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{{Short description|Indian Bengali comedy-action film}}
{{Short description|2009 Indian Bengali film by Raj Chakraborty}}
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| caption        = Theatrical Release Poster
| caption        = Theatrical Release Poster
| director      = [[Raj Chakraborty]]  
| director      = [[Raj Chakraborty]]
| writer        =  
| writer        = Raj Chakraborty
| producer      = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| screenplay    = Raj Chakraborty<br />[[N. K. Salil]]
| starring      = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]<br />[[Subhashree Ganguly]]
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| cinematography = Soumik Haldar<ref name="soumik">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081108/jsp/entertainment/story_10079598.jsp
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| producer      = [[Shrikant Mohta]]
| starring      = {{ubl|
*[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]
*[[Subhashree Ganguly]]
*[[Rajatava Dutta]]
*[[Biswajit Chakraborty]]
*[[Kharaj Mukherjee]]
*[[Supriyo Dutta]]
*[[Laboni Sarkar]]
*Tulika Basu
*Debranjan Nag
}}
| narrator      = [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]]
| cinematography = Somak Mukherjee
| editing        = [[Raviranjan Maitra|Ravi Ranjan Maitra]]<br>[[Mainak Bhaumik]]
| music          = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| music          = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| distributor    =  
| studio        = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| distributor    = Shree Venkatesh Films
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|2009|3|20}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|2009|3|20}}
| runtime        = 140 minutes
| runtime        = 140 minutes
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| language      = Bengali
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| screenplay    = [[N.K. Salil]]
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'''''Challenge''''' is a 2009 Indian [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] [[action romance film]] directed by [[Raj Chakraborty]]. The film stars [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly]]..The film was a major hit in the history of Bengali Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/06/challenge-2009/ |title=Challenge (2009) |publisher=calcuttatube.com |accessdate=5 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227021903/http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/06/challenge-2009/ |archivedate=27 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/25/subhashree-exclusive-interview/ |title=Subhashree – Exclusive Interview |publisher=calcuttatube.com |accessdate=5 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207003423/http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/25/subhashree-exclusive-interview/ |archivedate=7 February 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Time for action">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081021/jsp/entertainment/story_9995563.jsp|title=Time for action|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=6 March 2009 |last=Nag |first=Kushali |location=Calcutta, India|date=21 October 2008}}</ref> For few scenes and music-videos, shooting was done in Dubai. The film is a remake of Telugu movie ''[[Dil (2003 film)|Dil]]'' (2003).{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
 
