Goenda Shabor (film series)

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Goenda Shabor series
Directed by Arindam Sil
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Eagoler Chokh, Aschhe Abar Shabor
Screenplay by Padmanabha Dasgupta
Arindam Sil
Story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Based on Goenda Shabor
by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Starring Saswata Chatterjee
Subhrajit Dutta
Gaurav Chakraborty
June Malia
Music by Bickram Ghosh
Cinematography Soumik Haldar
Edited by Sujay Dutta Ray
Ebar Shabor, Eagoler Chokh
Sanjib Dutta
Aschhe Abar Shabor
Production
company
Reliance Entertainment
Mundus Services
Ebar Shabor
Shree Venkatesh Films
Eagoler Chokh, Aschhe Abar Shabor
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Ebar Shabor
Shree Venkatesh Films
Eagoler Chokh, Aschhe Abar Shabor
Release date
1 : 2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
2 : 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
3 : January 2018 (2018-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Goenda Shabor is a series of Indian crime thriller films directed by Arindam Sil. The first film Ebar Shabor was released in 2015, [1] [2] [3] and the second film Eagoler Chokh released in 2016. [4] A third film titled Aschhe Abar Shabor was released in 2018. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Contents

The series is based on the stories of Shabor Dasgupta, a detective character created by author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. [11]

Overview

Ebar Shabor (2015)

A police detective Shabor Dasgupta (Saswata Chatterjee) is entrusted with the daunting task of solving the mystery surrounding the murder of Mitali Ghosh (Swastika Mukherjee), a woman with a messy past, who was killed on the night she had thrown a party for friends and family. The task is daunting for Shabor because of the number of people involved. Mitali was once married to Mithu Mitra (Abir Chatterjee), whom she divorced before settling overseas. Though she soon realised how much she loved him, her ego kept her from coming back to him. Heartbroken, Mithu found love in Mitali's cousin Joyeeta (Payel Sarkar). Also involved was Mitali's childhood friend and secret admirer Samiran (Rahul Banerjee), who has relationships with several women, including a school's physical education teacher, Julekha Sharma (June Malia), and another girl, Khonika (Debolina Dutta). Shabor starts investigation with his assistany Nandalal. As Shabor probes deeper, he learns many disturbing secrets about the Ghosh family, including the fact that Mitali had once eloped with a boy from her locality Pantu Haldar (Ritwick Chakraborty). She had married and left him within six months, ruining his future in the process. Another character, Doel, also comes into the picture. The detective now has to deal with the complex relationship problems that run deep root in the family and the mystery gets more and more complicated. The film released on 2 January 2015.

Eagoler Chokh (2016)

ACP Shabor Dasgupta (Saswata Chatterjee) and his assistant Nanda go on a hunt, searching for a young woman murderer. Trapped in a maze of lies and deceit, Dasgupta suspects the rich entrepreneur Bishan Roy (Anirban Bhattacharya) and three women connected to him. Each of them knew the murdered woman Nandini very well. As Dasgupta delves deep into the mystery, he ends up getting new insight into human psychology and in turn, solving complexities of his own mind. The film was released on 12 August 2016.

Aschhe Abar Shabor (2018)

After success of Eagoler Chokh a sequel has been confirmed by director Arindam Sil. [8] In August 2017, the director told the media, the shooting of the third instalment of Goenda Shabor franchise will start from 7 September 2017. The film will be based on the novel Prajapatir Mrityu O Punorjanmo by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. After completing its first schedule in West Bengal, the team will fly for Lucknow to shoot rest of the part. Saswata Chatterjee, Subhrajit Dutta and Gourav Chakrabarty returning for the sequel as their respective characters with Indraneil Sengupta, Anindya Chatterjee, Anjana Basu and Mir Afsar Ali with major characters. The film was released on 19 January 2018. [9] [10]

Cast and characters

CharacterFilm
Ebar Shabor
(2015)
Eagoler Chokh
(2016)
Aschhe Abar Shabor
(2018)
Shabor Dasgupta Saswata Chatterjee
Nandalal Roy Subhrajeet Dutta
Mitali Ghosh Swastika Mukherjee
Joyeeta Ghosh Payel Sarkar
Pantu Haldar Ritwick Chakraborty
Mithu Mitra Abir Chatterjee
Rita/Julekha/Doyel Ghosh June Malia
Khonika Debolina Dutta
Samiran Bagchi Rahul Banerjee
Madhu Bagchi Santu Mukherjee
Haren Nitya Ganguly
Barun Ghosh Dipankar De
Arun Ghosh Rajat Ganguly
Sanjib Das Gaurav Chakraborty
Shivangi Roy Jaya Ahsan
Nandini Sen Payel Sarkar
Bishan Roy Anirban Bhattacharya
Shataroop Sen Deboprasad Haldar
Rita Fernandez Arunima Ghosh
Paromita Das Eshika Dey
JahnabiRiya Banik
Psychiatrist Madhurima Sen June Malia
Shyamangi Ushoshi Sengupta
Badshah Amritendu Kar
An Inspector Joydeep Kundu
Dr. Arjun Dasguptahimself
Bijoy Sen Indraneil Sengupta
TBA Anindya Chattopadhyay
Sharon Anjana Basu
Sujit Mir Afsar Ali
Rinku Roy Diti Saha
TBA Darshana Banik
TBA Tuhina Das
TBA Priyanka Mondal
SofiaAnamika Chakraborty
Sumana Arunima Ghosh

Crew

CharacterFilm
Ebar Shabor
(2015)
Eagoler Chokh
(2016)
Aschhe Abar Shabor
(2018)
Director Arindam Sil
Producer(s) Reliance Entertainment
Mundus Services
Shree Venkatesh Films
Screenplay Padmanabha Dasgupta
Arindam Sil
Story Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Editor(s) Sujay Dutta Ray Sanjib Dutta
Director of photography Soumik Haldar
Composer(s) Bickram Ghosh

Awards and nominations

Eagoler Chokh (2016)

AwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Filmfare Awards East 2017 Filmfare Award for Best Film – BengaliEagoler ChokhNominated
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Bengali Arindam Sil Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Bengali Jaya Ahsan Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Bengali Anirban Bhattacharya Won
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue – Bengali Arindam Sil
Padmanabha Dasgupta
Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay – Bengali Arindam Sil
Padmanabha Dasgupta
Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Editing – BengaliSujay Dutta RayNominated
Filmfare Award for Best Background Score – Bengali Bickram Ghosh Nominated
Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography – BengaliSoumik HaldarNominated
Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design – BengaliAnindit Roy
Adeep Singh Manki
Nominated

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