Jole Jongole
Jole Jongole is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language science fiction thriller film directed by Nitish Roy, who was the production designer [1] for the Hollywood horror film Crocodile 2: Death Swamp.
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Bengali | জলে জঙ্গলে |
Directed by | Nitish Roy |
Produced by | Surajit Das Kallol Das Ranjan Bhattacharjee (Executive Producer) |
Written by | Nitish Roy Debaditya Dutta |
Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Jackie Shroff Ashish Vidyarthi Tinnu Anand |
Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
Cinematography | Badal Sarkar |
Edited by | Rabiranjan Maitra |
Production company | Princes Art Production |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
The film stars Mithun Chakraborty as a 'mad' scientist who wants to bring back prehistoric creatures, perished millions of years ago from the earth as he is trying to expand the brain of crocodiles. Jackie Shroff stars as the antagonist who wants to take control of dangerous crocodiles for his own park.
A few scenes of the film were shot in Prayag Film City in West Midnapore, and shooting was completed by early 2012,[2][3][4] but got stuck in development hell and was finally released on 6 January 2018.
Plot
The film is based on the experiment done by a mad scientist (Mithun) who comes up with a lovable crocodile. Like the dolphins, this crocodile was implanted with intelligence. At this point, an NRI (Jackie) eyes this project as he wants to build his own Jurassic Park and wants to get control on this crocodile.
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Jackie Shroff
- Ashish Vidyarthi
- Tinnu Anand [5]
- Dibyendu Bhattacharya
- Dijana Dejanovic
- Biswajit Chakraborty
- Mumtaz Sorcar
- Titas Bhowmick
- Pamela Singh Bhutoria [6]
- Sayantani Guhathakurta
- Riju Biswas
- Sayak
- Rajdeep Gupta
- Anindya Chatterjee
- Dhruba Lal
- Mumaith Khan as item number ""
Soundtrack
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Released | 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
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All lyrics are written by Priyo Chatterjee; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Premer Infection (Dil ki Kite)" | Aditi Singh Sharma, Neeraj Shridhar | 4:09 |
2. | "College Er Canteen E Party Jomabo" | Jeet Gannguli | 3:16 |
3. | "Banzara Yeh Dil" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Rana Mazumdar | 4:14 |
4. | "Ei Mon" | Monali Thakur, Shaan | 3:53 |
Remake
The film will be remade in Hindi as Gehra Paani with a higher budget than the Bengali version. For the Hindi version, the cast and location will remain same except Mithun Chakraborty, who will be replaced by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Both the versions are being made at a budget of ₹25 crore (US$3.5 million) and would be shot in the Sunderban.[7][8][9]
References
- "Tolly's tryst with a croc". The Times of India. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- "No small wonder". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 5 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "Fun unlimited at 'Jole Jongole' sets". The Times of India. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/film-city-in-west-bengal-to-be-ready-this-year/
- "Hello, Rakhi". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "After Kahaani". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 21 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu to star in remake of ' Jole Jongole'". The Hindu. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha to star in Hindi remake of Bengali film". Indian Express. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- http://www.sify.com/news/mithun-to-play-scientist-in-jole-jongole-news-entertainment-mdks5acgedjsi.html