Challenge (2009 film)

Challenge
Challenge
Soundtrack album by Jeet Gannguli
Released	2009
Recorded	2008
Studio	Shree Venkatesh Films
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Bengali
Label	SVF
Producer	Shree Venkatesh Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Singles from Challenge
	"Mahi Ve"; Released: 5 Mar 2016; "Bondhura Elomelo"; Released: 19 Mar 2016; "Dekhechi Tomake"; Released: 22 Mar 2016; "Bhojo Gourango"; Released: 27 Feb 2016;

Challenge
Challenge
	Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	Raj Chakraborty
Written by	Raj Chakraborty
Screenplay by	Raj Chakraborty; N. K. Salil
Dialogues by	N. K. Salil
Produced by	Shrikant Mohta
Starring	Dev; Subhashree Ganguly; Rajatava Dutta; Biswajit Chakraborty; Kharaj Mukherjee; Supriyo Dutta; Laboni Sarkar; Tulika Basu; Debranjan Nag; ;
Narrated by	Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Cinematography	Somak Mukherjee
Edited by	Ravi Ranjan Maitra; Mainak Bhaumik
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Production; company	Shree Venkatesh Films
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	20 March 2009;
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Challenge: Nibi na Saala or simply Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.

Plot

Abir joins college and comes across Pooja, the daughter of a ruthless businessman. Her father is strict and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone, directly or indirectly, disturbs or approaches Pooja. Abir is bullied by a bunch of students and he pays them back in return by beating them all up. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them apologize when they misbehave with him before his fight with the students. Pooja is highly impressed on seeing this and she falls in love with him. He reciprocates and the two start dating. Pooja's father finds out about their relationship and opposes it. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite after a series of problems.^[5]

Cast

Dev as Abir Ganguly
Subhashree Ganguly as Pooja Sen
Rajatava Dutta as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's Father, an industrialist and a local don
Tulika Basu as Chandra Sen, Pooja's Mother
Biswajit Chakraborty as Samir Ganguly, Abir's Father
Laboni Sarkar as Purnima Ganguly, Abir's Mother
Kharaj Mukherjee as Gouranga 'Gour' Chatterjee, the Principal of the college
Partha Sarathi Chakraborty as Gopal, Abir's friend
Supriyo Dutta as Kartik Da, Agnideb's henchman
Prasun Gain as Poncha, Kartik's assistant
Pradip Dhar as Bhoja, Kartik's assistant
Abhimanyu Mukherjee as Ranjan, Abir and Pooja's classmate
Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari, the Postman of the college and Gour's friend

Special appearance

Raj Chakraborty as himself

Production

Pre-production

After the success of Chirodini ...Tumi Je Amar (2008), Raj Chakraborty became a leading director in the industry. During the end of 2008, Sangeet Bangla reported that his next project was going to be a mass-class combo film with a strong social message, which was being written by N.K Salil. After the completion of the script, in January 2009, the film's title was revealed to be Challenge with the music composed by Jeet Gannguli.

Casting

Since the initial position, Chakraborty's choice was Dev to play the protagonist in the film as he worked with him for the song Pante Taali in Chirodini ... Tumi Je Amar before. Subhashree Ganguly, who acted opposite Soham Chakraborty in the film Bajimaat (2008) before, was signed to play the lead opposite Dev. For an important role, Rajatava Dutta was signed and for the other supporting roles, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Debranjan Nag, Biswajit Chakraborty and others were reported to be in.

Shooting

The filming took place in Kolkata and the outskirts of Purulia. The song Bhojo Gourango was shot in a hotel of Mumbai featuring Dev and the choreographer Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa. In Dubai, the song Mahi Ve was shot marking the first Bengali film to be filmed there.The interval and climax action scene was shot in Purulia.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. The lyrics were penned by Nachiketa Chakraborty, Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimanyu Mukherjee and Gautam Sushmit.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Challenge Nibi Na Sala"	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	Jeet Gannguli	Jeet Gannguli	2:33
2.	"Bhojo Gourango"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Jeet Gannguli	Jeet Gannguli	3:26
3.	"Bondhura Elomelo"	Dipangshu Acharyaa	Jeet Gannguli	Dibyendu Mukherjee Satabdi Chakraborty	4:38
4.	"Mahi Ve"	Gautam Sushmit	Jeet Gannguli	Kunal Ganjawala	4:38
5.	"Janina"	Nachiketa Chakraborty	Jeet Gannguli	Nachiketa Chakraborty	5:15
6.	"Dekhechi Tomake"	Priyo Chattopadhyay	Jeet Gannguli	Shaan June Banerjee	3:53
Total length:					24:23

Spin-off Sequel

Challenge 2 (2012) with no similarities to the previous one. Raj Chakraborty did a cameo appearance in the film.

References

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^ "Subhashree – Exclusive Interview". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ Nag, Kushali (21 October 2008). "Time for action". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
^ "Challenge (2009) | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.