Room No. 103

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Room No. 103
Room No 103 film poster.jpg
Directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay
Produced byKaustav Roy, [1] RP Techvision India Pvt Ltd. [2]
Starring Soumitra Chatterjee
Jisshu Sengupta
Priyanka Sarkar
Anjana Basu
Rudraprasad Sengupta
Kanchana Moitra
CinematographyPremendu Bikash Chaki
Music byMayookh Bhaumik
Release date
15 May 2015
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Room No. 103 (2015) is a Bengali film directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay and produced by Kaustav Roy. [3] [4] This film is comedy with thriller elements. [5]

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Plot

The story of the film revolves around a hotel name Raat Din. Rudra Chatterjee [6] is the manager of the hotel for 33 years. In these 33 years in the hotel he has gathered many experiences. He is narrating four stories in this film.

Cast

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