| Annadaata | |
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| Annadaata | |
| Directed by | Ravi Kinagi |
| Written by | Ravi Kinagi |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Kusum Dhanuka |
| Starring | Prosenjit Chatterjee Sreelekha Mitra |
| Edited by | Ravi Kinagi |
| Music by | Babul Bose |
| Distributed by | Eskay Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Annadaata (English: My Father) is a 2002 Bengali-language action drama film directed by Ravi Kinagi. It was produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies. The film was a remake of 1990 Hindi film Swarg which was a loosely based on 1967 film Mehrban which itself was a remake of the 1960 Tamil movie Padikkadha Medhai which in turn was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog based on the novel of same name by Ashapoorna Devi. [1] The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abdur Razzak and Sreelekha Mitra in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Babul Bose.[2][3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Prasenjit Chatterjee as Shankar
- Sreelekha Mitra as Barsha
- Abdur Razzak as Amar Chowdhury
- Anuradha Ray as Shanti Dev
- Dulal Lahiri as Rudraprasad Sen
- Bharat Kaul as Vikram
- Rajesh Sharma as Film Director
- Siddhanta Mahapatra as Special appearance in an item song named "Dhekhi joto soundoro"
Production
[edit]Initially Rituparna Sengupta was offered to play the role of Barsha. After she refused, Mouli Ganguly and then Rachna Banerjee were considered for the role. After both of them eschewed the role, it went to Sreelekha Mitra.[5]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Annadata | |
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| Soundtrack album by Babul Bose | |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 30:51 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Label | Eskay Music |
| Producer | Ashok Dhanuka |
| Official audio | |
| Annadata - Full Album on YouTube | |
The music of the film has been composed by Babul Bose.
| No. | Song | Singer | Length |
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| 1 | "Din Aase Din Jaye" | Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam | 5:10 |
| 2 | "Hate Chabi Niye Bose" | Babul Supriyo | 4:38 |
| 3 | "Aaj Ami Eka" | Kumar Sanu | 6:01 |
| 4 | "Dekhi Jodi Sundari" | Udit Narayan | 4:06 |
| 5 | "Amader Katha Sudhu Mane Rekho" | Babul Supriyo, Sadhana Sargam, Deepa Narayan | 5:38 |
| 6 | "Cinemaye Ache Jato Hero" | Vinod Rathod | 5:08 |
Release
[edit]The film released in West Bengal on a Bengali New Year' 1409. It ran for 8 weeks in the city, after which it had to make space for another big release Sathi; . The film had its longest multiplex run of 4 weeks at 'Bioscope', Axis Mall in Rajarhat and 'Inox Burdwan'. "Annadata" completed an extraordinary run of 50 weeks at the distant rural theatres of 'Basanti' at Dantan and 'Haraparbati' at Jhatipahari. It is understood, that the producers, 'Eskay Movies' deliberately withdrew the film from the city requested by Prosenjit Chatterjee for "Sathi" since they share extremely friendly relations with their producers, 'SVF'.
References
[edit]- ^ "ফেরদৌসের সঙ্গে কথা বলায় শ্রীলেখাকে ফোন করেন প্রসেনজিৎ!". www.deshrupantor.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Annadata (2002)". Gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Prosenjit didn't interfere with casting: 'Annadata' producer Ashok Dhanuka responds to Sreelekha's casting allegation - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "শ্রীলেখার পাল্টা জবাবে সরব টলিপাড়া". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.