''Abhimaan'' (English: ''self respect'') is a 2016 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Raj Chakraborty Raj Chakraborty (born 21 February 1975) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and politician. He is one of the most commercially successful film-makers in Tollywood. Before directing his debut film, he was busy in Bengali TV. Raj Chakrabo ...

and starring Jeet,

Subhashree Ganguly Subhashree Ganguly (born 3 November 1990) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Anandalok Nayikar Khonje 2006. She is the highest paid actress of Bengali cinema. She made her acting debut in 2008 with the Odia comedy drama film '' Mat ...

and

Sayantika Banerjee Sayantika Banerjee is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has been praised by the critics for her acting and dance skills. In 2012 she was in the Bengali film '' Awara'', which was commercially successful. She jo ...

. The movie was released in India on 6 October 2016 and in

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on 30 December 2016. The film is a remake of the 2013

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, ''

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'' (2013) starring

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Samantha Akkineni Samantha Ruth Prabhu (formerly: Samantha Akkineni; born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She is a recipient of several awards, including four South Filmfare Awards, six South Indian ...

and

Pranitha Subhash Pranitha Subhash is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi films. She debuted as an actress in the 2010 Kannada film, '' Porki''. In 2012, she starred in the critically acclaimed film ''Bheema Theerada ...

Synopsis

Abhimaan is the story of a proud Italian-Bengali business tycoon Ashok Deb Burman (

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) and his estranged daughter Madhuja (

Anjana Basu Anjana Basu is a Bengali Indian actress and BJP politician based in Kolkata. She started her acting career with modelling, and gradually with a serial "Robir Aloy" which aired on Alpha Bangla (presently known as Zee Bangla), she came into the li ...

). Madhuja harbours hate for her father — who disowned her because she married someone of lower society against his wishes. Twenty five years have now passed. Mellowed with age, Ashok now wants to mend his relationship with Madhuja. For this, he seeks the help of his grandson, Aditya Deb Burman ( Jeet). The rest of the story follows Aditya's leaving Italy and arriving to Kolkata, entering the house posing as a driver and how he gets into many adventures and misadventures and finally succeeds in reconciling his grandfather with his aunt.

Cast

* Jeet as Aditya "Adi" Deb Burman/Deep *

as Dishani *

as Srijani *

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as Ashok Deb Burman, Aditya's grandfather, Madhuja's father *

Kaushik Banerjee Kaushik Banerjee ( bn, কৌশিক ব্যানার্জী) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He has appeared in more than a 100 films throughout his career of four decades. Born to the ace actor Harad ...

as Arun Deb Burman, Aditya's father *

as Madhuja Banerjee, Aditya's paternal aunt * Animesh Bhaduri as Pranab Banerjee, Madhuja's husband, Aditya's paternal uncle *

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as Khasnobis, Aditya's assistant *

Kanchan Mullick Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatr ...

as Doctor *

Kharaj Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian actor. He completed his early education from St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata He made his debut in Bengali film with the film ''Hulusthul'' in 1980. In the last 32 years, ...

as Bheegu, Madhuja's manager * Sudip Mukherjee as Yudhisthir Sardar *

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as Mr. Thanthaniya *

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as Ishani * Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as Central Home Minister * Yusuf Chishti as a director in Ashok Deb Burman's company

Soundtrack

References

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