Draft:Pratikar (1987 film)

Pratikar
Pratikar
Directed by	Prabhat Roy
Written by	Prabhat Roy
Screenplay by	Prabhat Roy
Produced by	Pranab Basu
Starring	Victor Banerjee; Chiranjeet Chakraborty; Debashree Roy; Madhabi Chakraborty; Utpal Dutta; Satabdi Roy; Shakuntala Barua; Biplab Chatterjee; Sukhen Das; Chhaya Devi; Nimu Bhowmik
Cinematography	Krishna Chakraborty
Edited by	Pranab Ghosh; Rabin Sen
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Production; company	Chandima Films
Distributed by	Chandima Films
Release date	17 April 1987
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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Pratikar (English: Prevention) is a 1987 Indian Bengali language vigilante action film written and directed by Prabhat Roy.^[1]^[2] Produced by Pranab Basu under the banner of Chandima Films in their second production,^[3] the film stars Victor Banerjee, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Debashree Roy in lead roles, while Utpal Dutta, Madhabi Chakraborty, Satabdi Roy, Shakuntala Barua, Sukhen Das, Biplab Chatterjee, Chhaya Devi and Nimu Bhowmik play supporting roles. The screenplay and dialogues were also written by Prabhat Roy. The soundtrack album and background score was composed by Bappi Lahiri^[4], with the lyrics written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder. It plots the story of an intelligent student Shankar, who becomes vigilante after the violent murder of his mother and brutal rape of his sister, by the local goons who kidnaps women and sell them outsides. When he starts avenging, DSP Rajib Chowdhury who is childhood friend of Shankar, comes on the board to investigate the murder mysteries done by Shankar.

Cast

Victor Banerjee as Shankar Banerjee / Awbotaar Bhai
Chiranjeet Chakraborty as DSP Rajib Chowdhury
Debashree Roy as Shikha
Madhabi Mukherjee as Madhuri Banerjee, Shankar's mother
Satabdi Roy as Sandhya Banerjee. Shankar's sister
Shakuntala Barua as Purabi, Rajib's wife
Utpal Dutt as Abinash Sen
Biplab Chatterjee as Ratan Ghosh, Abinash's henchman
Sukhen Das as Rahim Bhai, owner of a garage
Chhaya Devi as Burima
Nimu Bhowmik as Abinash's manager
Satya Bandyopadhyay as Sanjib Chowdhury, Rajib's father
Meenakshi Goswami as Rajib's paternal aunt
Tarun Mitra as Inspector Dinanath Das
Masud Patel as goon

Production

The film received A certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification.^[5]

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music is composed by Bappi Lahiri

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer	Length
1.	"Ek Je Chhilo Duorani"	Gauriprasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Asha Bhonsle	3:59
2.	"Dol Dol Dol Baaja Shobai Khol"	Gauriprasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Chandrani Mukherjee Abhijit Bhattacharya Muhammad Aziz	6:13
3.	"Ghumer Chhaya Ghoniye Ashe"	Gauriparasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Asha Bhonsle	1:12
4.	"Bagh Bhalluk Noy"	Gauriprasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Bappi Lahiri	4:40
5.	"Bhenge Dilo Niyoti"	Gouriprasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Bappi Lahiri	1:29
6.	"Shonamoni Chhara"	Gouriparasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Asha Bhonsle	2:05
7.	"Ek Je Chhilo Duorani (Male Version)"	Gouriprasanna Mazumder	Bappi Lahiri	Bappi Lahiri	4:06

Remakes

Pratikar was remade in Telugu as Raktha Tilakam (1988) starring Venkatesh; in Tamil as Thaimel Aanai starring Arjun Sarja and in Hindi as Pratikar (1991)^[6] starring Anil Kapoor

References

^ "Prabhat Roy unveils the cover of his autobiography". The Times of India. 2024-06-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
^ "anandabazar.com/entertainment/prabhat-roy-becomes-producer-and-now-the-owner-of-prabhat-productions-with-ekta-bhattacharya-dgtlx/cid/1524465".
^ "A Bengali masala movie for classes and masses". The Times of India. 2004-09-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ Sony Music East (2020-02-06). Pratikar | Movie Song Audio Jukebox | Bengali Songs 2020 | Sony Music East. Retrieved 2024-06-15 – via YouTube.
^ "Prime Video: Pratikar". www.primevideo.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ "Bengali cult classics remade in Hindi". The Times of India. 2019-07-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

External Links

[1] "Prabhat Roy unveils the cover of his autobiography". The Times of India. 2024-06-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-17.

[2] "anandabazar.com/entertainment/prabhat-roy-becomes-producer-and-now-the-owner-of-prabhat-productions-with-ekta-bhattacharya-dgtlx/cid/1524465".

[3] "A Bengali masala movie for classes and masses". The Times of India. 2004-09-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

[4] Sony Music East (2020-02-06). Pratikar | Movie Song Audio Jukebox | Bengali Songs 2020 | Sony Music East. Retrieved 2024-06-15 – via YouTube.

[5] "Prime Video: Pratikar". www.primevideo.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

[6] "Bengali cult classics remade in Hindi". The Times of India. 2019-07-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

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