Summary
Yuddho (or Juddho; lit. 'War') is a 2005 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Rabi Kinagi and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films.[5] The screenplay of the film was written by N.K. Salil.[2] It is an unofficial remake of the 2000 Hindi film Kurukshetra. 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 get his revenge. It stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet for the first time together, along with Debashree Roy, Koel Mallick, Kaushik Banerjee, Bharat Kaul, and Rajatava Dutta.[6]
| Yuddho | |
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 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Rabi Kinagi |
| Screenplay by | N.K. Salil[2] |
| Produced by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Rabiranjan Moitra |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
Release date | 29 July 2005[1] |
Running time | 166 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹ 1.5 crore[3] |
| Box office | ₹ 3.5 crore[4] |
The film became the highest-grossing Bengali film of the year earning more than ₹ 3 crore at the box office.[4]
Plot edit
Police officer Agnishwar Ray keeps getting transferred due to his aggressive nature towards criminals. He ends up at Uttarpara police station where young boy Surya Sinha is the local strongman. Ranjit Saha, the younger brother of the local MLA named Joy Chand Saha, 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 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 Surya, who has by now become a police officer.
Cast edit
- Mithun Chakraborty as DSP Agnishwar Roy
- Jeet as Surya Sinha, A local gangster from Keyatola turned Sub-inspector
- Debashree Roy as Sandhya Roy
- Koel Mullick as Barsha Sinha
- Rajatava Dutta as Joy Chand Saha, MLA of Uttarpara
- Kaushik Banerjee as Deepak 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 as DG Uttam Dutta
- Sanjib Dasgupta as DSP Pradhan
Soundtrack edit
| Yuddho | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Bengali | |||
| Label | SVF | |||
| 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 | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kichu Aasha Khonje Bhasha" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Baisakhete Pratham Dekha" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Tomar O Chokhete" | Babul Supriyo, Sadhna Sargam | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Shure Shure" | Babul Supriyo, Jeet Gannguli, Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Sadhna Sargam | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Sadher Lau" | Miss. Jojo, Jeet Gannguli | 5:01 |
Production edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "JUDDHA". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 18 July 2005. Archived from the original on 18 February 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ a b "গোখরো তো বাস্তুসাপ, অনেকের বাড়িতেই থাকে, মানুষ পুজো করে: এন কে সলিল". The Wall. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Big clash means big cash". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 29 August 2005. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Flashback 2005". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Joddha (tentatively titled)". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 8 May 2005. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. 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. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.