Raavan is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by MN Raj and produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banner of Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet, Lahoma Bhattacharya and Tanusree Chakraborty.[1] It is based on the Indian epic Ramayana, except that it is set in the modern world and Raavan is depicted as a serial killer while Ram is a god and a professor at a university and also in it, Ram has a sister named Puja and his wife is a student named Rai instead of being a goddess named Sita.
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| Directed by | MN Raj |
| Screenplay by | MN Raj Arnab Bhaumik Anubhab |
| Dialogues by |
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| Story by | MN Raj |
| Produced by | Jeet Gopal Madnani Amit Jumrani |
| Starring | Jeet Lahoma Bhattacharya Tanusree Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Manas Ganguly |
| Edited by | Md Kalam |
| Music by | Savvy |
Production companies | Jeetz Filmworks CAG Studios |
| Distributed by | Grassroot Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Raavan was theatrically released on April 29, 2022.[2] It received mixed reviews from critics.
Plot edit
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Cast edit
- Jeet as Professor Ram Mukherjee
- Lahoma Bhattacharya as Rai, Ram's student-turned-lover
- Tanusree Chakraborty as ACP Sumaiyya Jahan
- Biswanath Basu as Inspector Chayan Pandey
- Shataf Figar as Joint Commissioner Rajiv Sharma,
- Alok Jain as Om Damani
- Rana Mitra as MLA Amar Chowdhury
- Jack Bhattacharya as Sudhir Dutta
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Vinod Ghoshal, college vice principal
- Somnath Kar as Khalid Aslam
- Arindam Ganguly as Ram's father
- Nanak Madnani as Puja Mukherjee, Ram's adoptive sister, a homeless teenager who lost her parents that he found on the streets
Production edit
Soundtrack edit
| Raavan | |||||||||
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| Released | 2022 | ||||||||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | ||||||||
| Length | 16:47 | ||||||||
| Language | Bengali | ||||||||
| Label | Grassroot Entertainment | ||||||||
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The music of the film is composed by Savvy with lyrics written by Prosen, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Ritam Sen.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Keu Jaane Naa" | Arijit Singh | 4:39 |
| 2. | "You Are My Love" | Ash King | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Ami Tor" | Javed Ali Antara Mitra | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Keu Jaane Naa (Reprised Version)" | Yasser Desai | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 16:47 | ||
Reception edit
Shamayita.Chakraborty of the The Times of India reviewed the film and gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Such brutality is not often seen in the Bengali film spectrum. Raavan is for those who love action and have an appetite for violence. Jeet as Raavan will not let them down."[2] Sangbad Pratidin and Ei Samay both rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5.[6][7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Jeet's 'Raavan' teaser brings back memories of Abhishek Bachchan's 'Raavan' look - Times of India". The Times of India. December 2021.
- ^ a b "Raavan Movie Review: Raavan's appetite for action overwhelms Ram this time". The Times of India.
- ^ "Jeet starts shooting for his next 'Raavan' - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 October 2021.
- ^ "লাল চোখে কুটিল হাসি, 'রাবণ'-এর চরিত্রে চমকে দিলেন অভিনেতা জিৎ".
- ^ "লহমার পাশে জিৎ". Zee24Ghanta.com (in Bengali).
- ^ "'রাবণ' রূপে তাক লাগালেন জিৎ! কতটা জমল এই ছবি?".
- ^ "Kishmish vs Raavan: বক্স অফিসে 'কামাল' দেবের, তবু এগিয়ে জিৎ!". EI Samay (in Bengali).
- ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Ravaan: হলে সিটি, তালি পড়ছে! 'রাবণ'-বাণে বক্স অফিস ভেদ দেখতে পাচ্ছেন অভিনেতা-প্রযোজক জিৎ". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali).
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