Mental | |
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Directed by | Shamim Ahamed Roni |
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Produced by | Saiful Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) |
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Cinematography | Chandan Roy Chowdhury |
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Distributed by | Banglaxpress Film's |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Mental known as Mental: It can be your Love Story or Rana Pagla: The Mental, is a 2016 Bangladeshi psychological-action thriller film featuring Shakib Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha with Achol, Misha Sawdagor, Shiba Shanu, Don and Shimul Khan in supporting roles. [1] The film is directed by debutant Shamim Ahamed Roni with the screenplay written by Abdullah Zahir and Daud Hussein. The film is produced by Saiful Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) under the banner of Banglaxpress Films. [2]
The first theatrical look of the film was revealed on 1 February 2015. The core plot of the movie was partially based on the 2013 Kannada movie Bachchan with coffee shop comedy sequences borrowed from the 2013 Telugu movie Balupu . The film was released on Eid al-Fitr, on 7 July 2016.
An underworld mafia steals valuable mineral resources and sells them over to an international crime organization. Simi (Nusrat Imrose Tisha), a news reporter finds out and exposes the whole criminal chain to the media, despite all threats from them. An unknown, mysterious but affectionate and intimidating man comes up to help, The story revolves around revealing his true identity and his link to the Underworld. [3]
Khan portrays the role of a generous businessman. Simi, portrayed by Tisha, is his love interest, and a crime news reporter.[ citation needed ] who is working on exposing corruptions of influential people of the society. Simi takes steps to fight the corrupt people, but soon realizes the influence of those men. Khan changes after a violent encounter in which his love interest, Simi was killed. The plot builds up around his quest to avenge the killing with aid of her research, in which she documents her encounter with her killers, who she planned to expose of corruption.[ citation needed ]
By early 2014, Bangladesh Express Films announced its production and were preparing for the shooting for the film. The Abhi Pictures picked up the distribution rights of the film. The shooting officially started in Sylhet, Bangladesh in September 2014. [4]
Shakib Khan was the first to be roped for the film by director Shamim Ahamed Roni. However, the director has considered many actresses for the lead role but later finalized Tisha, Achol and Porshi for lead female roles. [5] The studio approached Porshi for the film to play the role of a musician while Tisha and Achol were roped to play news reporters. [6]
The official filming of Mental began in November 2014 in Dhaka. Scenes were filmed in Dhaka, and Sylhet while several scenes were filmed abroad.
Mental (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Released | 2015 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | Banglaxpress Film's / HTM Records (Digital Partner) |
The soundtrack of the film was written by Prosen, Riddhi, Shomeshwar Oli, Zahid Hasan Abhi, Zahid Akbar and Rabiul Islam Jibon while the music was directed by Dabbu Ghoshal and Akassh. In November 2014, Shaan recorded the second track. [7] In December 2014, Jojo recorded the third track item number of the movie. The track "Bolte Baki Koto Ki" was released as a single on 23 January 2015.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mental Bole Re Amay (Title Track)" | Prosen | Satrujit Dasgupta | 3:25 |
2. | "Amar Moto Ke Ache Bolo" | Zahid Akbar, Rabiul Islam Jibon | Akassh | 4:50 |
3. | "Premta Toder Nesha" | Riddhi | Rishi Chanda, Antara Mitra | 3:00 |
4. | "Mon Najehal" | Prosen | Shaan, Porshi | 5:04 |
5. | "Ureche Dhulo" | Prosen | Mohammad Irfan | 5:03 |
6. | "Khaina Jonab (Item Song)" | Shomeshwar Oli | Jojo | 3:38 |
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The film faced a lot of controversies after the release of the first track "Bolte Baki Koto Ki" due to alleged copyright infringement. The same tune with slightly different lyrics entitled "Bolte Bolte Cholte Cholte" was released on 20 January 2015 by Imran Mahmudul, three days before the release of Mental's first track.[ citation needed ] Although the song composition is very similar, both Prosen and Shafiq Tuhin were credited for the same song. Later it was confirmed that Imran Mahmudul is the legal copyright holder of the song and he was originally commissioned for the song by the producers, but later dropped out due to professional indifference. [8]
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