjit Mukherjee as Dibyendu Roy alias Dibyo, Shiba's Brother
* [[N. K. Salil]] as Raja's friend

== Soundtrack ==

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| artist = [[Ashok Bhadra]]
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| next_title = [[Badsha The King]]
| next_year = 2004
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{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = [[Gautam Sushmit]]
| all_music = [[Ashok Bhadra]]
| title1 = Green Signal Ami Peye Gechhi
| extra1 = [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length1 = 04:50
| title2 = Mon Boro Obujh Mon
| extra2 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length2 = 05:05
| title3 = Ami Kolkatar Sera Rupasi (Jodi Khopa Badhi)
| extra3 = [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length3 =
| title4 = Matka Garam Hole Mama (Thanda Mathay Thaki Bole)
| extra4 = [[Kumar Sanu]], Chorus
| length4 =
| title5 = Prem Korar Manush
| extra5 = Shaan, [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length5 = 04:37
| title6 = Bhalobasai Amar Ei
| extra6 = [[Kumar Sanu]]
| length6 =
| title7 = Green Signal Ami Peye Gechhi - II
| extra7 = [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length7 =
| title8 = Bhalobasai Amar Ei - Sad
| extra8 = [[Kumar Sanu]]
| length8 =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1464526|Coolie}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Swapan Saha]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:2004 action drama films]]