'''''Challenge''''' is a 2009 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[action film]] written and directed by [[Raj Chakraborty]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=ChallengeUA |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-details/challenge/movieshow/79792744.cms |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]]  under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]. A remake of the 2003 Telugu film, ''[[Dil (2003 film)|Dil]]'', the film stars [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Subhashree Ganguly]] in the lead roles, while [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Biswajit Chakraborty]], [[Supriyo Dutta]], [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], Tulika Basu and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play other pivotal roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/06/challenge-2009/ |title=Challenge (2009) |publisher=calcuttatube.com |access-date=5 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227021903/http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/06/challenge-2009/ |archive-date=27 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/25/subhashree-exclusive-interview/ |title=Subhashree – Exclusive Interview |publisher=calcuttatube.com |access-date=5 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207003423/http://calcuttatube.com/2009/01/25/subhashree-exclusive-interview/ |archive-date=7 February 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Time for action">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081021/jsp/entertainment/story_9995563.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809011439/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081021/jsp/entertainment/story_9995563.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2009|title=Time for action|work=The Telegraph|access-date=6 March 2009 |last=Nag |first=Kushali |location=Calcutta, India|date=21 October 2008}}</ref> The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and cinematography was by Somak Mukherjee. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Raj Chakraborty and [[N. K. Salil]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
Abir ([[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]) joins a college where Pooja ([[Subhashree Ganguly]]), daughter of a ruthless businessman, is studying. Her father is very obsessive and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone directly or indirectly disturbs Pooja. Abir is ragged by a bunch of students, in return he smashes all of them. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them say sorry to him when they misbehave with him before his fight to the students. This is seen by Pooja and she gets impressed of him. She falls in love with him, which in turn he reciprocates. This is found by Pooja's father. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite, after a series of events.
Abir joins college and comes across Pooja, the daughter of a ruthless businessman. Her father is strict and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone, directly or indirectly, disturbs or approaches Pooja. Abir is bullied by a bunch of students and he pays them back in return by beating them all up. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them apologize when they misbehave with him before his fight with the students. Pooja is highly impressed on seeing this and she falls in love with him. He reciprocates and the two start dating. Pooja's father finds out about their relationship and opposes it. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite after a series of problems.
It is revealed in the flashback that one of the classmates of Abir had spoken to Pooja which was seen by Kartik da, one of her father's henchmen. As a punishment, Kartik da had destroyed both of his eyes citing that even looking at Agnideb Sen's daughter is a crime. When Abir comes to know about this, he captures Kartik da in disguise and forcefully makes him donate his eyes to the classmate. Agnideb is furious at this and orders his henchmen to destroy Abir's house and threaten his parents of consequences if he is seen with Pooja again. Abir's father, who was always displeased with his son's casual nature, now supports him and tells that if he truly loves Pooja, he should go for her and don't worry about consequences. Agnideb leaves Pooja at his father-in-law's place but refuses to go himself as it is revealed he eloped and married Pooja's mom causing her father to pledge that he'd kill Agnideb if he sees him again. Abir manages to reach the place and convince Pooja's grandfather regarding the matter. Agnideb tries to cut off the marriage however, he is caught in many hilarious situations. When he reaches home, he finds that the marriage is on however, Abir approaches and tells him that he is his future father-in-law and that without his blessings, the marriage will not commence. Finally it is revealed that the mastermind behind Abir was Kartik da who used to pretend as if he is blind and take information from Agnideb about Pooja's whereabouts and report it to Abir. Kartik da tells that he got his eyes back from the same classmate's father who had died and Abir himself arranged for the eyes to be donated to him. This made Kartik da realise the importance of eyes and feels sorry for what he had done earlier. He teams up with Abir and tells him that he'd do anything to pay for the sins he committed. Agnideb finally realises his mistake and happily accepts Abir as his son-in-law and is seen playing with his grandson after the credits roll.
 
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|* [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Abir Ganguly
* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] as Pooja Sen
* [[Rajatava Dutta]] as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's Father, an industrialist and a local don
* Tulika Basu as Chandra Sen, Pooja's Mother
* [[Biswajit Chakraborty]] as Samir Ganguly, Abir's Father
* [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Purnima Ganguly, Abir's Mother
* [[Kharaj Mukherjee]] as Gouranga 'Gour' Chatterjee, the Principal of the college
* Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Gopal, Abir's friend
* [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Kartik Da, Agnideb's henchman
* [[Prasun Gain]] as Poncha, Kartik's assistant
* Pradip Dhar as Bhoja, Kartik's assistant
* Abhimanyu Mukherjee as Ranjan, Abir and Pooja's classmate
* Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
* Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari, the Postman of the college and Gour's friend
''' Special appearance '''
*[[Raj Chakraborty]] as himself}}
== Production ==


The films ends with a happy note.
=== Pre-production ===
After the success of [[Chirodini Tumi Je Amar|''Chirodini ...Tumi Je Amar'']] (2008), [[Raj Chakraborty]] became a leading director in the industry. During the end of 2008, [[Sangeet Bangla]] reported that his next project was going to be a mass-class combo film with a strong social message, which was being written by [[N. K. Salil|N.K Salil]]. After the completion of the script, in January 2009, the film's title was revealed to be ''Challenge'' with the music composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]].


