''Kartabya'' ( bn, কর্তব্য ') is a 2003 Indian Bengali-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Swapan Saha Swapan Saha ( bn, স্বপন সাহা) (born 10 January 1930 in Ajmer, Rajasthan, British India) is an Indian (Bengali) film director, producer, story writer and score composer. Filmography * ''Bedenir Prem'' (1992) * ''Maan Samman' ...

and produced by

Pijush Saha Pijush Saha is an Indian film director, producer and writer from Kolkata. The first feature he directed was '' Satrur Mukabela'' (2002), which was followed by '' Kartabya'' (2003) '' Tulkalam'' (2007) '' Bajimat'' (2008) '' Neel Akasher Chand ...

and Subrata Saha Roy. It is a remake of the 2001

Tamil-language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pud ...

film ''

Samudhiram ''Samuthiram'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Erode Soundar and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. The ...

''.

Cast

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bis ...

Rachna Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Rakesh Banerjee; 2 October 1974) also known as Rachana, is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and television presenter. She is known for her works in Bengali and Odia film industries and has also appeared in several ...

* Lokesh Ghosh *

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduced Sreelekha Mitra ...

Locket Chatterjee Locket Chatterjee (born 4 December 1974) is an Indian actress, politician and Member of Parliament for Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, India. She is also a classical dancer. She completed her training in Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, ...

Tapas Paul Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen romantic collaboration with Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Ro ...

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, and Utpal Dutt with ...

* Moumita Chakraborty * Kalyani Mondal * Badsha Maitra * Manjushree Ganguly

Music

Ashok Bhadra Ashok Bhadra is an Indian composer working in the Bollywood and Bengali film industries. He has also worked for albums like ''Shudhu Ektu Bhalobasa'' and ''Paroshmani''. Discography As a music director * ''Rakhal Raja'' (1995) * ''Tomak ...

composed the soundtrack album to the film, which includes songs rendered by

Annupamaa Annupamaa is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She is known especially for the song " Chandralekha" (Konjam Nilavu) from '' Thiruda Thiruda''. She is also trained in Carnatic music and a 6th grade solo pianist from Trinity College Lo ...

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, including ...

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards ...

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has al ...

and Babul Supriyo. The lyrics were written by Gautam Susmit.

Release

''Kartabya'' was released on 26 November 2003.

References

2000s Bengali-language films Bengali remakes of Tamil films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub