Zulfiqar (film)
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| Directed by | Srijit Mukherji |
| Produced by |
Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
| Written by | Srijit Mukherji |
| Screenplay by | Srijit Mukherji |
| Based on | Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare |
| Starring |
Prosenjit Chatterjee Dev Jisshu Sengupta Parambrata Chatterjee Ankush Hazra Kaushik Sen Neel Mukherjee Kanchan Mullick Rahul Banerjee Paoli Dam Nusrat Jahan June Malia Kyra Dutt |
| Music by | Anupam Roy |
| Cinematography | Soumik Haldar |
| Edited by |
Srijit Mukherji Anindya Chattopadhyay |
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| Distributed by | Shree Venkatesh Films |
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7 October 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹4 crore (US$590,000) |
| Box office | ₹7 crore (US$1.0 million) |
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| Soundtrack album by Anupam Roy | ||||
| Released | 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Producer |
Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
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Zulfiqar is a 2016 Indian Bengali language crime drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The film is based on adaptation of two of William Shakespeare’s tragedies: Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. The shooting of the film started in January 2016. The film was released on 7 October 2016 during Durga Puja to bad reviews but was a huge box office success. The songs and music of the film is a hit and topped the charts.
Zulfiqar Ahmed (Prosenjit Chatterjee) is a Robin Hood-esque figure and the most prominent member of Syndicate - a powerful organization which oversees most of the happenings in the heart of the city. Basheer Khan (Kaushik Sen), a member of Syndicate is a nationalist, a gangster and the best friend of Zulfiqar, who does not support terrorism. Tony Braganza (Parambrata Chatterjee) is the brain of The Syndicate who oversees the financial things of the organization, and Markaz Ali (Dev) is the brawn. If need be, Tony can shoot a bullet, but he is a man of the papers. Tony and Markaz have grown up together and they are inseparable. Though Zulfiqar is married to Karishma Ahmed (Paoli Dam), he continues an extramarital affair with Rani Talapatra (Nusrat Jahan), a money-lender, and the owner of the "Blue Nile Bar", who in turns loves Markaz and vice-versa. Kashinath Kundu (Jisshu Sengupta) is the wily and scheming guy of The Syndicate, who have an ambition for power. The Syndicate also have some corrupt government officials as members, like Customs officer Kaushik Sinha (Neel Mukherjee), Port Trust officer Tribhuban Gupta (Srijato), and a policeman, Laltu Das (Rahul Banerjee). Zulfiqar is more equal than the others who carries his aura lightly, but even in this group of equals, his opinion on matters of business and policy weigh a bit more. Not everyone likes this including Kashinath Kundu who fuels Basheer's growing individuality and makes him believe that Zulfiqar was the one who gave shelter to Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who came to West Bengal some days earlier by showing him some fake photographs and documents.
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