Shotru
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| Shotru | |
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 Theatrical Poster of Shotru | |
| Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Written by | Padmanabha Dasgupta Abhimanyu Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Ashok Dhanuka |
| Starring | Jeet Nusrat Jahan Supriyo Dutta Biswajit Chakraborty Dipankar De Biplab Chatterjee Saayoni Ghosh |
| Cinematography | P. Selvakumar |
| Edited by | Rabi Ranjan Maitra |
| Music by | Indraadip Dasgupta |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Eskay Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Shotru (English: Enemy) is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies, it stars Jeet, Supriyo Dutta, and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Dipankar De, Biswajit Chakraborty, Saayoni Ghosh, Raja Dutta, Biplab Chatterjee, Rabi Ranjan Moitra and Padmanabha Dasgupta in supporting roles. It marks the cinematic debut of model Nusrat Jahan. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta, with screenplay and dialogues written by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. The action sequences were designed by fight master Rocky Rajesh, making his debut in Bengali cinema and dance was choreographed by Duraiswamy Shankaraiyya and Baba Yadav. It revolves around Dibakar Singha, the OC of Hridaypur Police Station, getting transferred to Howrah, where he looks into the gangraping and kidnapping cases done by the real estate agent Arjun Sarkar. It was partially inspired from the Barasat rape case.
Clashing with Dev and Koel Mallick starrer Paglu (2011), it was an all time blockbuster at the box office, with a successful run consisting of 120 days in theatres. It received a number of positive reviews. Critics appreciated the social messages and portrayals with Jeet and Supriyo Dutta's perfoemance and stylized action sequences which plays very pivotal role in this film.
Shotru marks the 2nd collaboration between Superstar Jeet and Raj Chakraborty. The signature dialogue of Jeet in the film, "Ami kono ishwar noi je chhere debo aar rakshas noi je mere debo, ami holam police, saala chhara aar marar majhkhane lotke rekhe debo" (Neither I am the god that you will be forgiven nor a monster that you will be killed, I am a police, will hang you scoundrel between forgiving and killing), became memorable among the masses. It was later dubbed into Hindi as "Ek Policewale Ki Taaqat".[1]
Synopsis[edit]
Dibakar Singha (Jeet) is a police sub-inspector from Hridaypur, working in the city of Howrah. Arjun Sarkar (Supriyo Dutta) uses a job as a real estate agent to cover for crimes, including kidnapping and extortion, getting police. Dibakar learns of his crimes and decides to try and kill him.
Dibakar falls in love with Puja (Nusrat Jahan), a woman who is visiting her grandfather on vacation. She convinces Dibakar to fight the corruption in the police department and Arjun.
Dibakar is promoted to the head of an anti-kidnapping squad by the Home Minister. He conducts raids on Arjun's hideout and imprisons Arjun's brother Karna, who is innocent. To free his brother, Arjun plans to kidnap Puja's younger sister, Diya (Saayoni Ghosh), but Dibakar foils the attempt by catching two of the kidnappers. One of the kidnappers confesses that they were hired by Arjun, providing Dibakar with the necessary evidence to prove Arjun's involvement in 62 kidnappings. Dibakar announces that two kidnappers were apprehended and the money was recovered and will be used as a government asset unless someone lays claim to it.
Almost exposed for his involvement, Arjun plans to lure Dibakar to his hideout to kill him. Dibakar, however, learns of Arjun's plan to have him killed and decides to go meet Arjun in disguise. There he kills Ratan, a close friend of Arjun. Then, Dibakar tells Arjun that Ratan has agreed to be a state witness against him. To prevent this from happening, Arjun sends someone to kill Ratan in the hospital. When Karna, the assassin, arrives at the hospital, he is killed by Dibakar while on the phone with Arjun. Angered by this, tries to kill Puja, who escapes with a bullet in her arm.
Dibakar exposes his superior, the DSP (Biplab Chatterjee), as Arjun's mole in the police department. Having been exposed, the DSP is then forced into aiding Dibakar in exposing Arjun.
Arjun kidnaps the daughter of the Assam Home Minister and takes her to Jharkhand. Dibakar pursues him and kills Arjun.
At a ceremony to honour Dibakar for his actions, Dibakar announces that he will return to his village and that he has finished what he set out to do in the city. Puja is shown accompanying him on this journey.
Cast[edit]
- Jeet as Sub-Inspector Dibakar Singha, police sub-inspector from Hridaypur, a small fictional town in the Birbhum district of Bengal
- Nusrat Jahan as Puja
- Supriyo Dutta as Arjun Sarkar, real estate agent and kidnapping head who seems to rule in Howrah supported by politicians
- Saayoni Ghosh as Puja's sister
- Dipankar De as Sudhakar Singha
- Raja Dutta as Karna Sarkar, Arjun's younger brother
- Biplab Chatterjee as DSP
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Bhajan Babu
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Mahendra Chowdhury, Puja's father
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay as Puja's grandfather
- Pradip Mukherjee as a businessman
- Raj Chakraborty in a cameo appearance
Soundtrack[edit]
| Shatru | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 30 September 2011 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Language | Bengali |
| Label | Eskay Movies |
| Producer | Ashok Dhanuka |
The music of the film is composed by Indraadip Dasgupta, with lyrics by Srijato
Television Premiere[edit]
The film premiered on Zee Bangla on 25 March 2012 at 7:00 pm I.S.T.
References[edit]
- ^ "Ek Policewale Ki Taaqat". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
