''Ebar Shabor'' (

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: এবার শবর; lit. ''Now It's the hunter'') is a 2015 Indian

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mystery-

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based on the

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story "''Rwin''" (ঋণ) by

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ( bn, শীর্ষেন্দু মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 2 November 1935) is a Bengali author from India. He has written stories for both adults and children. He is known for creating the relativel ...

. The film is directed by Tollywood line producer

Arindam Sil Arindam Sil is an Indian actor, film director and line producer. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. Joseph's College, Calcutta, and St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, ...

, and produced by

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and Mundus Services. This is the first installment of ''Goenda Shabor'' film series. This is the second directorial venture of the master film director after the blockbuster '' Aborto'' The film is based on the investigation of the murder of Mitali Ghosh (

Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (2 ...

). What follows is a revelation of certain shameful truths that are prevalent in the life of a typical high society person. The film released on 2 January 2015.

Plot

A police detective

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(

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Maju ...

) is entrusted with the daunting task of solving the mystery surrounding the murder of Mitali Ghosh (

), a woman with a messy past, who was killed on the night she had thrown a party for friends and family. The task is daunting for Shabor because of the number of people involved. Mitali was once married to Mithu Mitra (

Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...

), whom she divorced before settling overseas. Though she soon realized how much she loved him, her ego kept her from coming back to him. Heartbroken, Mithu found love in Mitali's cousin Joyeeta (

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). Also involved was Mitali's childhood friend and secret admirer Samiran ( Rahul Banerjee), who has relationships with several women, including a school's physical education teacher, Julekha Sharma (

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), and another girl, Khonika (

Debolina Dutta Debolina Dutta is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. She made her acting debut as a child artist with the film ''Manush Amanush''. In 2014, she received the National Award for her role as a water prostitut ...

). Shabor starts investigation with his assistant Nandalal. As Shabor probes deeper, he learns many disturbing secrets about the Ghosh family, including the fact that Mitali had once eloped with a boy from her locality Pantu Haldar (

Ritwick Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian actor who works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagol Premi in 2007. He plays different roles in different sorts of movies, so he is a versatile actor in Bengali Film Industry. Career Chakraborty wa ...

). She had married and left him within six months, ruining his future in the process. He was arrested and beaten black and blue by the police who were paid by Mitali's father for the same. Such savage beating resulted in severe nerve damage and erectile dysfunction in Pantu. His career, too, was ruined. Another character, Doyel, also comes into the picture. The detective now has to deal with the complex relationship problems that run deep root in the family and the mystery gets more and more complicated. After her father's death, Mitali comes back to Kolkata and stays with Joyeeta's family. Later, Joyeeta reveals that she's dating Mithu. Mitali is heartbroken, and tries to lure Mithu by joining their accounts in vain. In the party, Samiran flirts with Mitali and calls her attractive before a much disgusted Khonika. Mitali had confided into Khonika about Mithu and Joyeeta's affair. Meanwhile, when Mitali was in Pondicherry, her father got into a sexual relationship with Doyel and a son was born to them. Doyel was a poor nurse and she started to blackmail him into marrying her but in vain. She even told Mitali about their relation to get a share into his property after his death but was kicked out as a fraud. In that evening before the party, she sneaked in the house with the help of family servant Haren da to steal some money. Unable to provide for her son, Julekha was forced into prostitution, targeting men to earn from. On one such hunts, she came across Pantu; who paid her but could not please her owing to his erectile dysfunction. She insulted him very roughly for that. All the events of the past and Mitali's role in ruining his life flogged Pantu's mind, and a frustrated Pantu thus went and stabbed Mitali six times, saying three were from him and three from Mithu.

Cast

as ACP

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* Subhrajit Dutta as Nandalal *

as Mitali Ghosh *

as Mithu Mitra *

as Joyeeta Ghosh *

as Pantu Haldar *

as Rita/Julekha/Doyel Ghosh *

as Khonika * Rahul Banerjee as Samiran Bagchi * Santu Mukherjee as Madhu Bagchi * Nitya Ganguly as Haren *

Dipankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', ...

as Barun Ghosh * Rajat Ganguly as Arun Ghosh * Amjad Hossen

Reception

Upon the release ''Ebar Shabor'' received positive response from Critics. The movie has been running to packed houses over the weekend. All multiplex shows were sold out. Weekday shows have had 70-75% attendance across multiplexes.

Sequel

After the film's grand success, Sil is planning a sequel to this film. There will be new producers as Mundus Services have gone bankrupt after the film's release and

won't launch new ventures just yet. It has been titled '' Eagoler Chokh''.

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