Nabab

Nabab
Theatrical release poster
নবাব
Directed by Joydip Mukherjee
Abdul Aziz
Produced by Abdul Aziz
Himanshu Dhanuka
Screenplay by Pele Bhattacharya
Joydip Mukherjee
Story by Pele Bhattacharya
Starring
Music by Savvy
Akassh
Lyrics:
Prasen
Cinematography Tuban
Edited by Somnath Dey
Production
company
Distributed by Jaaz Multimedia
Eskay Movies
Release date
  • 26 June 2017 (2017-06-26) (Bangladesh)
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) (India)
Running time
 140 minutes
Country Bangladesh
India
Language Bengali
Budget BDT 4.5 crore[1]
Box office BDT 9.1 crore[1]

Nabab is a 2017 film directed by Joydip Mukherjee and stars Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan. The film is an Bangladesh-India joint venture produced by Abdul Aziz[2] and Himanshu Dhanuka under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies. The story revolves around an intelligence agent from Bangladesh (Shakib Khan) tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India.[3][4] The film also stars Subhasree Ganguly as Khan's love interest [5][6] and features Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Amit Hasan, Kharaj Mukherjee, and Aparajita Adhya in supporting roles.[7] The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Savvy Gupta and Akassh. The film was released on 26 June 2017[8] on the occasion of Eid in Bangladesh and released in India on 28 July 2017.

The film marks the second collaboration of Shakib Khan with Joydip Mukherjee after success of Shikari (2016).[9]

Plot

A group of people travelling in a bus, later the bus stops for a tea break and the hooligans arrive at the same time when suddenly a passing convoy is attacked and the assassins try to kill the man inside one of the cars. The man using his swiftness foils the attack and manages to nab and arrest one of the attackers while killing another. The rest manage to escape the scene.

This man is Chief Investigating Officer Rajib Chowdhury (Shakib Khan) and the person in the car turns out to be Chief Minister Ananya Chatterjee (Aparajita Adhya) who was impressed with Rajib and delegates to him the task of locating the people behind recent terrorist conspiracy to Rajib. Rajib promises to fulfill the job to the best of his ability.

Masud (Sagnik Chatterjee) a Muslim ACP is taken off from the Special Action Team when a notorious gangster Mustaq escapes his clutches. Despite being an honest and upright police officer with the best intelligence gathering network in the force, Masud is rueful that he is being given low class treatment because he is a Muslim and is being perceived as having let Mustaq escape because he was a Muslim as well. Rajib wants Masud on the team, but Masud refuses. It is revealed that Rajib's father Constable Shymal Chowdhury was killed by terrorist in Bangladesh which motivated Rajib to join police force.

It is shown that Avoy Mandal(Kharaj Mukherjee) the Deputy CM was the one who committed the fraud and is trying to ensure that he is not caught and hence he had asked the assassins to attack the CM. Rajib tries to break the back of crime and this starts irritating Mandal who senses how close Rajib is getting. Mandal then frames Rajib for the murder of Meghla(Meghla), daughter of the Police Commissioner Gautom(Rajatava Dutta).

Rajib escaped prison then went to the Commissioner's house to tell him the truth, but there he accused for the murder of Commissioner.With the help of his love interest Rajib reached to Mandal. But imprisoning his mother and few colleagues Mandal trapped Rajib to kill CM in a high security zone.

Cast

Production

Filming

Before filming started Khan underwent extensive training for the action sequences and has reportedly lost 20 kg weight to fit as an counter-terrorism agent.[10]The shooting schedule of Nabab commenced on 17 November 2016. The first phase of the film was shot in 10-day schedule and entirely filmed in Cox's Bazar.[11] The second phase of the filming took place in Kolkata.[12][13] The last phase of the film was filmed in Dhaka and Kolkata, and lasted 30-days. The entire film was shot on a 50-day schedule.[14]

The music of the film was shot at various locations in Kolkata. A romantic track sequence was shot at Kolkata film city in East Bengal.[15]

Release

Nabab released across 128 screens in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017 which is the widest release for any Bangladeshi film. Despite release of two other films, Nabab opened on every multiplexes in Bangladesh.[8]

Critical reception

In a review by The Daily Star, Nabab was praised for its costumes and design, but was criticised for its acting and the story's similarities to the film 1999 Hindi film Baadshah.[16]

Soundtrack

Nabab
Soundtrack album by Savvy and Akassh
Released June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01)
Recorded 2016 - 2017
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 16:41
Language Bengali
Label
Producer
Savvy chronology
Bibaho Diaries
(2017)		 Nabab
(2017)		 Rangbaz
(2017)
Akassh chronology
Premi o Premi
(2017)		 Nabab
(2017)		 Ami Neta Hobo
(2018)

The soundtrack for the film is composed by Savvy and Akassh. The music video of the song "Sholoana" was released on YouTube on 1 June 2017.[17][18] The music video of the song "Jabo Niye" was released on 10 June 2017.[19] The music video of the song "O DJ O DJ" was released on 18 June 2017.[20][21] The music video of the song "Saiyyan Beimaan" was released on 13 July 2017.

