Naxal (film)

Naxal (Bengali: নকশাল) is a 2015 Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by Debaditya Bandyopadhyay, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Dhritiman Chatterjee in pivotal roles.[1][2][3][4]

Naxal
Film poster
Directed byDebaditya Bandyopadhyay
Produced byMainakh Saha, Blue Coffee Moviez & Entertainment In association with The Kraft House
Written byDebaditya Bandhyopadhyay
Screenplay byPadmanabha Dasgupta
Pulok Das
Story byDebaditya Bandhyopadhyay
StarringMithun Chakraborty
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Gargi Roychowdhury
Shankar Chakraborty
Music byRupam Islam & Allan Ao
CinematographyBijoy Anand
Edited bySanjib Dutta
Distributed byThe Kraft House
Release date
19 June 2015
Running time
1 Hour 49 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

The backdrop of the film is the Naxal Amol or Naxal Period. It was a period in the history of the state of West Bengal that began with the infiltration of the ideas of the socialist movements in the western world (especially Latin America) into the psyche of many Bengali youths. Mithun Chakraborty plays the lead role in this film as a Naxalite.[5][6][7]

Plot

The story opens on the 21st day of May 1971 with the escaping of a few Naxalite youths. The most prominent among them is Anirban Sen. On that day, one of them named Samar dies while Anirban and their leader SankarDa go absconding.

After nearly 42 years one fine morning a FAX arrives at the Kolkata Metro Railways Headquarters. It says that today Anirban will commit suicide under the last Metro. Questions regarding his identity and demands start emerging as the news has taken centre stage in the city. This news shake the entire city from Kolkata Police Headquarters (Lalbazar) to the news channels, while Anirban rattles the administration with one FAX after the other. On the other hand, Siddhartha Chowdhury, CEO of the number-one Bengali News Channel engages himself in using this incident to boost his channel's TRP. Shubhankar, a journalist with Siddhartha’s channel, while searching for Anirban, discovers that one of those persons who went missing on 21 May 1971, SankarDa is still alive and is living under cover in the city Siddhartha announces that he will telecast Anirban's Suicide LIVE on television, which in turn has plummeted the commercial value of his channel.

Cast

References
  1. "Mithun to play a Naxal in upcoming Bengali film, but won't promote it". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2015.
  2. "Naxal Theatrical Trailer - Bengali Movie 2015". Bangla Movies.
  3. "Mahurat of Naxal takes place". Gomolo. 5 February 2014.
  4. "Filmmaker: Films on Naxalite movement need realism-fiction balance". NYOOOZ. 24 May 2015.
  5. "Mithun Chakraborty turns a Naxalite". The Times of India. 21 January 2014.
  6. "Mithun Chakroborty a Naxalite?". Sahara Samay.
  7. "Naxal will see Mithun Chakrabarty and Dhritiman Chatterjee in pivotal roles". Tollywood Dhamaka. 19 February 2014.
  8. "Mithun to play a Naxal in upcoming Bengali film, but won't promote it". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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