Challenge (2009 film)

Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali romantic comedy directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly..The film was a major hit in the history of Bengali Cinema.[2][3][4] For few scenes and music-videos, shooting was done in Dubai.This Movie is a partly remake of Telugu Movie Bunny and Dil

Challenge
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byRaj Chakraborty
Produced byShree Venkatesh Films
Screenplay byN.K. Salil
StarringDev
Subhashree Ganguly
Music byJeet Gannguli
CinematographySoumik Haldar[1]
Release date
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
BudgetRs.3.50Cr.
Box officeRs.6.50Cr.

Plot

Abir (Dev) joins a college where Pooja (Subhashree Ganguly), daughter of a ruthless businessman, is studying. Her father is very obsessive and conservative in taking care of Pooja and does not tolerate if anyone directly or indirectly disturbs Pooja. Abir is ragged by a bunch of students, in return he smashes all of them. He also confronts her father's henchmen and makes them say sorry to him when they misbehave with him before his fight to the students. This is seen by Pooja and she gets impressed of him. She falls in love with him, which in turn he reciprocates. This is found by Pooja's father. The rest of the story is how Abir and Pooja unite, after a series of events.

The films ends with a happy note.

Cast
  • Dev as Abir
  • Subhashree Ganguly as Pooja
  • Rajatabha Dutta as Agnideb Sen, Pooja's dad, an industrialist and a local don
  • Tulika Basu as Pooja's Mom
  • Biswajit Chakraborty as Aabir's Dad
  • Laboni Sarkar as Aabir's Mom
  • Kharaj Mukherjee as Principal
  • Parthosarathi Chakraborty as Gopal
  • Supriyo Dutta as Karthik Da
  • Prasun Gain as Poncha
  • Pradip Dhar as Karthik's assistant
  • Abhimanyu Mukherjee as a Ranjan
  • Tamal Roy Chowdhury as Pooja's maternal grandfather
  • Debranjan Nag as Bhajahari

Spin off

Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose in lead roles. The film is not a sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge

Soundtrack
Challenge
Soundtrack album by
Jeet Gannguli
Released2009
Recorded2008
StudioShree Venkatesh Films
GenreFeature film soundtrack
ProducerShree Venkatesh Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Jackpot
(2009)		 Challenge
(2009)		 Paran Jai Jaliya Re
(2009)
Singles from Challenge
  1. "Mahi Ve"
    Released: 5 Mar 2016
  2. "Bondhura Elomelo"
    Released: 19 Mar 2016
  3. "Dekhechi Tomake"
    Released: 22 Mar 2016
  4. "Bhojo Gourango"
    Released: 27 Feb 2016

Jeet Gannguli composed the music and Lyrics Written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Dipangshu Acharyaa, Abhimannyu Mukherjee, Nachiketa Chakraborty, Gautam Sushmit for Challenge.

Track No. Track Singer Lyrics Length
1 Bhojo Gourango Jeet Gannguli Priyo Chattopadhyay 3:45
2 Bondhura Elomelo Dibyendu Mukherjee, Satabdi Chakraborty Dipangshu Acharyaa 4:43
3 Challenge Nibi Na Sala Jeet Gannguli Abhimannyu Mukherjee
4 Dekhechi Tomake Srabone Shaan, June Banerjee Priyo Chattopadhyay 2:25
5 Janina Nachiketa Chakraborty Nachiketa Chakraborty
6 Mahi Ve Kunal Ganjawala Gautam Sushmit 3:12

References
  1. "Spotlight". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  2. "Challenge (2009)". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. "Subhashree – Exclusive Interview". calcuttatube.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. Nag, Kushali (21 October 2008). "Time for action". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 6 March 2009.


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