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{{Infobox film
| name = Highway
| image = Highway (2014 Bengali film).jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Highway Movie Poster
| director = [[Sudipto Chattopadhyay]]
| producer = [[Nispal Singh]]
| writer =
| starring = [[Koel Mallick]]<br/>[[Parambrata Chatterjee]]
| music = [[Anupam Roy]]
| cinematography =
| editing = [[Rabiranjan Maitra]]
| studio = [[Surinder Films]]
| distributor = [[Surinder Films]]
| released = {{Film date|2014|08|08|df=y}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Highway ''''' is an Indian [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[romantic film]], directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay and produced under the banner of Surinder Films. The film features actors [[Koel Mallick]] and [[Parambrata Chatterjee]] in the lead roles. Music of the film has been composed by [[Anupam Roy]]. This film was released on 8 August 2014.

== Plot ==
The story of the film revolves around the life of two people, who come across each other on a highway, which takes a very significant position in their life, being the witness of all their ups and downs. Their love story takes various twists and turns.

[[Koel Mallick|Koel]] and [[Parambrata Chatterjee|Parambrata]] are playing the role of an unhappy couple in this film, who could not bridge the gap between themselves even after trying for long. Koel's role is that of a Bengali girl while Parambrata plays a non-Bengali guy. Though their marriage was a love marriage, they realize that there was a vacancy in their life. The way they overcome that vacancy and discover each other from a new point of view, forms the climax of the story.<ref name="Koel-Param's Relation's Highway"/>

== Cast ==
* [[Koel Mallick]] as Sohini Dasgupta<ref name="Highway Bhalobasa.in"/>
* [[Parambrata Chatterjee]] as Ashwin "Win" Kapoor
* [[Silajit Majumder]] as Firdous Aga
* [[Deepankar De]]
* [[Sabitri Chatterjee]]
* [[Rita Dutta Chakraborty]]<ref name="Koel and Param at Darjeeling">{{cite news|title=Koel and Param at Darjeeling|url=http://subdomains.ebela.in/content/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2?page=2%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C5|accessdate=26 November 2013|newspaper=[[Ebela]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014708/http://subdomains.ebela.in/content/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2?page=2%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C5|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> as Pritha
* [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]] (extended cameo) as Dhruba

== Production ==

=== Development ===
Surinder Films, the production house of Nispal Singh Rane ([[Koel Mallick]]'s husband), will be financing this film.<ref name="Highway Bhalobasa.in"/> This film also marks the Bengali directorial debut of Sudipto Chattopadhyay of ''[[Shobhana 7 Nights]]'' and ''[[Pankh]]'' fame. The film was earlier titled ''Aparichito'', which later changed to ''Highway''.<ref name="Koel-Param's Relation's Highway">{{cite news|title=Koel-Param's Relation's Highway|url=http://my.anandabazar.com/content/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-72|accessdate=26 November 2013|newspaper=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230124/http://my.anandabazar.com/content/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-72|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
Actress [[Koel Mallick]] was signed to play the female lead opposite [[Parambrata Chatterjee]], which is their second pairing after ''[[Hemlock Society (film)|Hemlock Society]]''. Her character is that of a psychologically affected woman, whose father died while she was in 9th Standard.<ref name="Highway Bhalobasa.in">{{cite web|title=Highway Bengali Movie|url=http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/160582/Highway-Bengali-Movie...|publisher=Bhalobasa.in|accessdate=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203175653/http://www.bhalobasa.in/articles/160582/Highway-Bengali-Movie...|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Regarding her role, she said, "It has Parambrata and me and once again we play characters that are completely opposite to each other but I wouldn't compare it to a Hemlock Society."<ref name="Koel’s back in school!">{{cite news|title=Koel's back in school!|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130427/jsp/entertainment/story_16831220.jsp#.UpTMkdLPWaw|accessdate=26 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]}}</ref> Because of being preoccupied with this film, she rejected the offer of being cast as the female lead in [[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]]'s ''[[Buno Haansh]]'', opposite [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]].<ref name="Koel Mallick not in Tony’s next">{{cite news|title=Koel Mallick not in Tony's next|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-23/news-interviews/38762447_1_koel-mallick-radhika-apte-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601032152/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-23/news-interviews/38762447_1_koel-mallick-radhika-apte-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2013|accessdate=26 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Actor [[Gaurav Chakrabarty]] plays the character of a rockstar in this film.<ref name="Koel-Parambrata shoot in Darjeeling"/>

=== Filming ===
Filming locations include the picturesque hill station of [[Darjeeling]] in [[West Bengal]]. Shooting was delayed a bit due to excessive downpours during the crew's stay at Darjeeling.<ref name="Koel-Parambrata shoot in Darjeeling">{{cite news|title=Koel-Parambrata shoot in Darjeeling|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-09/news-interviews/39141539_1_parambrata-chatterjee-cats-and-dogs-huge-fan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605212122/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-09/news-interviews/39141539_1_parambrata-chatterjee-cats-and-dogs-huge-fan|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2013|accessdate=26 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
[[Anupam Roy]] roped in to compose the film score for ''Highway''.<ref name="Highway Bhalobasa.in"/> Lyrics will also be penned by him.<ref name="Koel-Param's Relation's Highway"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Protidin"
| [[Silajit Majumder]] & Anupam Roy
|-
| 2
| "Tomay Niyei Golpo Hok"
| Anupam Roy & [[Prashmita Paul]]
|-
| 3
| "Khela Shesh (Male)"
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|-
| 4
| "Surjyo Rangeen"
| Anupam Roy
|-
| 5
| "Phire Dekha"
| [[Tanya Sen]]
|-
| 6
| "Khela Shesh (Female)"
| [[Ujjaini Mukherjee]]
|-
| 7
| "E Porobase"
| [[Sohini Mukhopadhyay]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]

Highway (2014 Bengali film) - Revision history

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