==Cast==
=== Casting ===
* [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Abir
Since the initial position, Chakraborty's choice was [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] to play the protagonist in the film as he worked with him for the song ''Pante Taali'' in ''Chirodini ... Tumi Je Amar'' before. [[Subhashree Ganguly]], who acted opposite [[Soham Chakraborty]] in the film [[Bajimaat]] (2008) before, was signed to play the lead opposite Dev. For an important role, [[Rajatava Dutta]] was signed and for the other supporting roles, [[Supriyo Dutta]], [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], Debranjan Nag, [[Biswajit Chakraborty]] and others were reported to be in.
* [[Subhashree Ganguly]] as Pooja
* [[Rajatabha Dutta]] as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's dad, an industrialist and a local don
* Tulika Basu as Pooja's Mom
* [[Biswajit Chakraborty]] as Aabir's Dad
* [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Aabir's Mom
* [[Kharaj Mukherjee]] as Principal
* Parthosarathi Chakraborty as Gopal
* [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Karthik Da
* [[Prasun Gain]] as Poncha
* Pradip Dhar as Karthik's assistant
* [[Abhimanyu Mukherjee]] as Ranjan
* Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
* Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari


==Sequel==
=== Shooting ===
''[[Challenge 2]]'' is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge
The filming took place in [[Kolkata]] and the outskirts of [[Purulia]]. The song ''Bhojo Gourango'' was shot in a hotel of [[Mumbai]] featuring Dev and the choreographer Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa. In [[Dubai]], the song ''Mahi Ve'' was shot marking the first Bengali film to be filmed there.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-12-11 |title=Hitting a jackpot |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hitting-a-jackpot/articleshow/3819151.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831155442/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/hitting-a-jackpot/articleshow/3819151.cms |archive-date=2025-08-31 |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |quote=Dev will soon be flying to Dubai to shoot for three songs in Raj Chakraborty's ''Challenge''.}}</ref> The interval and climax action scene was shot in Purulia.


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
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| name         = Challenge
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| prev_title = [[Jackpot (2009 film)|Jackpot]]
| prev_title   = [[Jackpot (2009 film)|Jackpot]]
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| next_title = [[Paran Jai Jaliya Re]]
| next_title   = [[Paran Jai Jaliya Re]]
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  | name        = Challenge
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  | type        = Soundtrack
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}}


[[Jeet Gannguli]] composed the music and lyrics were written by [[Priyo Chattopadhyay]], [[Dipangshu Acharyaa]], [[Abhimanyu Mukherjee]], [[Nachiketa Chakraborty]], [[Gautam Sushmit]] for Challenge.
The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]], while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. The lyrics were penned by [[Nachiketa Chakraborty]], Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimanyu Mukherjee and Gautam Sushmit.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-01-11 |title=Singing their own tunes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/singing-their-own-tunes/articleshow/11446041.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831135454/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/singing-their-own-tunes/articleshow/11446041.cms |archive-date=2025-08-31 |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
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{{Soundtrack
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| extra_column  = Singer(s)
!Singer
| total_length  = 24:23
!Lyrics
| title1        = Challenge Nibi Na Sala
!Length
| length1      = 2:33
|-
| lyrics1      = Abhimanyu Mukherjee
|1
| music1        = Jeet Gannguli
|"Bhojo Gourango"
| extra1        = Jeet Gannguli
| [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| title2        = Bhojo Gourango
| Priyo Chattopadhyay
| length2      = 3:26
|3:45
| lyrics2      = Priyo Chattopadhyay
|-
| music2        = Jeet Gannguli
|2
| extra2        = Jeet Gannguli<br>Earl Edgar
|"Bondhura Elomelo"
| title3        = Bondhura Elomelo
| [[Dibyendu Mukherjee]], Satabdi Chakraborty
| length3      = 4:38
| Dipangshu Acharyaa
| lyrics3      = Dipangshu Acharyaa
|4:43
| music3        = Jeet Gannguli
|-
| extra3        = Dibyendu Mukherjee<br />Satabdi Chakraborty
|3
| title4        = Mahi Ve
| "Challenge Nibi Na Sala"
| length4      = 4:38
| Jeet Gannguli
| lyrics4      = Gautam Sushmit
| Abhimanyu Mukherjee
| music4        = Jeet Gannguli
|
| extra4        = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|-
| title5        = Janina
|4
| length5      = 5:15
|"Dekhechi Tomake Srabone"
| lyrics5      = [[Nachiketa Chakraborty]]
|[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[June Banerjee]]
| music5        = Jeet Gannguli
| Priyo Chattopadhyay
| extra5        = Nachiketa Chakraborty
|2:25
| title6        = Dekhechi Tomake
|-
| length6      = 3:53
|5
| lyrics6      = Priyo Chattopadhyay
|"Janina"
| music6        = Jeet Gannguli
|[[Nachiketa Chakraborty]]
| extra6        = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]<br />[[June Banerjee]]
| Nachiketa Chakraborty
}}
|
 
