Koel Mallick is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick. She made her film debut with Nater Guru (2003) opposite Jeet, which was a box office-success. Some of her popular films are Shubhodrishti (2005), Mon Mane Na (2008), Premer Kahini (2008), Paglu (2011), Paglu 2 (2012), Rangbaaz (2013), Arundhati (2014) and Besh Korechi Prem Korechi (2015).
Jeetendra Madnani, mononymously known as Jeet, is an Indian actor, film producer, singer, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Bengali cinema. He owns the production houses "Grassroot Entertainment" and "Jeetz Filmworks". He is the Executive President of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" since 2022 and is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.
Sathi (transl. Partner) is a 2002 Indian Bengali-language musical romantic drama film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. It stars Jeet, making his debut, Priyanka Upendra and Ranjit Mallick in lead roles. The soundtrack and background score was composed by S.P Venkatesh, while V. Prabhakar handled the cinematography and editing was finished by Swapan Guha. The film follows the tragic journey of Bijoy Ray, a struggling singer, who comes to Kolkata to find his love Sonali, being released from jail after 5 years due to false accuses of carrying firearms.The film is an official remake of the Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum.
Nater Guru(Bengali: নাটের গুরু ; English: The main culprit) is a 2003 Indian Bengali language action-comedy film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Based on Samaresh Basu's famous novel of the same name, the film stars Ranjit Mallick, Jeet, Moushmi Chatterjee and Koel Mallick, making her cinematic debut. It was successful at the box office.Nater Guru revolves around four main leads—Shashi Bhushan, a bookie in Kolkata race course who always gets defeated the challenges; Sulochona, Shashi's wife who keeps herself mutually separated from her husband becoming bore of his involvement with race course; Manisha, their daughter who gets troubled when her mother wants to meet her love interest, Durgadas; and Rabi, a mechanic who is hired to be the false Durgadas in front of Sulochona, by the advise of Shashi's advise.
Manik is a Bengali action drama film released in 2005. It was written and directed by Probhat Roy and chief assistant director was Madhuchhanda Sengupta, the movie featured Jeet, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick. This film was shot at Kalimpong Golf Course.
Bandhan (transl. Bond) is a 2004 Indian Bengali language romantic-drama film co-written and directed by Rabi Kinnagi. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Jeet, Koel Mallick and Victor Banerjee in the lead role. The film follows Ronny, an innocent child living with his father and growing up in foreign, often misses his dead mother Meena. After getting invited in India on the occasion of a marriage ceremony of his mother's cousin in India, he meets his maternal aunt Reena, who resembles his mother as they were the twins. Then Ronny thinks Reena to be his mother and wants his father to marry her. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Santosham and the Tamil film Unnai Thedi.
Yuddho is a 2005 Indian Bengali language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Rabi Kinnagi. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet, two biggest superstars of Bengal for the first time together, along with Debashree Roy, Koel Mallick, Rajatava Dutta, Bharat Kaul, Kaushik Banerjee and Sumit Ganguly. The story revolves around a police officer who is falsely accused of murdering his wife and imprisoned as he has been investigating a rape case that involves the younger brother of a powerful MLA. The officer then manages to evade the prison and get his revenge.
Nawab Nandini is a 2007 Romantic Bengali film directed by Haranath Chakraborty, story written by Anjan Choudhury. The film is starring Hiran, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick, Sandhya Roy. This movie is the debutant of Hiran.
MLA Fatakeshto is a 2006 Indian Bengali language political action film directed by Swapan Saha and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty in the titular role alongside Koel Mallick in lead roles, with Debashree Roy, Rajatava Dutta, Soumitra Chatterjee, and Shantilal Mukherjee in other supporting roles. This film is famous for its screenplay and dialogues written by N.K Salil,songs composed by Jeet Gannguli and action sequences designed by Judo Ramu. It was declared to be an all time blockbuster at the box office, helped by the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It is an adaptation of the 2001 Hindi movie Nayak: The Real Hero which itself was a remake of 1999 Tamil movie Mudhalvan.
