''Love '' (
2008
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) is a
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film by
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director
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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 based upon ''
Love Story'' by
Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its hit film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a ...
.
Plot
The film is about two young people in love, who battle the odds, live through the tough times with a smile and who take a vow to never part until death. Jisshu plays Rahul Ray, a rich Hindu boy and management student, who falls in love with Ria Fernandez, a poor Christian music student, played by Koel Mallick.
Telegraphindia.com: "Summer love"
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Cast
*Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Ujjwal Sengupta (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter. who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, '' Mahaprabhu'' where he portraye ...
as Rahul Ray
*Koel Mallick
Koel Mallick (born Rukmini Mallick on 28 April 1982) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick. She made her film debut in ''Nater Guru'' (2003).
Early life and education ...
as Ria Fernandez
* Krishnokishore Mukherjee
* Chaitali Dasgupta Chaitali may refer to:
* Chaitali (poetry collection)
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, compo ...
* George Baker
Soundtrack
References
External links
ilovekolkata.in review of filmCalcutta Tube - Online Bengali MoviesThe Telegraph reviewscalonline.comTelegraphindia.com: Story 1Telegraphindia.com: Story 2gomlo.in interview with director RiingoTelegraphindia.com Story 3Telegraphindia Story 4
*Shoma A. Chatterj
Screenindia.com
"LOVE: A social vacuum (sic)"
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2008 films
Bengali-language Indian films
2000s Bengali-language films
Films directed by Riingo Banerjee