Raavan is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by MN Raj marking his directorial debut and produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banner of Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet in the titular role alongside Lahoma Bhattacharya(in her debut), Tanusree Chakraborty, Shataf Figar, Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswanath Basu in the lead roles with Arindam Ganguly, Rana Mitra, Rohit Mukherjee, Aloke Jain playing another pivotal roles.[1] The screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by Arnab Bhaumik and Anubhab. The film is partially adapted from the Indian epic Ramayana. The plot revolves around several gruesome murders took place in Kolkata, like of the editor of a newspaper, an MLA and an indrustialist,all of them credited to be involved in corruption. The format of these crimes are considered to be none other than serial killing, as all of these were done by a killer named Raavan. On the other hand, the assigned lady police officer Sunayana Jahan investigates the case and suspects a Professor Ram Mukherjee to be the killer as he resembles Raavan.
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| Directed by | MN Raj |
| Screenplay by | MN Raj Arnab Bhaumik Anubhab |
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| Story by | MN Raj |
| Based on | Ramayana |
| Produced by | Jeet Gopal Madnani Amit Jumrani |
| Starring | Jeet Lahoma Bhattacharya Tanusree Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Manas Ganguly |
| Edited by | Md Kalam |
| Music by | Savvy |
Production companies | Jeetz Filmworks CAG Studios |
| Distributed by | Grassroot Entertainment |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Savvy, while the background score was by Anbu Selvan.The action sequences were designed by Ravi Varma, with dance choreographed by Imran Sardhariya.
Raavan was theatrically released on April 29, 2022 during the festive season of Eid, clashing with Dev starrer Kishmish.[2] The film was a super-hit at the box office and successfully ran more than 180 days in theatres. It received mostly positive reviews from the critics, praising Jeet and Figar's performance, mind blowing twists, slick and massy action sequences with the realistic dialogues. Jeet's signature dialogue from the film, "Raavan kshama kore dite shuru korle, Ramayan abar notun kore likhte hobe" (If Raavan starts forgiving, the Ramayana will have to be redefined) became favourable amongst the audiences.
Plot
Cast
- Jeet as Professor Ram Mukherjee
- Lahoma Bhattacharya as Rai, Ram's student-turned-lover
- Tanusree Chakraborty as ACP Sumaiyya Jahan
- Biswanath Basu as Inspector Chayan Pandey
- Shataf Figar as Joint Commissioner Rajiv Sharma,
- Alok Jain as Om Damani
- Rana Mitra as MLA Amar Chowdhury
- Jack Bhattacharya as Sudhir Dutta
- Kharaj Mukherjee as Vinod Ghoshal, college vice principal
- Somnath Kar as Khalid Aslam
- Arindam Ganguly as Ram's father
- Nanak Madnani as Puja Mukherjee, Ram's adoptive sister, a homeless teenager who lost her parents that he found on the streets
Production
Announcement
After Baazi(2021), Superstar Jeet's next film was reported to be another action-thriller directed by a debutant. The film was announced under the title 'Raavan' with a first look poster on Dussera. [3][4][5]
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2022 | ||||||||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | ||||||||
| Length | 16:47 | ||||||||
| Language | Bengali | ||||||||
| Label | Grassroot Entertainment | ||||||||
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The music of the film is composed by Savvy with lyrics written by Prosen, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Ritam Sen.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Keu Jaane Naa" | Arijit Singh | 4:39 |
| 2. | "You Are My Love" | Ash King | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Ami Tor" | Javed Ali Antara Mitra | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Keu Jaane Naa (Reprised Version)" | Yasser Desai | 4:39 |
| Total length: | 16:47 | ||
Reception
Shamayita.Chakraborty of the The Times of India reviewed the film and gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Such brutality is not often seen in the Bengali film spectrum. Raavan is for those who love action and have an appetite for violence. Jeet as Raavan will not let them down."[2] Sangbad Pratidin and Ei Samay both rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5.[6][7][8]
