Challenge (2009 film)
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| Challenge | |
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| Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Written by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Screenplay by | Raj Chakraborty N. K. Salil |
| Dialogues by | N. K. Salil |
| Produced by | Shrikant Mohta |
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| Narrated by | Sabyasachi Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Somak Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Ravi Ranjan Maitra Mainak Bhaumik |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Challenge: Nibi na Saala or simply Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty.[1] Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, 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]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.[5]
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]Pre-production
[edit]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]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]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.The interval and climax action scene was shot in Purulia.
Soundtrack
[edit]| Challenge | ||||
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| Released | 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Bengali | |||
| Label | SVF | |||
| Producer | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Jeet Gannguli chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Challenge | ||||
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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.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Challenge Nibi Na Sala" | Abhimanyu Mukherjee | Jeet Gannguli | Jeet Gannguli | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Bhojo Gourango" | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Jeet Gannguli | Jeet Gannguli | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Bondhura Elomelo" | Dipangshu Acharyaa | Jeet Gannguli | Dibyendu Mukherjee Satabdi Chakraborty | 4:38 |
| 4. | "Mahi Ve" | Gautam Sushmit | Jeet Gannguli | Kunal Ganjawala | 4:38 |
| 5. | "Janina" | Nachiketa Chakraborty | Jeet Gannguli | Nachiketa Chakraborty | 5:15 |
| 6. | "Dekhechi Tomake" | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Jeet Gannguli | Shaan June Banerjee | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 24:23 | ||||
Spin-off Sequel
[edit]Challenge 2 (2012) with no similarities to the previous one. Raj Chakraborty did a cameo appearance in the film.
References
[edit]- ^ "ChallengeUA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Challenge (2009)". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "Subhashree – Exclusive Interview". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ Nag, Kushali (21 October 2008). "Time for action". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "Challenge (2009) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.