Challenge 2

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Challenge 2
Challenge 2 poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Raja Chanda
Written by NK Salil
Based on Dookudu
Produced bySrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films
Starring Dev
Pooja Bose
Tapas Paul
Ashish Vidyarthi
Kharaj Mukherjee
CinematographyShailesh av Awasthhi
Edited bySaikat Sengupta, Rabi Ranjan Maitra, Jahidul Islam Shuvo
Music by Jeet Gannguli
Savvy
Production
company
Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
Running time
161:38 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose in lead roles. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge , but contains a very different storyline. Major parts of the movie were shot in Malaysia and Dubai. It is a remake of the 2011 Telugu film Dookudu , [1] directed by Srinu Vaitla and starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.

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Plot

Debraj Roy is an independent MLA of the constituency of Debnagar, which is named after him, in West Bengal, and is regarded as a champion for the poor and one who have idealistic values. When a truck collides with the car his brother Angshuman Roy and he are in, Debraj goes into a coma. Except for his family, everyone else presumes that he is killed in the accident. Years later, his son Abhiraj "Abhi" Roy is a police officer in Mumbai who fights against the mafia and is on a mission to apprehend a mafia don Guru Nayak who is involved in illegal drug trade, extortion and arms trafficking.

When he heads to Kuala Lumpur in an undercover operation, he meets Pooja, the daughter of Abhi's senior police officer, Madhusudan Bakshi and soon falls in love with her. She initially rejects his advances which makes him give up. However, he is successful in the undercover operation and arrests Nayak's brother Bunty. After returning to India, he again meets Pooja and, to his surprise, she reciprocates his feelings. In an attempt to arrest Nayak, Bunty and the police commissioner is killed and Debraj's loyal follower Shivu reveals to Abhi that Nayak, along with Debraj's rival, Apurba Ghosh, and Debraj's other followers including Jagganath and Krishnakanto Mitro were behind Debraj's accident, which makes Abhi plot to kill them all.

When Debraj comes out of the coma, the doctors who treated him advise his family that his life is at risk if he encounters or hears anything upsetting, disturbing or shocking. Abhi hides the events surrounding the accident and shifts his family to his previously abandoned mansion which is now being used for film-making. Abhi creates a dummy political set-up at this mansion. In the guise of a reality television program, Abhi tricks an aspiring but unsuccessful film actor Swarnakamal by making him believe that the television show is being sponsored by actor Mithun Chakraborty's television show, and that Mithun Chakraborty wants to offer Swarnakamal very high remuneration for his realistic performance in the show. On the other hand, an aspiring actor Premjit and Apurba Ghosh are tricked by Abhi with a real estate business deal to exploit his criminal nexus.

Abhi keeps this drama under wraps from Debraj by making him believe that Abhi is also an MLA revered by people fulfilling his father's wishes. He marries Pooja after gaining her family's consent much to Debraj's delight. Meanwhile, Abhi manages to kill Jogonnath and Apurba without the knowledge of anybody while Debraj believes that they died due to ailments. Nayak reaches Kolkata to kill Abhi and Abhi's drama is exposed before everybody except Debraj. Abhi killed Guru Nayak's gang members and others in an encounter while Nayak is later killed in a Ramlila event. Debraj too learns of Abhi's drama and is happy for the affection his son showed on him.

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Release

The film released on 19 October 2012 (Durga panchami) just before the Durga Pujo weekend in 270 theatres across India including West Bengal, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh [ citation needed ] [2] [3] and is being screened in both single screen and multiplexes. According to Producer Mr. Mahendra Soni – this is the first time a non-double-version Bengali flick has been released in 270 theatres across the country and continues its run in the non-niche segment of core viewers outside Bengal. [4]

Critical reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Over all, during this Devipokkho this film is a good option to fill-up the spare time you’ll get in between pandal-hopping". [5]

Soundtrack

  1. ↑ "Bengali Films are remaking from South films". filmz24.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "News 100 – 29th Oct 2012". YouTube. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Challenge 2: Bengali film released in 270 screens, sets a new record". CNN-IBN. 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Challenge 2 released in 270 screens, sets record". The Times of India . 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Challenge 2 Movie Review". The Times of India.
Challenge 2
Soundtrack album
ReleasedOctober 2012 (2012-10)
Recorded2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Bengali
Label SVF
Producer Shree Venkatesh Films
Singles from Challenge 2
  1. "Challenge Nibi Na Sala"
    Released: 20 Sep 2012
  2. "Police Chorer Preme Poreche"
    Released: 27 Sep 2012
  3. "Pyaar Ka Bukhar"
    Released: 3 Oct 2012
  4. "Elo Je Maa"
    Released: 11 Oct 2012
Films directed by Raja Chanda
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