Ekla Cholo | |
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Screenplay by | Padmanabha Dasgupta |
Story by | Abhijit Guha Sudeshna Roy |
Directed by | Abhijit Guha Sudeshna Roy |
Starring | Saayoni Ghosh June Malia Koushik Roy |
Music by | Savvy |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Bengali |
Production | |
Producers | Zee Bangla Cinema Prosenjit Chatterjee |
Release | |
Original release | 19 January 2015 |
Ekla Cholo is a 2015 Bengali television movie directed by Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy. The movie features Saayoni Ghosh and June Malia in the main roles. The film was jointly produced by Zee Bangla Cinema and Prosenjit Chatterjee. In 2014, Zeke Bangle Cinema and Proserpine Chatterjee agreed to jointly produce movies to be shown directly on TV. [1] Ekla Cholo was the first attempt by the partnership, and the film enjoyed widespread popularity and received 21a score of in Target Rating Point. [2] [3]
Ekla Cholo is a romantic comedy about a woman who wants to become a single mother. Betrayed and disappointed by her last boyfriend and inspired by her mother, she wishes to raise a child without a man in her life. She is faced with many challenges. That is when Riya meets Rupam.
A sequel named Abar Ekla Cholo has been released in 2016.
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