Bilu Rakkhosh: A Demon Within is a Bengali drama film by debutant director Indrasis Acharya, produced by Amit Debnath and Anirban Maity. This film was presented by Tripod Entertainment in association with Aalekh.[1] The story is a journey of a modern IT executive who has an inclination towards music. It’s a story of different psychological situations through a man’s mundane daily life and how he loses his soul. The music is released by Amara Muzik.
| Bilu Rakkhosh : Bilu A Demon Within | |
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| Directed by | Indrasis Acharya |
| Written by | Indrasis Acharya |
| Produced by | Amit Debnath Anirban Maity |
| Starring | joy Sengupta Koneenica Banerjee Kanchana Moitra |
| Cinematography | Santanu Dey |
| Edited by | Moloy Laha |
| Music by | Joy Sarkar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
editThe film delineates the journey of a bright mind which is tormented by contradiction in the scenario of rapid socio technical age.[2] He has a lucrative yet anxiety ridden vocation which does not allow him to nurture his long cherished dream to be a singer. His life is squandered as he is unable to settle equilibrium between family obligation and personal ambition. He is like the desperate sailor whose ship is on the verge of sinking. In his mind he creates a utopia and oscillates between past and present helplessly to capture an ideal locale. The film offers an open ending for the viewers to find out the demon’s lot.[3]
Cast
edit- Joy Sengupta as Bilu
- Koneenica Banerjee as Sohini
- Kanchana Moitra as Ranu
- Rony Dasgupta as Priyadip
- Pradip Mukherjee as Father of Bilu
- Moumita Mitra as Mala
- Arijit Chackrabarty as Arijit
- Deboprasad Halder as Deb
- Anirban Banerjee as Chiranjib as Friend of Bilu
- Rajanya Laha as Childhood of Bilu
- Papiya Sen
Production
editProduced by Amit Debnath and Anirban Maity and presented by Tripod Entertainment in association with Aalekh.
Soundtrack
editThe music of the film is composed by Joy Sarkar.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sajani Sajani Tagore Song" | Jayati Chakraborty Momomay Bhattacharya , Srabani Roy |
| 2 | "Bilu Theme Music" | Joy Sarkar |
| 3 | "Nid nahi ankhi patey by Atul Prasad Sen" | Jayati Chakraborty |
| 4 | "Bhangilo rey sukho mela" | Srabani Roy |
Recognition
editTo date, Bilu Rakkhosh has received following nominations:
- Official Selection New York Indian Film festival in Competition [4]
- Nominated for Best Actor Category in New York Indian Film Festival [4]
- Official Selection Jagran Film Festival in Competition [5]
- Official selection Third Eye Asian Film Festival
- Official selection Bodhisattva International Film Festival in Competition [6]
- Official Selection Habitat Film Festival [7]
- Official nomination Asia pacific screen awards
References
edit- ^ "Tollywood". Archived from the original on 14 August 2017.
- ^ Indrasis Acharya (25 July 2017). "Bilu Rakkhosh Trailer - Full HD - Koneenica, Joy , Kanchana - Bengali Movie Music: Joy Sarkar" – via YouTube.
- ^ "NYIFF2017-SCREENING SCHEDULE". www.iaac.us. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
- ^ a b "The Times Group". epaperbeta.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017.
- ^ "BILU, A DEAMON WITHIN (BILU RAKKHOSH) – Jagran Film Festival". jagranfilmfestival.co.in.
- ^ "Selected Films - BIFF India".
- ^ "Habitat Film Club". www.habitatfilmclub.com.