''Kranti'' is a 2006 Bengali film directed by

Riingo Banerjee Riingo Banerjee ( bn, রিঙ্গো ব্যানার্জী) is a noted Indian Bengali film director and score composer. Riingo worked in the advertising industry for 14 years before entering the world of cinema working as a film wr ...

and produced under the banner of Eskay Movies. The film features actors Jeet and

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'' (20 ...

in the lead roles. This film marks the directorial debut of Riingo Banerjee, who also composed the music for the film. The film was a big success in the career of Jeet. The film also was a commercial success. Ashish Vidyarthi was Vishnu (the mafia leader) in this film. The film is an adaptation of the Telugu film '' Siva''.

Plot

Jeet ( Jeet) is a student whose family, consisting of his parents and elder sister Devashree (

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, ...

), migrated to the city

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. Since their arrival, they have to struggle amongst the crowd to exist. People of the city fear Vishnu (

Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...

), the local don. His younger brother Deva (

Rishi Kaushik Rishi Kaushik is an Indian actor who acts in serials most notably in Bengali language serials in West Bengal. He has appeared in the Star Jalsa soap operas ''Ekhane Aakash Neel'', and ''Ishti Kutum'', where he played the role of the male protag ...

) studies in the same college as that of Jeet. Deva's gang in the college are the biggest troublemakers, who tease girls and pass bad comments at them. Jeet, who tries to handle the situation, clashes with Deva's gang for a number of times and beats his gang members. In retaliation, Vishnu's goons start attacking his family members and friends. One day they spot Debashree on the road and assaults her. They rape her one by one in public. Police started investigating, and an Inspector ( Rajesh Sharma) was assigned, and he sought to punish the wrongdoers, but he wasn't able to punish them as Vishnu and his gang were too much powerful and had many politicians support. They also kill his college friend Iqbal (

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) for standing against Vishnu in elections. Jeet, in a fit of rage, killed Vishnu's younger brother Deva inside a car, strangulating his neck with a copper wire to avenge his friend Iqbal's death. Vishnu couldn't bear the loss of his so loving brother, infuriated and disturbingly killed Jeet's father (Bodhisatwa Majumdar). A helpless and heartbroken Jeet is left with nothing, but only a strong desire to punish the wrongdoers. He becomes determined to kill Vishnu. In the end, Jeet is successful in killing Vishnu, thus fulfilling his revenge.

Cast

* Jeet as himself *

as Arpita *

Alokananda Roy Alokananda Roy is an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali cinema and theatre. She made her thespian debut at the age of seven in the 1951 and later on became part of numerous Bengali plays. She made her screen debut with Satyajit Ray's ...

as Sohini Ghosh, Jeet's mother *

as Vishnu, a dreaded gangster supported by politicians * Bodhisattwa Majumdar as Shridhar Ghosh, Jeet's father *

as Debashree, Jeet's elder sister *

as Iqbal * Raja Chattopadhyay *

as Deva, Vishnu's younger brother * Rajesh Sharma as Inspector Ranajoy * Bhola Tamang

Soundtrack

References

2006 films Bengali-language Indian films Films scored by Jeet Ganguly Films scored by Rishi Chanda Films scored by Riingo Banerjee Films scored by Samidh Mukherjee Bengali remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Riingo Banerjee Indian action thriller films Indian thriller drama films Indian action drama films 2006 action thriller films 2006 thriller drama films 2006 action drama films 2000s Bengali-language films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub