Boss 2: Back to Rule

Boss 2: Back to Rule is a 2017 India-Bangladesh joint production Bengali action crime thriller film directed by Baba Yadav. It is a sequel to his 2013 film, Boss: Born to Rule and the second installment of the Boss film series. The film features Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly and Bangladeshi actress Nusraat Faria in the leading roles. Jeet Gannguli composed the music for the film. The film was released in West Bengal on 23 June and in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017 and in rest of India on 30 June 2017.

Boss 2: Back to Rule
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
Written byAnshuman & Prameet
Screenplay byAnshuman & Prameet
Story byJeet
Starring
Narrated bySabyasachi Chakraborty
Music byJeet Gannguli
CinematographyP. Shelvakumar
Edited byMd. Kalam
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23) (West Bengal)
  • 26 June 2017 (2017-06-26) (Bangladesh)
Country
LanguageBengali
Budget8.50 crore[1]
Box office12 crore

Plot

Surya (Jeet), a public figure who is now hated by the people of India due to an apparent missing of their money kept in Business bank, a bank built by Surya for his people. Gopinath, Surya's loved minister was killed by an unknown person due to various enmities. Surya was forced to leave India due to repeated threats by the people and the police. He dressed as a Rock musician and sneaked into Dhaka, Bangladesh, to look for Prince Shahnawaz Hussain (Amit Hasan), who had earlier promised to donate a huge sum for his company, Surya Industries. But later he came to know that he betrayed him and went off to Bangkok, Thailand. In Dhaka, Aisha (Nusraat Faria) who was actually Shahnawaz's daughter helped Surya to overcome various problems and come to Bangkok. In Bangkok, during an action scene on the top of Shahnawaz's building, we come to know that actually Bidyut Shivalkar (Indraneil Sengupta), Gopinath's son, who Surya had believed to be his friend due to his enormous contributions to his industry, was the one who tricked Surya by stealing all the money in the bank with a hope to become a wealthy man. He is also the man who killed his father by gunfire due to greed of property. The people who helped him were Prince Shahnawaz Hussain and Jagadish Kumar (Kaushik Sen), another politician friend of Gopinath, with the same intention. Surya escaped them by jumping down the building using a rope. He is soon able to kill Shahnawaz with the help of Aisha, who hates her father for killing many people including her mother. He also is able to poison Avinash to death while asleep, in spite of the huge security. But then the plot turns around when Bidyut captures Aisha and Rusha (Subhashree Ganguly), Surya's lover. But finally, in an action scene, he is able to save both of them and gets hold of Bidyut. He also thus is able to win back the lost money. Bidyut is sent to jail and a victorious Surya is once again able to bring happiness to his people and criticizes them for losing their trust on him. Nevertheless, the film ends on a happy note with Surya being able to win back the trust of the people.

Cast

Production

Boss 2: Back To Rule is an Indo-Bangla joint production involving Jeet's new production company Jeetz Filmworks, Walzen Media Works and Jaaz Multimedia.[7][4] It is a sequel to the film Boss: Born to Rule.[3] Principal photography was underway in Kolkata in February 2017.[2]

Controversy

After being uploaded on to Jaaz Multimedia's YouTube channel, the song "Allah Meherbaan" ("By the Grace of Allah") stirred up controversy due to its title being perceived as an Islamic song.[8] Nusrat was criticised for appearing in revealing costumes in the music video.[8] After viewing the video, advocate Md Azizul Bashar, for a publicity stunt, claimed he was 'embarrassed' after allegedly mistaking the song to be a religious song. A legal notice, on behalf of Bashar, was sent by Supreme Court lawyer Md Hujjatul Islam Khan to Jaaz Multimedia for 'hurting the religious sentiments of everyone' by releasing a 'disgraceful' song before the month of Ramadan.[9] The notice gave three days to remove the song from YouTube and other social media networks. After the notice was sent, Jaaz Multimedia removed the music video from their YouTube channel.[10]

Another controversy came from Bangladesh towards the film, this time regarding the joint production between Bangladesh and India. According to the joint production rules of Bangladesh, the film must share half of actors from either country. The preliminary preview committee of the censor board raised the allegation after reviewing the film. After reviewing the film, chief of the committee and managing director of the BFDC (Bangladesh Film Development Organization) Tapan Kumar Ghosh told this."Most of the artistes in film are from India. It seems to me that in the case of actors, the principles of a joint production have not been followed," Tapan Kumar Ghosh said.[11] After a few weeks of protests, the Censor Board gave clearance to the films to release, in time to release on the holiday of Eid.[12][13]

Soundtrack

"Allah Meherbaan" was released as the first single from the soundtrack, released on 2 June.[14] The full soundtrack was released on 9 June 2017.[15]

Boss 2: Back to Rule
Soundtrack album by
Released9 June 2017
Recorded2017
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length12:21
LabelJaaz Music
Grassroot Entertainment
ProducerJeet
Abdul Aziz
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Love Express
(2016)
Boss 2: Back to Rule
(2017)
Chaamp
(2017)
Singles from Boss 2: Back to Rule (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  1. "Allah Meherbaan (Yaara Meherbaan)"
    Released: 2 June 2017 (13 Jun 2017)
  2. "Ureche Mon"
    Released: 3 Jun 2017
  3. "Boss2 Title Track"
    Released: 10 Jun 2017

All lyrics are written by Priyo Chattopadhyay & Pranjal; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli.

Track list:
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Boss 2 (Title Track)"Priyo ChattopadhyayAmit Mishra4:17
2."Ureche Mon"PranjalArijit Singh4:41
3."Yaara Meherbaan"PranjalNakash Aziz & Jonita Gandhi3:23
Total length:12:21

Yaara Meherbaan

After the backlash in Bangladesh to the release of the song "Allah Meherbaan", Jaaz Multimedia received a legal notice and removed the music video from their YouTube channel.[16] On 13 June, Jaaz Multimedia released an updated version of the song with rewritten lyrics onto their YouTube channel.[17] The new version of the song on YouTube is titled "Yaara Meherbaan". Grassroot Entertainment also removed the original song from their YouTube channel and replaced it with "Yaara Meherbaan". However, the single and soundtrack released on different platforms such as iTunes, Spotify and Saavn all retain the original "Allah Meherbaan" song.

References

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  2. "Amit Hasan-Jeet works together". The New Nation. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "Jeet and Subhashree pair up for Boss sequel". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. "Nusrat Faria & Jeet to star together again". The Daily Ittefaq. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. "My character in Boss 2 will be a trendsetter". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. "Indraneil Sengupta in Boss 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. "First Look Boss 2". Jeet Verified Facebook Page. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  8. "Lawyer serves legal notice on producer after mistaking 'Allah Meherbaan' for an Islamic song". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. "Legal notice served to remove 'Allah Meherban' from Youtube". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  10. "Music video 'Allah Meherban' removed from Youtube". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. "'Boss 2' hit by another controversy". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. ""NABAB" AND "BOSS 2" get censor clearance". The Daily Star. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  13. "'Nabab', 'Boss-2' to be released this Eid". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  14. Gannguli, Jeet. "Boss 2: Allah Meherbaan". iTunes. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  15. "Boss 2: Back to Rule (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single by Various Artists on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  16. "Allah Maherbaan banned in Bangladesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. "'Allah Meherbaan' changing to 'Yaara Meherbaan'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
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