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Directed by | Dinesh P. Bhonsle |
Written by | R. Mihir Vardhan |
Produced by | A. Durga Prasad |
Starring | Priyanshu Chatterjee Hemant Gopal Rituparna Sengupta Raghubir Yadav Harsh Chhaya P. Subbaraju Aziz Naser Binny Sharma Aakash Sharma Anjan Srivastav Minaxi Martins Vinod Anand |
Cinematography | Mahesh Aney |
Edited by | Virendra Hari Gharse |
Music by | Arjuna Harjai |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Calapor is a 2013 Bollywood thriller film produced by A. Durga Prasad and by directed by Dinesh P. Bhonsle. The film is a taut thriller, set in the backdrop of a jail. It is a modern story of reformation. The film provokes thoughts about the nature of human being while infusing hope that there is good in every human being. [1] The film is slated for 2 August 2013 release. [2] The Song "Bindaas" was choreographed by Jeet Singh.
When a reluctant Jyotsna, an artiste with her assistant Ragini arrive in Calapor Central Jail to conduct an art program for prison inmates, initiated by a very sincere and committed reformist Jail Superintendent, Karunakar, the agonizing past of a criminal husband who cheated her and a delinquent son who ran away, returns to torment her. With adversity comes an opportunity; a second chance that Jyotsna as a mother cannot afford to lose or fail to succeed.
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