Le Chakka
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| Le Chakka | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Written by | Padmanava Dasgupta Abhimanyu Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Shyam Agarwal |
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| Cinematography | Somak Mukherjee |
| Music by | Indraadip Das Gupta |
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Release date |
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Running time | 134:05 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Le Chakka(English:Take a Sixer) is a 2010 IndianBengali-languageromance drama filmco-written and directed byRaj Chakraborty.It castsDev,Ritwick ChakrabortyandPayel Sarkarin lead roles and supporting roles byKharaj Mukherjee,Biswajit Chakraborty,Deepankar De,Supriyo Dutta,Laboni Sarkar,Biswanath Basu.[1]The film's soundtrack and background score was composed byIndraadip Das Gupta.[2]It is a remake of the Tamil movieChennai 600028.
Le Chakkamarks the 2nd collaboration betweenDevandRaj ChakrabortyafterChallenge(2009).The film received positive reviews from the audiences, while critics were appraisal of the portrayal of the famous 'Rock culture' inNorth Kolkata;differences between North andSouth Kolkata;'Khep Khela', a popular term ofcrickettaken places in North Kolkata.[3]
Plot
[edit]11 Bullets is a very bad cricket team ofNorth Kolkata.The team is formed with the people of the locality, who have various professions. The film starts with a match between 11 Bullets and a cricket team ofSouth Kolkata.The hero, named Abir, alone smashes 11 Bullets. The team members of 11 Bullets are then abused by the people of their locality. In the meantime, Abir comes with his family to stay at Dorjipara, which is the locality of 11 Bullets. But, due to huge cultural deference between North Kolkata and South Kolkata, Abir becomes irritated to stay over there. The niece of thelandlordof Abir's tenant house, stars having regular quarrels with Abir. Then, Abir discovers that apolitical leaderis trying to grab Dorjipara, and for that, the leader wants the tenant house, which the landlord does not want to sell. When Abir teaches the 11 Bullets people, that without protesting against these political evils, they will not be able to survive, slowly, those people come close to Abir, and vice versa. Then slowly, Abir gets intimate with Rani, which her brother Rajat does not like. A Person, Shankar, who is attached to that leader comes and gets involved with the unmarried, frustrated, elder sister of Rani, named Ratna. But, when Shankar says that, he wants to marry Rani, not Ratna. Then Ratna kills herself. Ultimately, when the party leaders come to take control over Dorjipara, Abir throws a challenge of a cricket match, which is going to decide, who's going to get control over the house. 11 Bullets have a tensed and marvelous win, and Abir has a romantic win over Rani.
Cast
[edit]- Devas Abir
- Payel Sarkaras Rani
- Kharaj Mukherjeeas Ismail Biriyaniola
- Biswanath Basuas Gour
- Biswajit Chakrabortyas Abir's father
- Laboni Sarkaras Abir's mother
- Deepankar Deas Maniranjan Mitra, Rani's uncle
- Debjani Chattopadhyay as Ratna, Rani's elder sister
- Supriyo Duttaas Rani's father
- Ritwick Chakrabortyas Rajat, Rani's brother
- Abhimanyu Mukherjee as commentator
- Aritra Dutta Banikas special appearance
- Sanghasri Sinhaas Chilim
- Prasun Gainas Abir's friend
- Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay as Kanu
- Raju Majumdar as Abir's friend
- Vashcar Deb as Abir's friend
- Debranjan Nag as Abir's friend
- Arindam Dutta as Shankar
- Anindya Pulak Banerjee
- Raju Dutta
- Tapan Chattopadhyay
- Padmanava Dasgupta
- Rupak Dey
Soundtrack
[edit]| Le Chakka | |
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| Soundtrack albumby | |
| Released | 14 May 2010 |
| Recorded | 2010 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Eskay Movies |
The film score of the film as well as the soundtrack was scored byIndraadip Das Gupta.The soundtrack, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 May 2010 in India. The lyrics were written byPriyo Chattopadhyay,Prasenjit Mukherjee andSrijit Mukherjee.
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration (min:sec) | Lyricist | Notes |
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| 1 | "You And Me" | Shaan,June Banerjee | 4:56 | Priyo Chattopadhyay,Prasenjit Mukherjee andSrijato | |
| 2 | "Shabba Rabba Reeba Ru" | Kunal Ganjawalla,Monali Thakur | 5:00 | Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato | |
| 3 | "Ali Maula" | Shreya Ghoshal,Shaan,Shahadab Hussain | 6:04 | Priyo Chattopadhyay | |
| 4 | "Ekta Bindaas Para" | Kunal Ganjawalla, Shahdab Hussain, Prasenjit Mukherjee | 4:38 | Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato | |
| 5 | "Le Chakka" | Kunal Ganjawalla, Prasenjit Mukherjee | 4:24 | Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato |
References
[edit]- ^"Le Chakka".TVGuide.com.Retrieved18 June2024.
- ^"Copycat chronicles".The Telegraph.Calcutta. 12 September 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 15 September 2010.Retrieved17 June2018.
- ^"Ley Chakka Movie Review".The Times of India.ISSN0971-8257.Retrieved18 June2024.
External links
[edit]- 2010 films
- 2010s Bengali-language films
- Bengali-language Indian films
- Films about cricket in India
- Indian sports comedy films
- Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta
- Films set in Kolkata
- Bengali remakes of Tamil films
- 2010s sports comedy films
- Films directed by Raj Chakraborty
- 2010 comedy films
- Indian sports films
- Works about Ali