Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal

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Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal
Devi Chowdhurani, Bandit Queen Of Bengal Poster.jpg
Directed by Subhrajit Mitra
Screenplay by Subhrajit Mitra
Dialogues by
Story by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Based on Devi Chaudhurani
Produced by
  • Aniruddha Dasgupta
  • Aparna Dasgupta
Starring
CinematographyAnirban Chatterjee
Edited bySujay Dutta Ray
Music by Bickram Ghosh
Production
companies
ADited Motion Pictures
LOK Studios
HC Films
Moringa Studios
Release date
  • 22 September 2024 (2024-09-22) [1]
Country India
Languages Bengali
Dubbed languages Hindi
English
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Budget₹200 million [2]

Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal is an upcoming Indian Bengali period film directed by Subhrajit Mitra. [2] [3] The film is produced by Aniruddha Dasgupta and Aparna Dasgupta under the banner of ADited Motion Pictures. The film stars Srabanti Chatterjee in the title role, alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee, while Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Arjun Chakrabarty in pivotal roles. [4]

Contents

Cast

Production

Casting

The film marks the film comeback of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty. [7] [9] [10] In January 2023, Sabyasachi Chakraborty attended the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival Bangladesh (East Bengal) as a special guest, he told the media at the film festival that "he will be retiring from films for some time". [11] [12] [13] However, Devi Choudhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal's director Subhrajit Mitra chose Sabyasachi Chakrabarty to play the role of Zamindar Haravallav Ray in May 2023. Srabanti Chatterjee will play the role of Devi Chaudhurani, [6] while Prosenjit Chatterjee will essay Bhavani Pathak, an important character in the film. [2] [5] Indraneil Sengupta was initially cast as Rangaraj, but actor Arjun Chakraborty was eventually roped in to portray Rangaraj. [8] [14] [15] The film went to the floors on 27 January 2024.[ citation needed ]

Release

Devi Chowdhurani will release in theaters on Autumn 2024, along with its dubbed version in a total of 6 languages excluding the original Bengali language version. [16]

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