|-
== Spin-off Sequel ==
|6
''[[Challenge 2]]'' (2012) with no similarities to the previous one. Raj Chakraborty did a cameo appearance in the film.
|"Mahi Ve"
|[[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|Gautam Sushmit
|3:12
|}


== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/challenge_2009|}}
* {{IMDb title|1399178}}
* {{IMDb title|1399178}}


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{{Raj Chakraborty}}
{{Shree Venkatesh Films}}


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Latest revision as of 04:07, 27 March 2026


Challenge
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byRaj Chakraborty
Produced byShrikant Mohta
Written byRaj Chakraborty
Screenplay byRaj Chakraborty
N. K. Salil
Dialogues byN. K. Salil
Starring
Narrated bySabyasachi Chakraborty
Music byJeet Gannguli
CinematographySomak Mukherjee
Edited byRavi Ranjan Maitra
Mainak Bhaumik
Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty[1] and produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. A remake of the 2003 Telugu film, Dil, the film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles, while Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar, Tulika Basu and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play other pivotal roles.[2][3][4] The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and cinematography was by Somak Mukherjee. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Raj Chakraborty and N. K. Salil.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Abir joins college and comes across Pooja, the daughter of a ruthless businessman. Her father is strict and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone, directly or indirectly, disturbs or approaches Pooja. Abir is bullied by a bunch of students and he pays them back in return by beating them all up. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them apologize when they misbehave with him before his fight with the students. Pooja is highly impressed on seeing this and she falls in love with him. He reciprocates and the two start dating. Pooja's father finds out about their relationship and opposes it. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite after a series of problems. It is revealed in the flashback that one of the classmates of Abir had spoken to Pooja which was seen by Kartik da, one of her father's henchmen. As a punishment, Kartik da had destroyed both of his eyes citing that even looking at Agnideb Sen's daughter is a crime. When Abir comes to know about this, he captures Kartik da in disguise and forcefully makes him donate his eyes to the classmate. Agnideb is furious at this and orders his henchmen to destroy Abir's house and threaten his parents of consequences if he is seen with Pooja again. Abir's father, who was always displeased with his son's casual nature, now supports him and tells that if he truly loves Pooja, he should go for her and don't worry about consequences. Agnideb leaves Pooja at his father-in-law's place but refuses to go himself as it is revealed he eloped and married Pooja's mom causing her father to pledge that he'd kill Agnideb if he sees him again. Abir manages to reach the place and convince Pooja's grandfather regarding the matter. Agnideb tries to cut off the marriage however, he is caught in many hilarious situations. When he reaches home, he finds that the marriage is on however, Abir approaches and tells him that he is his future father-in-law and that without his blessings, the marriage will not commence. Finally it is revealed that the mastermind behind Abir was Kartik da who used to pretend as if he is blind and take information from Agnideb about Pooja's whereabouts and report it to Abir. Kartik da tells that he got his eyes back from the same classmate's father who had died and Abir himself arranged for the eyes to be donated to him. This made Kartik da realise the importance of eyes and feels sorry for what he had done earlier. He teams up with Abir and tells him that he'd do anything to pay for the sins he committed. Agnideb finally realises his mistake and happily accepts Abir as his son-in-law and is seen playing with his grandson after the credits roll.

