Deepak Adhikari, known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and screenwriter, known for his works in Bengali cinema and more recently, a politician. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Ghatal since 2014, as a candidate from the All India Trinamool Congress party. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures.
Challenge: Nibi na Saala or simply Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles, while Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar, Tulika Basu and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play other pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and cinematography was by Somak Mukherjee. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Raj Chakraborty and N. K. Salil.
Le Chakka is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language sports comedy drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shyam Aggarwal under the banner of Srijan Arts, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. An adaptation of Tamil film Chennai 600028, it stars Dev, Ritwick Chakraborty and Payel Sarkar in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Supriyo Dutta, Laboni Sarkar, Biswanath Basu, Parthasarathi Chakraborty, Pradip Dhar, Prasun Gain, Ritwick Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee play another pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Das Gupta.
Abir Chatterjee is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theatre personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut in Bengali cinema in 2009 as a lead with Cross Connection. He is well known for appearing as famous Detective Byomkesh Bakshi in a separate movie series. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian Bengali cinema.
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.
Khokababu is an Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Shankar Aiyya. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Ferdous, and Laboni Sarkar in the lead roles. This film is an unofficial remake of a Telugu film, Dhee.
Shotru is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film was produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies. It stars Jeet, Supriyo Dutta and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Dipankar De, Biswajit Chakraborty, Saayoni Ghosh, Raja Dutta and Biplab Chatterjee played other pivotal roles. It marks the debut of Nusrat Jahan. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta, with screenplay and dialogues written by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. Shotru is a remake of 2010 Tamil film Singam.
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi is an Indian actress and politician who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. Beside the acting career, from 2019 to 2024, Jahan has represented as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basirhat constituency as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru.
Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film directed by Raja Chanda. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. The movie is a remake of 2011 Telugu movie Dookudu which itself was inspired from German film Good Bye, Lenin! (2003). It stars Dev, Puja Banerjee, Tapas Paul, Ashish Vidyarthi and in lead roles, alongside, Rajatava Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Subhasish Mukherjee and Kaushik Chakraborty in another pivotal roles, with Biswanath Basu and Labani Sarkar in guest appearances. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 film Challenge, but contains a very different storyline. It revolves around an undercover officer as well as IPS Abhiraj Roy, who is on a mission to bring down the dreaded don Guru Nayak. But all on a sudden tragically he transforms into an MLA to fulfill his father's wish, who was in coma after meeting an conspiring accident as he was an honest and celebrated politician amongst the masses.
Kanamachi is a 2013 Indian Bengali language political thriller film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies, it stars Ankush Hazra, Abir Chatterjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Saayoni Ghosh, Rajatava Dutta, Supriyo Dutta, Shankar Chakraborty and Shantilal Mukherjee in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta and Rishi Chanda, while the background score was by Dasgupta himself. The film is remake of 2011 Tamil movie Ko.
Proloy is a 2013 Indian Bengali language socio-political action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty, produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, starring Parambrata Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay, Saswata Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Supriyo Dutta and Mimi Chakraborty in lead roles. This movie is inspired on the life of Barun Biswas, a social activist and teacher. The film's music is by Indraadip Dasgupta in his second collaboration with Banerjee, with 2 additional tracks by Nilesh Dasgupta. The film was critically and commercially well received and the performances along with the direction was praised. Due to multiple creative differences, this was Sonali Banerjee's last film with Shree Venkatesh Films. Sonali Banerjee named the film Roshni after her sister who was raped and killed and said that the movie was a tribute to her. Throughout the years, the film has gained a cult status and is often regarded as Raj Chakraborty's best film.
Badshahi Angti is a 2014 Indian Bengali-language thriller film directed by Sandip Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Satyajit Ray, starring Abir Chatterjee and Sourav Das as Feluda and Topse respectively. The film was released on 19 December 2014. It is the first film which stars Abir Chatterjee as Feluda. This was going to be a reboot to previous Feluda film series after Royal Bengal Rahashya. But in 2016 Sandip Ray cancelled the reboot series because Abir Chatterjee started a new version of film series based on Byomkesh Bakshi franchise under Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The other reason was the new Feluda movie Sandip Ray intended to make under a Mumbai-based production house Eros International, but Abir has a strict contract with Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films.
Borbaad (transl. Ruined) is a 2014 Indian Bengali language action thriller film directed by Raj Chakraborty and debut starring director Anup Sengupta actress Piya Sengupta's son & Indraneil Sengupta's nephew Bonny Sengupta and Rittika Sen in lead roles. The film was released on 14 August 2014. The film is a remake of Tamil movie Polladavan, while the romance between Bonny and Rittika is inspired from another Tamil movie Sullan
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.
Jamai 420 is a Bengali language comedy-drama film written and directed by Rabi Kinnagi, who was assisted by Pathikrit Basu. The film stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Soham Chakraborty, Hiran Chatterjee, Ankush Hazra, Payel Sarkar, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles while Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswanath Basu, Shantilal Mukherjee and Manasi Sinha appear in pivotal roles. The film is produced jointly by Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni and Nispal Singh under Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films respectively. The film was released on 22 May 2015 with mostly negative reviews.
Shudhu Tomari Jonyo is a 2015 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Birsa Dasgupta and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. The film stars Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, Soham and Mimi Chakraborty in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Tamil film Raja Rani (2013) which was reported to have been inspired by the 2007 Kannada movie Milana which got remade in Bengali as Ki Kore Toke Bolbo four months after the release of this movie.
Noor Jahaan is a 2018 Indo-Bangla joint production romantic thriller film written and directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee, produced by Raj Chakraborty under the banners of Raj Chakraborty Production of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh and co-produced by SVF Entertainment. The film features newcomer Adrit Roy and Puja Cherry in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2015 Marathi film Sairat and was shot in Krishnath College School, Berhampore.
Asur is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Pavel. According to the director, it is a tribute to the sculptor Ramkinkar Baij, but the storyline is inspired from the 2015 Deshopriyo Park Durga Pujo, which made us visualise world's first ever largest Durga Idol. Produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banner of Jeetz Filmworks, it stars Jeet in the titular role, alongsiside Abir Chatterjee and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles. The action sequences are designed by Sunil Rodrigues and Md. Amin Khatib. Originally set to release in December 2019, the film was released on 3 January 2020.
SOS Kolkata is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Anshuman Pratyush and produced by Jarek Entertainment and Pratyush Production. The film starring Yash Dasgupta, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan and Sabyasachi Chakraborty is about a suspected terrorist attack and how the army, police and the common people come together to save lives and work against wrongdoings. The filming resumed on 6 July 2020, after lockdown due to the pandemic.
Bohurupi (transl. Chameleon) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language vigilante heist action thriller film written by Nandita Roy and directed by Nandita Roy & Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The film stars Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Abir Chatterjee, Ritabhari Chakraborty and Koushani Mukherjee in the lead roles. Produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows, the film is based upon a chain of real life events in the timeline between 1998 and 2005.
