Arundhati (2014 film)

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Arundhati
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Directed by Sujit Mondal
Screenplay by N. K. Salil
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Nispal Singh
Starring Koel Mallick
Indraneil Sengupta
Swagata Mukherjee
Debshankar Haldar
Bharat Kaul
CinematographyKumud Verma
Edited byRaviranjan Maitra
Music by Jeet Gannguli
Koti
Production
companies
Distributed by Shree Venkatesh Films
Surinder Films
Release date
  • 30 May 2014 (2014-05-30)
Running time
137 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali

Arundhati is a 2014 Indian Bengali-language horror thriller film directed by Sujit Mondal and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The film stars Koel Mallick as a warrior queen. It is the remake of the 2009 Telugu movie of the same name .

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Development

The film is jointly produced by Rajib Tandoon, under the banner of their production houses. It is the remake of the 2009 Telugu film Arundhati , starring actors Anushka Shetty and Sonu Sood. [1] The film was around a budget of 6-7 crores INR. [2]

Cast

Production

Casting

Koel Mallick will be seen as a warrior queen for the first time in this film. Regarding her role, she said, "Till the time you don’t experiment or take risks, you don’t know to what level you can go. Playing these larger-than-life characters isn't easy, specially because I have never done it. I needed to first believe in the subject. I believe in reincarnation and life after death. After saying yes, I had to really work very hard on getting Arundhati's body language right." [3]

Filming

Filming of Arundhati started on 24 October 2013. [2] Mallick was reported to have a very busy schedule during the filming of Arundhati. She had to learn horse-riding and sword-fighting for portraying her character in this film. Her horse-riding classes were taken by expert Vikram Rathore, at the Kolkata Maidan during the early hours of the day. Shooting locations included Bolpur and Kolkata. [2] Her sword-fighting sequences are based on the martial art Kalaripayattu. [3]

Soundtrack

Arundhati
Soundtrack album by
Released30 May 2014
Recorded2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Bengali
Label Surinder Films
Producer Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2
(2014)
Arundhati
(2014)
Game
(2014)
Singles from Arundhati
  1. "He Naropishach"
    Released: 2 Dec 2018
  2. "Barondala Saaja"
    Released: 2 Dec 2018
  3. "Joy Joy Maa"
    Released: 3 Dec 2018

Jeet Gannguli and Koti composed the music for Arundhati.

TrackSongSinger(s)Duration (min:sec)MusicLyricist
1"He Naropishach" Monali Thakur 3:46Jeet Gannguli and KotiChandrani Gannguli
2"Borondala Saaja"Madhuraa Bhattacharya and Chorus4:09Jeet GannguliChandrani Gannguli
3"Joy Joy Ma" Kailash Kher 4:29Jeet Gannguli and KotiChandrani Gannguli

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