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romantic film directed by Sanjoy Bardhan. ''Boxer'' is about a young boxer based in

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. The film stars debutant Shikhar Srivastava and

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in the lead roles and was produced by Koushik K Roy, also known as Roy Koushik. The music was released through SVF Music. It was heavily inspired by the 2016 Bollywood Film ''

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'', which was itself based on the 2011 South Korean Film ''

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''.

Plot

The film is the story of an 18-year-old boxer, Rony, who has reached adulthood after making many mistakes, but must move on. The boxing ring is a metaphor for life; every hurt and injury is a lesson in life, as he strives to win not a trophy but his first love, Jinia.

Cast

* Shikhar Srivastava as Rony *

as Jinia *

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

as Church Father *

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (Bengali: রজতাভ দত্ত; born 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali, Hindi and English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. O ...

as Digvijoy Sengupta *

Laboni Sarkar Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She initiated her acting career as a child artist with roles in Bengali films. Filmography * '' Aporajeyo'' (2022) * ...

as Sanghamitra Sengupta * Sudip Mukherjee as Boxing Coach * Sudip Sarkar as Siddhartha Chowdhury * Riya Bhattacharje as Item Girl Dancer *

Samidh Mukerjee Samidh Mukherjee (also spelled Mukherjee, bn, সমিধ মুখোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer from Kolkata, India. Mukherjee mainly works on Bengali and Hindi language films and television sho ...

as Rock Singer *Dheeraj Shaji as Kiran

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by

and Joy-Anjan. Akash Chakrabarty, Budhaditta and Samidh Mukherjee have written the lyrics for songs. "Du chokher Isharay" song composed by Joy-Anjan and penned by Budhaditta. The soundtrack was released by SVF Music. The full music album was released on 26 April 2017.

References

External links

* * {{Facebook, boxerthemovie.official 2018 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Indian sports drama films Indian boxing films 2010s sports drama films Films set in West Bengal 2018 drama films