Yuddho
Yuddho (or Juddho; English: War) is a 2005 Indian action thriller film directed by Rabi Kinagi and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films.[5] The screenplay of the film was written by N.K. Salil.[1] The story revolves around a police officer who is charged with false accusation of murdering his wife and imprisoned as he has been investigating a rape case that involves the younger brother of a powerful MLA. The officer then manages to evade the prison and have his revenge. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Jeet, Koel Mallick, Kaushik Banerjee, Bharat Kaul and Rajatava Dutta.[6]
| Yuddho | |
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| File:Yuddho.jpg Official poster | |
| Directed by | Rabi Kinagi |
| Produced by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Screenplay by | N.K. Salil[1] |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Debashree Roy Jeet Koel Mallick Kaushik Banerjee Bharat Kaul Rajatava Dutta |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
| Edited by | Rabiranjan Moitra |
Release date | 29 July 2005[2] |
Running time | 166 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹ 1.5 crore[3] |
| Box office | ₹ 3 crore[4] |
The film became the highest grossing Bengali film of the year earning more than ₹ 3 crore at the box office.[4]
PlotEdit
The story revolves around police officer Agnishwar Ray (Mithun Chakraborty), who keeps getting transferred due to his aggressive nature towards criminals. He ends up at Uttarpara police station where young boy Surja Sinha (Jeet) is the local strongman. Ranjit Saha (Bharat Kaul), the younger brother of the local MLA named Joy Chand Saha (Rajatava Dutta), abducts a girl when the girl was returning from a college function, and violently rapes her in his car, leaving her to die. Agnishwar arrests Ranjit. To take revenge, the MLA gets Agnishwar put in prison and his wife Sandhya (Debashree Roy) murdered. There starts Agnishwar's revenge where he slowly kills all the persons responsible for putting him behind bars and killing his wife, ending with the death of the MLA and himself at the hands of Surja, who has by now become a police officer.
CastEdit
- Mithun Chakraborty as DSP Agnishwar Roy
- Jeet as Surja Sinha, Sub-inspector
- Debashree Roy as Sandhya Roy
- Koel Mullick as Barsha Sinha
- Rajatava Dutta as Joy Chand Saha, MLA of Uttarpara
- Kaushik Banerjee as Ghoshal, Agnishwar Roy's junior in the department
- Bharat Kaul as Ranjit Saha, Joy Chanda Saha's younger brother
- Sumit Ganguly as Kaalu, Joy Chand Saha's henchman
- N.K. Salil as constable Haripada
- Ashok Mukherjee
- Sanjib Dasgupta as DSP Pradhan
CrewEdit
- Director: Rabi Kinagi
- Story:Rabi Kinagi
- Screenplay & Dialogues: N.K. Salil
- Editing: Rabiranjan Moitra
- Lyrics: Gautam Susmit, Priyo Chatterjee
- Singers: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Sadhana Sargam, Babul Supriyo, Jojo
- Composer: Jeet Gannguli
MusicEdit
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Jeet Gannguli chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Yuddho | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gautam Susmit, Priyo Chattopadhyay; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kichu Asha Khoje Bhasa" | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Baisakhete Prothom Dekha" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:19 | |
| 3. | "Tomar O Chokhete" | Babul Supriyo, Sadhna Sargam | 4:30 | |
| 4. | "Sure Sure" | Babul Supriyo, Jeet Gannguli, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sadhna Sargam | 4:46 | |
| 5. | "Sadher Lau" | Miss. Jojo, Jeet Gannguli | 5:01 |
TriviaEdit
Initially the role of Mrs. Sandhya Roy was offered to Rachna Banerjee and then to Rituparna Sengupta. After both of them refused to play the role, it was offered to Debashree Roy.[7]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "গোখরো তো বাস্তুসাপ, অনেকের বাড়িতেই থাকে, মানুষ পুজো করে: এনকে সলিল". TheWall. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ↑ "JUDDHA". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ↑ "Big clash means big cash". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Flashback 2005". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ↑ "Joddha (tentatively titled)". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ↑ Biswas, Pradip (19 August 2005). "Bengali films lucrative?". screenindia.com. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
- ↑ "এ কোন রচনা!". reader.magzter.com. Anandalok. Retrieved 9 June 2021.