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Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal

Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal is an upcoming Indian Bengali period film directed by Subhrajit Mitra.[2][3] It is an international co-production Bengali film, backed by film houses in India, UK and USA. The film is produced by Aniruddha Dasgupta and Aparna Dasgupta under the banner of ADited Motion Pictures (USA) and co-produced by Hassan Choudhury under the banner of Hc Films Limited (UK). The film stars Srabanti Chatterjee in the title role, alongside Prosenjit Chatterjee, while Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Arjun Chakrabarty in pivotal roles.[4][5]

Devi Chowdhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal
Directed bySubhrajit Mitra
Screenplay bySubhrajit Mitra
Dialogues by
Story byBankim Chandra Chatterjee
Based onDevi Chaudhurani
Produced by
  • Aniruddha Dasgupta
  • Aparna Dasgupta
  • Hassan Choudhury (HC FILMS limited, UK)
Starring
CinematographyAnirban Chatterjee
Edited bySujay Dutta Ray
Music byBickram Ghosh
Production
companies
ADited Motion Pictures
LOK Studios
HC Films
Moringa Studios
Release date
  • 22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Budget₹200 million[2]

Principal photography commenced in January 2024 with filming taking place in Kolkata and Purulia in West Bengal.

Devi Chowdhurani's motion poster was unveiled at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 22. The film is slated to release in theaters in September 2024; apart from Bengali, it will be released as a dubbed version in 6 other languages— English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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In August 2023, it was reported that filming would begin in November 2023.[10] The film is produced by Aniruddha Dasgupta and Aparna Dasgupta under the banner of ADited Motion Pictures, with Hassan Choudhury as co-producer under the banner of Hc Films Limited. Devi Chowdhurani is one of the most expensive Indian Bengali films ever made, with a budget of ₹20 crore.[10]

Besides directing, Subhrajit Mitra wrote the screenplay for the film based on the novel Devi Chaudhurani by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee; also wrote the dialogues. Pradyumna Kumar Swain was hired as the action choreographer.[11]

Casting

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Srabanti Chatterjee (left) was signed as the titular role, and Prosenjit Chatterjee (right) as the male lead.

The film marks Sabyasachi Chakraborty's comeback to films.[8][12][13] In January 2023, Sabyasachi Chakraborty attended the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival Bangladesh (East Bengal) as a special guest, he told the media at the film festival that "he will be retiring from films for some time".[14][15][16] However, Devi Choudhurani: Bandit Queen of Bengal's director Subhrajit Mitra chose Sabyasachi Chakrabarty to play the role of Zamindar Haravallav Ray in May 2023. Srabanti Chatterjee will play the role of Devi Chaudhurani,[7] while Prosenjit Chatterjee will essay Bhavani Pathak, an important character in the film.[2][6] Indraneil Sengupta was initially cast as Rangaraj, but actor Arjun Chakraborty was eventually roped in to portray Rangaraj.[9][17][18] The film went to the floors on 27 January 2024.[19]

Filming

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The film was planned to begin shooting in November 2023, with around 250 crew members. However, delays arose and pushed the shooting to January 2024.[10] The shooting of the film began on 27 January 2024 in North Kolkata, at Jimmy Laha's house. At that time, Srabanti Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Kinjal Nanda, Darshana Banik took part in the shoot. On 28 January, crews and production team arrived in Purulia district for the remaining shoot of the first phase. Srabanti was accompanied by Bibriti Chatterjee and Arjun Chakrabarty in the shoot. Various scenes of the film were shoot at the Ajodhya Hills and its foothills in Purulia; shoot in the deep forest. Some fight scenes are captured here; in which there are fight scenes with talwar and bow and arrow. The scenes were shoot between January 28 and the first week of February at various locations in Purulia district.[19]

The second phase was shot in Birbhum and Kolkata in West Bengal, and in the states of Jharkhand and Bihar.[20] Prosenjit Chatterjee, who played the character of Bhavani Charan Pathak, joined the shoot for this phase.[19]

Release

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Devi Chowdhurani will release in theaters on Autumn 2024, along with its dubbed version in a total of 6 languages excluding the original Bengali language version.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Prosenjit Chatterjee's next is Bengali film based on Bankim's Devi Chaudhurani". Film Companion. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Naman Ramachandran (5 April 2023). "'Bandit Queen of Bengal' Project Sets Fall Start (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ^ "দেবী চৌধুরানীতে মিলে যাবে ইতিহাস-উপন্যাস, ইঙ্গিত মিলল পরিচালক শুভ্রজিতের কথায়" (in Bengali). 21 February 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Sankha Ghose (3 March 2023). "A galaxy of stars onboard for Subhrajit Mitra's 'Devi Chowdhurani' period drama". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata: Etimes. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Prosenjit Chatterjee, Srabanti Chatterjee-Starring 'Devi Chowdhurani' Nabs Indo-U.K. Co-Prod Status (EXCLUSIVE) – Global Bulletin". Variety.
  6. ^ a b c "দেবী চৌধুরানী শ্রাবন্তী, ভবানী পাঠক প্রসেনজিৎ! সিনেমায় থাকছেন ভিকি কৌশলের বাবাও". bangla.hindustantimes.com (in Bengali). 25 February 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Subrajit Mitra all praise for Srabanti Chatterjees dedication eagerly waiting to start 'Devi Chowdhurani' shoot". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Sabyasachi Chakraborty: Feels great to be a part of 'Devi Chowdhurani', I know Subhrajit will do justice to the original story". The Times of India. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Arjun Chakrabarty joins 'Devi Chowdhurani' cast". www.telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph India. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Halder, Deep (31 August 2023). "Bengali films avoid Hindu themes. But Subhrajit Mitra's Devi Chowdhurani set to change that". ThePrint. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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  12. ^ "পর্দায় ফিরতে প্রচণ্ড ভয়! দেবী চৌধুরানিতে 'কামব্যাক' প্রসঙ্গে কী বললেন সব্যসাচী?". www.eisamay.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Eisamay. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  13. ^ "বিরতি কাটিয়ে পর্দায় আসছেন সব্যসাচী, কোন বেশে ধরা দেবেন 'দেবী চৌধুরানী'তে". bangla.hindustantimes.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Hindustan Times - Bangla. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  14. ^ "অভিনয় জীবন থেকে বিদায় নিচ্ছি না, আমার বক্তব্যের ভুল ব্যাখ্যা হয়েছিল, বললেন সব্যসাচী". Anandabazar (in Bengali). Kolkata: Anandabazar Patrika. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  15. ^ "অভিনয় থেকে অবসর সব্যসাচীর, বাবার সিদ্ধান্তে গৌরব বললেন…". bangla.hindustantimes.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Hindustan Times - Bangla. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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  17. ^ "'রঙ্গরাজ হিসেবে শ্রেষ্ঠ অর্জুন..', 'দেবী চৌধুরানী'তে একের পর এক চমক! চূড়ান্ত খাটছেন শ্রাবন্তীও". bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Indian Express - Bengali. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  18. ^ "রঙ্গরাজ বদল! শুভ্রজিতের দেবী চৌধুরানীতে এবার ইন্দ্রনীলের জায়গায় অর্জুন, হঠাৎ হল কী". bangla.hindustantimes.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Hindustan Times - Bangla. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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