''Adventures Of Jojo'' is a

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action adventure film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...

co-written and 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 ...

, based on ''Tongling'', a novel written by

Leela Majumdar Leela Majumdar ( bn, লীলা মজুমদার ''Lila Mojumdar''), (26 February 1908 – 5 April 2007) was a Bengali writer. Early life Born to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray (who was the younger brother of Upendra Kishor Ray Cho ...

. It is inspired by the film "An Elephant's Journey" directed by Richard Boddington. The film was released on 21 December 2018 under the banner of

Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali language, Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and ...

Plot

The plot revolves with the subject of tiger poaching and wildlife. Jojo, a young and school going boy of 12, lives with his parents in

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. He dreams of the wilderness and the animals in it. One day his parents go

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to take his grandmother. Jojo goes to his uncle's home to Baropahari in

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. He befriends with Shibu, a local boy of similar age. Shibu is the son of a mahout who grew up in the midst of nature and is friendly with animals, especially an elephant named Noni. They make a mission to stop a gang of poachers from killing Chenghiz, a huge tiger who is seen as the protector of the forest.

Cast

* Joshojit Banerjee as Jojo *

Rudraneel Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt C ...

as Munia Hazari *

* Samiul Alam as Shibu * Santu Saha as Swapan Mama * Padmanabha Dasgupta * Abhishek Singh * Buddhadeb Bhattacharya *

Manali Dey Manali Dey (sometimes Manali De and Manali Manisha Dey) is an Indian television actress. She made her acting debut in the Bengali film ''Kali Aamar Maa'' in 1999. Later she made her television debut in the television serial ''Neer Bhanga Jhor'' ...

* Jayasree Bose * Jeetu Kamal as Forest Officer Sujoy Bose * Priya Mondal * Kunal Banerjee * Kuntal Banerjee * Pankaj Mullick * Pausali Sengupta * Sanjay Bhattacharya

Soundtrack

Release

The official trailer 1 of the film was launched by SVF on 14 November 2018. The official trailer 2 of the film was launched by SVF, fifteen days later on 1 December 2018. This film was theatrically released on 21 December 2018.

References

External links

* {{Raj Chakraborty Films 2018 films Indian children's films Films based on Indian novels Indian adventure films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Films directed by Raj Chakraborty