Praktan
| Praktan | |
|---|---|
 Praktan film-release poster | |
| Directed by |
Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee |
| Produced by |
Atanu Roy Chowdhury Windows Production House |
| Written by | Nandita Roy |
| Starring |
Prosenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Soumitra Chatterjee Aparajita Adhya Sabitri Chatterjee Biswanath Basu Manali Dey Anupam Roy |
| Music by | Anupam Roy |
Production company |
Windows Production House |
Release dates | |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹2 crore (US$300,000) |
| Box office | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.3 million) ( collection worldwide) |
Praktan (Bengali: প্রাক্তন; meaning Former) is a 2016 Indian Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy. The film starred award winning actor Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. The film released to a huge reception on 27 May 2016 worldwide.[2] It also received the International Film Business Award 2016 for becoming the Highest Grossing Movie of the Year - Bengal alongside films liks Kabaali, Sultan, Sairat and Action Hero Biju, at Indywood Film Carnival at Ramoji Film City.
Cast
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Ujaan
- Rituparna Sengupta as Sudipa
- Aparajita Adhya as Malini / Molly
- Biswanath Basu as Ajay
- Manali Dey as Ajay's wife
- Soumitra Chatterjee as a train passenger
- Sabitri Chatterjee as a train passenger
- Anindya Chatterjee as himself
- Anupam Roy as himself
- Upal Sengupta as himself
- Surojit Chatterjee as himself
- Sudipa Chatterjee as Sumi
- Saswata Chattopadhyay as Sudipa's husband (cameo)
Release
Praktan was released on Friday, 27 May 2016 in both the city of Kolkata as well as in all the other major towns and cities of West Bengal at the same time. The film screened in 90+ cinema theaters in the Greater Kolkata region alone. Besides Kolkata; Praktan was also released to the audience in more than 25 cinema theaters outside of West Bengal(throughout the country) and in 9 theaters in USA, covering almost all the major American cities with a large Bengali diaspora. The film was also screened in two cinema theaters in Canada. Praktan has now become the biggest ever Bengali-film release breaking many earlier records of the film industry. Praktan is one among the ten Bengali films from first half of 2016 to win Critical Acclaim.[3]
Box office
On the very first day of its release, the film grossed an estimated 25 lacs rupees, becoming the highest grossing film of the day. Within three days the film made a business of 1 Crore rupees. It is being surmised that the film will be raking in as much as 2 Crore rupees after the first week. The film enjoyed significant success overseas also, becoming one of the first Bengali films to nearly earn a total of 5 lacs rupees. In the opening week itself the film grossed an estimated earning of 3.6 lacs rupees in the 7 cinema theaters in USA and made approximately 1.02 lac rupees in Canada.
Soundtrack
The music for Praktan is composed by Anupam Roy and Anindya Chatterjee and the lyrics have been penned by them as well.
| Praktan | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Anupam Roy | |
| Released | 2016 |
| Recorded | 2016 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Amara Muzik Bengali |
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kolkata" | Anupam Roy, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Tumi Jake Bhalobasho (Female)" | Iman Chakraborty | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Tumi Jake Bhalobasho (Male)" | Anupam Roy | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Bhromor" | Surojit Chatterjee | 3:15 |
| 5. | "Moner Guptochar" | Anindya Chatterjee | 4:43 |
References
- ↑ এবার বাংলা ছবির বিশ্বযাত্রা (in Bangla). এইসময়. 25 May 2016.
- ↑ এবার বাংলা ছবির বিশ্বযাত্রা (in Bangla). এইসময়. 25 May 2016.
- ↑ "10 Bangla Films From First Half Of 2016 Which Won Critical Acclaim". cinekolkata.com. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
External links
- Praktan at the Internet Movie Database