Challenge (2009 film)
Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali romantic comedy directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly..The film was a major hit in the history of Bengali Cinema.[2][3][4] For few scenes and music-videos, shooting was done in Dubai. The movie is a remake of Telugu hit Dil.
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Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
Produced by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
Screenplay by | N.K. Salil |
Starring | Dev Subhashree Ganguly |
Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
Cinematography | Soumik Haldar[1] |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Plot
Abir (Dev) joins a college where Pooja (Subhashree Ganguly), daughter of a ruthless businessman, is studying. Her father is very obsessive and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone directly or indirectly disturbs Pooja. Abir is ragged by a bunch of students, in return he smashes all of them. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them say sorry to him when they misbehave with him before his fight to the students. This is seen by Pooja and she gets impressed of him. She falls in love with him, which in turn he reciprocates. This is found by Pooja's father. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite, after a series of events.
The films ends with a happy note.
Cast
- Dev as Abir
- Subhashree Ganguly as Pooja
- Rajatabha Dutta as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's dad, an industrialist and a local don
- Tulika Basu as Pooja's Mom
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Aabir's Dad
- Laboni Sarkar as Aabir's Mom
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Principal
- Parthosarathi Chakraborty as Gopal
- Supriyo Dutta as Karthik Da
- Prasun Gain as Poncha
- Pradip Dhar as Karthik's assistant
- Abhimanyu Mukherjee as Ranjan
- Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
- Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari
Spin off
Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose in lead roles. The film is not a sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge
Soundtrack
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Released | 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Producer | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
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Jeet Gannguli composed the music and lyrics were written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimanyu Mukherjee, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Gautam Sushmit for Challenge.
Track No. | Track | Singer | Lyrics | Length |
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1 | "Bhojo Gourango" | Jeet Gannguli | Priyo Chattopadhyay | 3:45 |
2 | "Bondhura Elomelo" | Dibyendu Mukherjee, Satabdi Chakraborty | Dipangshu Acharyaa | 4:43 |
3 | "Challenge Nibi Na Sala" | Jeet Gannguli | Abhimanyu Mukherjee | |
4 | "Dekhechi Tomake Srabone" | Shaan, June Banerjee | Priyo Chattopadhyay | 2:25 |
5 | "Janina" | Nachiketa Chakraborty | Nachiketa Chakraborty | |
6 | "Mahi Ve" | Kunal Ganjawala | Gautam Sushmit | 3:12 |
References
- "Spotlight". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- "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. Retrieved 6 March 2009.