Golondaaj

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Golondaaj
Golondaaj.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byDhrubo Banerjee [1]
Written byDhrubo Banerjee
Dulal Dey
Screenplay byDhrubo Banerjee
Produced bySVF Entertainment
Starring Deepak Adhikari (Dev) [1]
Alexx O'Nell
Anirban Bhattacharya
Ishaa Saha
Indrasish Roy
Srikanta Acharya
John Bhattacharya
Mirchi Agni,Joydeep Mukherjee
CinematographySoumik Haldar
Edited bySanglap Bhowmick
Music by Bickram Ghosh
Production
company
Distributed by SVF Entertainment
Release date
  • 10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
Running time
149:58 Minutes [2]
Country India
LanguageBengali

Golondaaj is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language historical sports drama film directed by Dhrubo Banerjee and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF. The film stars Dev, Alexx O'Nell, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ishaa Saha, Indrasish Roy, John Bhattacharya, Mirchi Agni and Srikanta Acharya. It is based on the life of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, "Father of Indian football". [3] [4] The film was a blockbuster at box-office. Despite Tonic was a blockbuster at box-office but at the end it's runtime Golondaaj was a clean 'theatrical' blockbuster. At Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021, Dhrubo Banerjee won Best Screenplay award for Golondaaj. [5]

Contents

Synopsis

Based on true events, Golondaaj depicts the inspiring journey of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, "The Father of Indian Football" who was the first Indian to play the sport and open a professional football club in the country.

Cast

Production

The list of actors and actresses of the film was released on 25 January 2020 from the Twitter handle of SVF. That list shows that Dev, Anirban Bhattacharya, Ishaa Saha, Indrasish Roy, Srikanta Acharya, John Bhattacharya are acting in the film. [8] A The Times Of India article dated 2 April 2020 subsequently revealed Alexx O'Nell stars as Major Frederick Jackson, antagonist of the film.

It is the third film of director Druvo Banarjee and first time collaboration with Dev.

The shooting for the film began in Kolkata from 5 February 2020. [6] Due to COVID-19 Pandemic they had to pause the shooting. The shooting was resumed on 1 December 2020 and wrapped up on 24 February 2021. [9]

Soundtrack

Golondaaj
Soundtrack album by
Bickram Ghosh
ReleasedSeptember 2021
Recorded2020
StudioBickram Ghosh Studios
Genre Film soundtrack
Label SVF
Producer Bickram Ghosh
Official audio
Golondaaj - Full Album on YouTube

The background score and the soundtracks are composed by Bickram Ghosh and lyrics are penned by Srijato and Sugato Guha.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSingerLength
1."Juddhang Dehi" Srijato Bickram Ghosh Nirmalya Roy & Shovan Ganguly 3:21
2."Vande Mataram" Bankim Chandra Chatterjee  Nirmalya Roy3:36
3."Raasher Gaan" Srijato Bickram Ghosh Shovan Ganguly & Ujjaini Mukherjee 3:25
4."Swopnere Din" Srijato Bickram Ghosh Shovan Ganguly  
5."Je Chilo Aamar"Rabindranath Tagore Bickram Ghosh Shovan Ganguly  
6."Gobindo Murari" Srijato Bickram Ghosh Iman Chatterjee 

Release

The film released theatrically on 10 October 2021 and the Hindi dub was released theatrically on 12 November 2021 by SVF. It was later digitally released on SVF's official OTT platform, the Hindi dub was also released on JioCinema and the Bengali original on hoichoi, internationally Amazon Prime Video was the release platform. It had its television premiere on Star Jalsha. [10]

Golondaaj Official Movie Game, a football sports mobile video game was released alongside the film as a tie-in and was developed by Hungama Games.

Reception

The film got positive to mixed reviews from critics who praised the direction, acting performances and music but found the screenplay flawed. [11] [12] At Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021, Dhrubo Banerjee won Best Screenplay award for Golondaaj. [5]

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