The full soundtrack was released for digital streaming on Saavn on June 1, 2017.[22]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Sholoana"PrasenSavvyShadaab Hashmi, Akriti Kakkar03:51
2."Jabo Niye"PrasenSavvyAnkit Tiwari, Madhura Bhattacharya03:48
3."O DJ O DJ"Priyo ChattopadhyayAkasshKona, Akassh03:11
4."Saiyyan Beimaan"PrasenSavvyRaza Ali Khan03:14

Controversy

After the release of trailers and songs from the film, different artists, producers, directors and 14 different film-related organizations in Bangladesh began to protest the release of Nabab.[23][24][25][26]After claims by the protesters that the films 'broke' some of the rules of making joint ventures, the Censor Board of Bangladesh did not give clearance to release the films. In response, Jaaz Multimedia threatened to close down their cinema halls for Eid if their films would not be allowed to release. The protesters also brought Shakib Khan, star of Nabab, who once went on the streets of Bangladesh to protest the release of Indian films.[27] Khan, at a press conference by Jaaz Multimedia, defended his position and former protests with claims that he only protested against big-budget Hindi/Urdu, not Bengali joint venture films. After a few weeks of protests, the Censor Board gave clearance to the films to release, in time to release on the holiday of Eid.[28][29]

References

  1. 1 2 Independent, The. "Shakib's 'Nabab' on the top in Box office with record". Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "[WATCH] New-look Shakib stirs up a storm". The Daily Star. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "after Shikari now he's Nabab". BD Pratidin. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nabab' Journey begin from November 17". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Nabab' Shakib & Subshasree pair together". BMBD. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nabab' Shakib & Subshasree together for the 1st time". Sonali News. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nabab' all cast present for the last day of shooting". Filmy Mike. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Nabab' schedule to released on 128 screens". Prothom-alo. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "New year, new stage show for Shakib Khan". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Shakib Khan Sheds Weight for Upcoming Film". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Shakib Khan start filming "Nabab"". NTV. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  12. ↑ "Nabab' Kolkata schedule complete". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Shakib Khan start filming "Nabab" in kolkata". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  14. ↑ "Shakib Khan complete nabab". Bhorer Kagoj. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Nabab' Song location". NTV. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  16. ↑ Amin, Amira (8 July 2017). "Nabab". The Daily Star.
  17. ↑ "Song 'Sholoana' overwhelming response". Mzamin. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "Nabab' Song Sholoana got bumper response". Taro Kalap. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Nabab' Song Jabo Niye released". Filmy Mike. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Kona releases three music videos". The Daily Star. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  21. ↑ "এবার নবাবের জমকালো গান 'ও ডিজে'" [Nawab's Gorgeous Song 'DJ']. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  22. ↑ Nabab by Savvy, Akassh, 2017-06-01, retrieved 2017-07-16
  23. ↑ "'বস-টু' ও 'নবাব' মুক্তি না পেলে সিনেমা হল বন্ধ!" [The movie is closed when 'Boss-2' and 'Nawab' are not released!]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  24. ↑ "সিনেমা হল বন্ধের হুঁশিয়ারি" [Movie Theaters Warn of Closing]. Rising BD (in Bengali). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  25. ↑ "'দেয়ালে পিঠ ঠেকে গেছে'" ['The back of the wall']. প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  26. ↑ "যে কারণে 'নবাব' ও 'বস-২'-এর পক্ষে প্রদর্শক সমিতি" [For this reason, the exhibition committee on behalf of 'Nawab' and 'Boss-2']. NTV (in Bengali). 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  27. ↑ "যা হচ্ছে সবই ব্যক্তিস্বার্থ চরিতার্থ করার জন্য: শাকিব খান" [Everything that is being done to satisfy individualism: Shakib Khan]. Priyo (in Bengali). 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  28. ↑ ""NABAB" AND "BOSS 2" get censor clearance". The Daily Star. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  29. ↑ "'Nabab', 'Boss-2' to be released this Eid". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
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