Ranokhetro

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Ranokhetro
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Haranath Chakraborty
Screenplay byMonotosh Chakraborty
Dialogues byMonotosh Chakraborty
Story byMonotosh Chakraborty
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Starring Ranjit Mallick
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Satabdi Roy
Kushal Chakraborty
Aparajita Auddy
Dipankar De
Subhendu Chatterjee
CinematographyP. Vijay
B. Satish
Edited bySwapan Guha
Music by Debojyoti Mishra
Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
Running time
150 minutes
Country India
Language Bengali

Ranokhetro (transl.Battleground) is a 1998 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by Monotosh Chakraborty. [1] It stars Ranjit Mallick, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Satabdi Roy in the lead roles; [2] while Kushal Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Aparajita Auddy, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Subhendu Chatterjee, Dulal Lahiri, Kaushik Banerjee, Sumanta Mukherjee and Lily Chakravarty play other pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Debojyoti Mishra, [3] with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Rituparno Ghosh. [4]

Contents

Plot

Santu is murdered in the hands of a corrupt minister's drug-peddling son when he protests against the sale of drugs on the college campus. As the law enforcers turn a deaf ear to Raja's pleas, he decides to avenge his brother's death.

Cast

Soundtrack

Ranokhetro
Soundtrack album by
Released
  • 25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
Recorded1997-1998
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:58
Language Bengali
Label Shree Venkatesh Films
Debojyoti Mishra chronology
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
(1998)
Ranokhetro
(1998)
Asukh
(1999)

All lyrics are written by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Rituparno Ghosh; all music is composed by Debojyoti Mishra

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Goli Theke Raaj Pathey"Rituparno Ghosh Udit Narayan 4:29
2."Interview Din Interview"Pulak Bandyopadhyay Poroma,
Pratik Chowdhury
3:14
3."Ektu Thama Ki Ektu Chawla"Pulak BandyopadhyayUdit Narayan,
Poroma
3:59
4."Kichhu Kichhu Raat Emon"Pulak Bandyopadhyay Kavita Krishnamurthy 4:19
5."Swapno Aamar Sob"Pulak BandyopadhyayPoroma4:03
6."Goli Theke Raaj Pathey (sad)"Rituparno GhoshPratik Chowdhury0:54
Total length:20:58

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