Dui Prithibi is a 2010 Bengali road drama movie directed by Raj Chakraborty and stars Jeet, Dev, Koel Mallick and Barkha Bisht Sengupta in the lead roles. It was the highest grossing Bengali film of 2010. A remake of the Telugu film Gamyam, Dui Prithibi brought two of the biggest stars of Bengali cinema, Jeet and Dev, together for the only time on the celluloid.
Paglu is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Rajib Biswas. Produced by Surinder Films, the fillm stars Dev, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles. The screenplay and the dialogues were written by N.K Salil, with the songs composed by Jeet Gannguli. The cinematography was handled by Kumud Verma, action and dance sequences were choreographed by Judo Ramu and Baba Yadav respectively. The film follows the story of how a college student falls in love with a non resident Indian girl. The film successfully ran more than 150 days in West Bengal and was declared as all-time blockbuster at the box office and broke the collection of the 2002 film Saathi and was the highest grossing Bengali movie until the 2013 film Chander Pahar.The movie was a remake of 2006 Telugu movie Devadasu.
Hemlock Society is an Indian Bengali romantic dark comedy released on 22 June 2012, directed by Srijit Mukherji, who is also the director of Autograph and Baishe Srabon. The film's cast consists of Parambrata Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, and Soumitra Chatterjee. The name is inspired by the erstwhile Hemlock Society, a society which was based in Santa Monica, US. The primary missions of this society included providing information to dying persons and supporting legislation permitting physician-assisted suicide. The movie was remade in Marathi in 2015 as Welcome Zindagi. A box-office success.
Bolo Na Tumi Aamar is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language romantic action comedy film directed by Sujit Mondal. Produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films, it stars Dev and Koel Mallick in lead roles with Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Mousumi Saha, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Bharat Kaul in supporting roles. Partially inspired from a Bengali drama, it had soundtrack composed by Jeet Gannguli. The film was a remake of the 2006 Telugu movie Happy which itself was an official adaptation of the 2004 Tamil film Azhagiya Theeye.
Shubhodrishti is a 2005 Bengali romance film directed by Prabhat Roy and Chief assistant director was Madhuchhanda Sengupta. The film was produced under the banner of Rajshri Productions & Shree Venkatesh Films. The film features popular Bengali actors Jeet and Koel Mallick in the lead roles. Jeet Gannguli composed the music for the film. It was the fifth consecutive film of Jeet and Koel Mallick together. This film attracted huge positive responses from the audiences around West Bengal. The film became a superhit at box office as it clearly portrayed Bengali culture and traditions and given a lucid image how Bengali weddings take place. The film was immensely popular during its release with chartbuster songs.
Arundhati is a 2014 Indian Bengali horror thriller film directed by Sujit Mondal and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The film stars Koel Mallick as a warrior queen. It is the remake of the 2009 Telugu movie of the same name.
Highway is an Indian Bengali romantic film, directed by Sudipto Chattopadhyay and produced under the banner of Surinder Films. The film features actors Koel Mallick and Parambrata Chatterjee in the lead roles. Music of the film has been composed by Anupam Roy. This film was released on 8 August 2014.
Herogiri is a 2015 Bengali language action comedy film directed by Rabi Kinagi assistant director Pathikrit Basu and produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films. It features actors Mithun Chakrabarty, Dev, Koel Mallick and Sayantika Banerjee in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2013 Telugu movie Balupu.
The 71st Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on September 11, 2013 after six years, at The Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. honoring the best Indian cinema in 2012.
Jaaneman is a 2012 Indian Bengali language road action adventure film directed by Raja Chanda. The film is jointly produced by Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films respectively. The movie is a remake of 2010 Tamil movie Paiyaa. It stars Koel Mallick and Soham Chakraborty in the lead roles, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Arpit Ranka and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play another pivotal roles. The story, screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by N.K Salil, while the soundtrack was composed by Jeet Gannguli. It revolves around a carefree boy Deva, who is unaware of his job, falling in love with Riya at first sight in Siliguri. On their journey to Kolkata by a car, co-incidentally each gets attacked by their enemies and circumstances forces them to reveal each of their dark past to other.
Cockpit is an Indian Bengali language romantic thriller film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures. The film features Dev, Koel Mallick and Rukmini Maitra in the lead roles. This is the second time Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and Dev are working as a director-actor duo, after the 2013 film Chander Pahar. The film got positive response from critics and audience and was a box office 'hit'.
