Challenge (2009 film)

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Challenge
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Directed by Raj Chakraborty
Written byRaj Chakraborty
Screenplay byRaj Chakraborty
N. K. Salil
Dialogues byN. K. Salil
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Starring
Narrated by Sabyasachi Chakraborty
CinematographySomak Mukherjee
Edited by Ravi Ranjan Maitra
Mainak Bhaumik
Music by Jeet Gannguli
Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Challenge: Nibi na Saala or simply Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. [1] Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles, while Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar, Tulika Basu and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play another pivotal roles. [2] [3] [4] The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and cinematography was by Somak Mukherjee. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Raj Chakraborty and N. K. Salil.

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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. [5]

Cast

Special appearance

Production

Pre-production

After the success of Chirodini ...Tumi Je Amar (2008), Raj Chakraborty became a leading director in the industry. During the end of 2008, Sangeet Bangla reported that his next project was going to be a mass-class combo film with a strong social message, which was being written by N.K Salil. After the completion of the script, in January 2009, the film's title was revealed to be Challenge with the music composed by Jeet Gannguli.

Casting

Since the initial position, Chakraborty's choice was Dev to play the protagonist in the film as he worked with him for the song Pante Taali in Chirodini ... Tumi Je Amar before. Subhashree Ganguly, who acted opposite Soham Chakraborty in the film Bajimaat (2008) before, was signed to play the lead opposite Dev. For an important role, Rajatava Dutta was signed and for the other supporting roles, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Debranjan Nag, Biswajit Chakraborty and others were reported to be in.

Shooting

The filming took place in Kolkata and the outskirts of Purulia. The song Bhojo Gourango was shot in a hotel of Mumbai featuring Dev and the choreographer Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa. In Dubai, the song Mahi Ve was shot marking the first Bengali film to be filmed there.The interval and climax action scene was shot in Purulia.

Soundtrack

Challenge
Soundtrack album by
Released2009
Recorded2008
Studio Shree Venkatesh Films
Genre Film soundtrack
LanguageBengali
Label SVF
Producer Shree Venkatesh Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Jackpot
(2009)
Challenge
(2009)
Paran Jai Jaliya Re
(2009)
Singles from Challenge
  1. "Mahi Ve"
    Released: 5 Mar 2016
  2. "Bondhura Elomelo"
    Released: 19 Mar 2016
  3. "Dekhechi Tomake"
    Released: 22 Mar 2016
  4. "Bhojo Gourango"
    Released: 27 Feb 2016

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. The lyrics were penned by Nachiketa Chakraborty, Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimanyu Mukherjee and Gautam Sushmit.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Challenge Nibi Na Sala"Abhimanyu MukherjeeJeet GannguliJeet Gannguli2:33
2."Bhojo Gourango"Priyo ChattopadhyayJeet GannguliJeet Gannguli3:26
3."Bondhura Elomelo"Dipangshu AcharyaaJeet GannguliDibyendu Mukherjee
Satabdi Chakraborty
4:38
4."Mahi Ve"Gautam SushmitJeet Gannguli Kunal Ganjawala 4:38
5."Janina" Nachiketa Chakraborty Jeet GannguliNachiketa Chakraborty5:15
6."Dekhechi Tomake"Priyo ChattopadhyayJeet Gannguli Shaan
June Banerjee
3:53
Total length:24:23

Spin-off Sequel

Challenge 2 (2012) with no similarities to the previous one. Raj Chakraborty did a cameo appearance in the film.

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