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Khoka 420 is a Bengali romantic action comedy film directed by Rajib Biswas. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Tapas Paul, Rajatava Dutta and others. The film is a remake of the 2010 Telugu film Brindavanam[2] starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Kajal Agarwal. The film was dubbed into Hindi as "Mere Ustas 420". The film became a major commercial success and became one of the highest grossing Bengali films of the year.
| Khoka 420 | |
|---|---|
 Khoka 420 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Rajiv Kumar Biswas |
| Written by | Subhadip Das |
| Story by | Vamsi Paidipally |
| Produced by | Ashok Dhanuka Eskay Movies |
| Starring | Dev Subhashree Ganguly Nusrat Jahan Tapas Paul Rajatava Dutta Haradhan Bandopadhyay |
| Cinematography | Shrisha Roy |
| Edited by | Mohammad Kalam Khan, Saikat Sengupta |
| Music by | Rishi Chanda Shree Pritam Savvy Shrijit |
| Distributed by | Eskay Movies and Jalsha Movies Production |
Release date |
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Running time | 157:38 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Box office | ₹ 8crore[1] |
Plot
edit[3] Krish is the son of a rich man. Krish is romantically interested in Megha (Nusrat Jahan). Megha also loves Krish a.k.a. Krishna. Their relationship goes fine until Megha meets Bhoomi (Subhashree Ganguly), and they become best friends. Bhoomi tells her best friend Megha about his rowdy and tough cousin who her family wants her to marry, but she does not want to. Megha gets worried about her friend and tells the problem to her boyfriend, Krish. Megha makes Bhoomi meet Krish and tells Krish to act as if Krish is Bhoomi's boyfriend and let Bhoomi's family know that Bhoomi is in a relationship with Krish. Krish does not agree at first but later agrees to help out Bhoomi. In the meantime, Bhoomi fall in love with Krish in reality. Krish also gets close to Bhoomi. Later, one day Krish gets to know that Megha and Bhoomi's fathers are step-brothers and they have a family rivalry between them from ages. Krish meets the two brothers' father (Haradhan Bandopadhyay) and gets to know why they have the rivalry and also gets to know that grandfather wants them to be together again. The grandfather gives the responsibility to Krish to get the two families together again and if he is successful he will get the hand in marriage of Megha or Bhoomi – whomever he is in love with. Krish falls in a big problem as he is not interested in all this family rivalry. But later he decides to get the family together. In the meantime, Megha gets the wrong idea that Krish and Bhoomi are cheating her and Krish is in love with Bhoomi and not her. Due to the untimely death of Late Shri Haradhan Bandopadhay, the climax of the movie was changed which made it different from the original story of Brindavanam where Krish marries Bhoomi as Megha explained.
Cast
edit- Dev as Krish
- Subhashree Ganguly as Bhoomi
- Nusrat Jahan as Megha
- Tapas Paul as Bhoomi's father (Brojeshwar Ganguly)
- Rajatava Dutta as Megha's father (Mohanlal Ganguly)
- Haradhan Bandopadhyay as The grandfather of Bhoomi and Megha
- Partho Sarathi Chakraborty as Hari
- Shubhajit Bhowmik as Krish's companion
- Supriyo Dutta as Krish's fake father
- Laboni Sarkar as Krish's mother
- Kunal Padhy as Krish's father
- Anjan Mahato as Krish's driver (Kamol Bhai)
- Joy Badlani as Biju, Hari's father
- Pradip Dhar as Joy, Bhoomi's uncle
- Madhumita Chatterjee as Megha's mother
Soundtrack
edit| Khoka 420 | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Rishi Chanda, Shree Pritam, Savvy and Shrijit | |
| Released | May 2013 |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Eskay Movies |
| Producer | Ashok Dhanuka |
The album is scored by Savvy.
| Song Name | Singer | Lyricist | Composer | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 "Mad I Am Mad" | Mika Singh, Saberi Bhattacharya | Gautam Sushmit | Savvy | 7.0 |
| 02 "Solid Case Kheyechhi" | Bappi Lahiri, Poornima Shrestha | Shree Pritam | Shree Pritam | 8.0 |
| 03 "Bin Tere Tere Bin" | Zubeen Garg | Smarajit Bandyopadhyay | Shree Pritam | 9.0 |
| 04 "Gobhir Joler Fish" (Title Track) | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Akriti Kakkar | Savvy | Savvy | 9.2 |
| 05 "O Bondhu Amar" | Shaan, Mahalakshmi Iyer | Gautam Sushmit | Srijit | 7.6 |
| 06 "Jay Govinda Jay Gopala" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Mahalaxmi Iyer | Priyo Chattopadhyay | Rishi Chanda | 8.0 |
Critical Reception
editKhoka 420 opened with mixed to positive reviews. Jaya Biswas of the Times Of India gave the film 3.5/5 stars and opined "The story is not new, but it is the packaging that makes Khoka 420 an interesting watch. The film has oodles of action and if you happen to be a Dev fan, give it a shot". Anurima Das gave the film 3/5 stars saying "Dev starrer Khoka 420 is a perfect family entertainment package filled with action, romance and drama, the film is definitely a good watch."
References
edit- ^ "5 films that rocked the box office this year". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ "Khoka 420 Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Biswas, Jaya (16 June 2013). "Khoka 420 movie review". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 29 August 2013.