Refugee (2006 film)

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Refugee
রিফিউজি
Refugee.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Haranath Chakraborty
Written byM. Ratnam
Story by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced by Shrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Starring Prosenjit
Rambha
Rudranil Ghosh
Biplab Chatterjee
Rajesh Sharma
Rishabh Prasad
Narrated byRishabh Prasad
CinematographySaswata Dutta
Edited byArindam
Music by Jeet Gannguli
Production
company
Distributed bySushovan Mukherjee
Release date
  • 23 June 2006 (2006-06-23)
Country India
Language Bengali
Budget1.0 cr
Box office2.5 cr

Refugee is a 2006 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Haranath Chakraborty and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee as a prominent refugee from Bangladesh and Rambha in the female lead, [1] with Rishabh Prasad as the narrator and the couples' manservant in the film. It is a remake of the Telugu film Chatrapathi .

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Cast

Soundtrack

Refugee
Soundtrack album by
Released2006
Recorded2005
Studio Shree Venkatesh Films
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Bengali
Label SVF
Jeet Gannguli chronology
MLA Fatakeshto
(2006)
Refugee
(2006)
Kranti
(2006)
Singles from Refugee
  1. "E Keora"
    Released: 5 Mar 2015
  2. "Sathire O Sathire"
    Released: 5 Jan 2019
  3. "Jhilmil Jhilmil"
    Released: 5 Jan 2019
  4. "Kancha Pirit Pakia Dilo"
    Released: 5 Jan 2019

The music of the film has been composed by Jeet Gannguli. The lyrics have been written by Gautam Sushmit and Priyo Chattopadhyay. [2]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."E Keora"Gautam Sushmit Amit Kumar, Pamela Jain 3:46
2."Jhilmil Jhilmil"Gautam Sushmit Babul Supriyo 3:41
3."Kancha Pirit Pakia Dilo"Priyo ChattopadhyayMiss Jojo4:45
4."Sathire O Sathire"Priyo ChattopadhyayJeet Gannguli, Mahalakshmi Iyer 4:56
5."Maer Kole"   

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