Challenge (2009 film)
Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali action romance film directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly.[2][3][4] For few scenes and music-videos, shooting was done in Dubai. The film is based on two Telugu movies Dil (2003) and Bunny (2005).
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| Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Written by | N. K. Salil (Adapted story and screenplay) V. V. Vinayak (Original story) |
| Produced by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Starring | Dev Subhashree Ganguly |
| Cinematography | Soumik Haldar[1] |
| Edited by | Rabiranjan Maitra |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
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.
The films ends on 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
Sequel
Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Bengali | |||
| Label | SVF | |||
| 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" | Shaan, June Banerjee | Priyo Chattopadhyay | 2:25 |
| 5 | "Janina" | Nachiketa Chakraborty | Nachiketa Chakraborty | 5:18 |
| 6 | "Mahi Ve" | Kunal Ganjawala | Gautam Sushmit | 3:12 |
References
- "Spotlight". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. 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. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.