Chittagong (film)

Chittagong
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Directed by	Bedabrata Pain
Produced by	Bedabrata Pain
Written by	Bedabrata Pain Shonali Bose
Starring	Manoj Bajpayee Vega Tamotia Sauraseni Maitra Jaideep Ahlawat Alexx ONell
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Cinematography	Eric Zimmerman
Edited by	Aldo Velasco
Distributed by	Mountain River Films
Release date	12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi Bengali English
Budget	₹45 million (US$670,000)
Box office	₹3.1 million (US$46,000) (3rd week domestic nett)

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Chittagong is a 2012 Indian historical war drama film directed by Bedabrata Pain. It stars Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role and is based upon events of British India's (now in Bangladesh) Chittagong Uprising. The film features music by trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy and sound by Resul Pookutty. The world premier of film was on 10 April 2012.Chittagong released on 12 October 2012 and nett grossed Rs 3.1 million at the Indian box office. This movie won the 60th National Film Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director.

The story is set against the backdrop of a little-known saga in 1930s British colonial India (now Bangladesh) where a group of schoolboys and young women, led by a schoolteacher Masterda Surya Sen (Manoj Bajpayee), dared to take on the Empire. Chittagong is the story of a diffident 14-year-old boy, Jhunku (Delzad Hiwale). Swept up into this seemingly impossible mission, the reluctant teenager battles with self-doubts to achieve an improbable triumph.

Jhunku, now a 23-year-old youth, is being chased by the Bengal police. He hides himself in a bunker with his childhood friend Aparna (Apu/Opu). While hiding, he begins to reflect on his past hopes and dreams. The story goes to a flashback to narrate the events that happened 10 years ago.

In 1930, Surya Sen and his followers are protesting the death of the revolutionary Jatin Das. Jhunku is not allowed to join them by his lawyer father who wants him to study in England. Apart from fearing his father, Jhunku is also torn between his admiration and respect for the magistrate, Wilkinson and his wife, who show great likings for him and his fascination for the charismatic figure of Masterda, who is followed and revered by most of his friends. Jhunku, due to his faith in Wilkinson who is personally against torturing revolutionaries, has great belief in British justice and believes that by getting an English education he might better equip himself to free his country. This causes arguments between him and his friends, especially Aparna. Wilkinson is opposed by the police inspector Major Johnson who defies his orders and arrests the protesters, and badly tortures Masterda.