Cast[edit | edit source]

  • Dev as Abir Ganguly
  • Subhashree Ganguly as Pooja Sen
  • Rajatava Dutta as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's Father, an industrialist and a local don
  • Tulika Basu as Chandra Sen, Pooja's Mother
  • Biswajit Chakraborty as Samir Ganguly, Abir's Father
  • Laboni Sarkar as Purnima Ganguly, Abir's Mother
  • Kharaj Mukherjee as Gouranga 'Gour' Chatterjee, the Principal of the college
  • Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Gopal, Abir's friend
  • Supriyo Dutta as Kartik Da, Agnideb's henchman
  • Prasun Gain as Poncha, Kartik's assistant
  • Pradip Dhar as Bhoja, Kartik's assistant
  • Abhimanyu Mukherjee as Ranjan, Abir and Pooja's classmate
  • Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
  • Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari, the Postman of the college and Gour's friend

Special appearance

Production[edit | edit source]

Pre-production[edit | edit source]

After the success of Chirodini ...Tumi Je Amar (2008), Raj Chakraborty became a leading director in the industry. During the end of 2008, Sangeet Bangla reported that his next project was going to be a mass-class combo film with a strong social message, which was being written by N.K Salil. After the completion of the script, in January 2009, the film's title was revealed to be Challenge with the music composed by Jeet Gannguli.

Casting[edit | edit source]

Since the initial position, Chakraborty's choice was Dev to play the protagonist in the film as he worked with him for the song Pante Taali in Chirodini ... Tumi Je Amar before. Subhashree Ganguly, who acted opposite Soham Chakraborty in the film Bajimaat (2008) before, was signed to play the lead opposite Dev. For an important role, Rajatava Dutta was signed and for the other supporting roles, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Debranjan Nag, Biswajit Chakraborty and others were reported to be in.

Shooting[edit | edit source]

The filming took place in Kolkata and the outskirts of Purulia. The song Bhojo Gourango was shot in a hotel of Mumbai featuring Dev and the choreographer Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa. In Dubai, the song Mahi Ve was shot marking the first Bengali film to be filmed there.[5] The interval and climax action scene was shot in Purulia.

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Challenge
Soundtrack album by
Jeet Gannguli
Released2009
Recorded2008
StudioShree Venkatesh Films
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageBengali
LabelSVF
ProducerShree Venkatesh Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Jackpot
(2009) 		Challenge
(2009) 		Paran Jai Jaliya Re
(2009)
Singles from Challenge
  1. "Mahi Ve"
    Released: 5 Mar 2016
  2. "Bondhura Elomelo"
    Released: 19 Mar 2016
  3. "Dekhechi Tomake"
    Released: 22 Mar 2016
  4. "Bhojo Gourango"
    Released: 27 Feb 2016

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. The lyrics were penned by Nachiketa Chakraborty, Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimanyu Mukherjee and Gautam Sushmit.[6]

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Spin-off Sequel[edit | edit source]

Challenge 2 (2012) with no similarities to the previous one. Raj Chakraborty did a cameo appearance in the film.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "ChallengeUA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Challenge (2009)". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Subhashree – Exclusive Interview". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Nag, Kushali (21 October 2008). "Time for action". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Hitting a jackpot". The Times of India. 11 December 2008. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025. Dev will soon be flying to Dubai to shoot for three songs in Raj Chakraborty's Challenge.
  6. ↑ "Singing their own tunes". The Times of India. 11 January 2012. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

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