''MLA Fatakeshto'' is a 2006 Indian

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-language

political drama A political drama can describe a play, film or TV program that has a political component, whether reflecting the author's political opinion, or describing a politician or series of political events. Dramatists who have written political dramas in ...

film 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' ...

for

Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali language, Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and ...

, starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

Debashree Roy Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962), also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She has been cited as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

and

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 ...

. It is a remake of the Tamil movie

Mudhalvan ''Mudhalvan'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film produced by R. Madhesh and S. Shankar, written and directed by Shankar. The film stars Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran while Vadivelu and Manivannan appear in ...

. It was a commercial success at the box office, helped by the

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . The election took place in five phases between 17 April and 8 May. The votes were counted three days later on May 11, 2006, and ...

. It is the first of the two-film Fatakeshto series (the other being ''

Minister Fatakeshto ''Minister Fatakeshto'' is a 2007 Bengali drama film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Koel Mallick in lead roles with George Baker Soumitra Chatterjee Deepankar De Shankar Chakraborty and Locket Chatterjee being the other roles. It is the sequel ...

'') and has gained fame for its dialogue "" will hit you here and the body will be there at the cremation ground The film collected at the Box Office.

Plot

It is the tale of seven days of a small time goon who becomes an

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Cast

as Krishno "Fatakeshto" Deb Chatterjee, who becomes the Home Minister with the help of the CM *

as the Chief Minister *

as Nandini Chatterjee, Krishno's wife *

as the Home Minister Ranadeb Pal *

as Chaitali Roy, news reporter of Khabor Kolkata *

Shantilal Mukhopadhyay Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik e ...

as Haridas Pal, Ranadeb's PA *

Bharat Kaul Bharat Kaul is an Indian actor mainly known for villainous and antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγω ...

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Durjoy Naag * Sanjib Dasgupta as Atim Ghosh, leader of the Opposition * Sumit Ganguly as Ratan Basak, Ranadeb's henchman * Shyamal Dutta as chief editor of Khabor Kolkata

Soundtrack

Reception

Box Office

Made at the budget of 2 crore, the film was released with 61 prints and collected over 7.50 crore in 75 days.

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:MLA Farakeshto Bengali-language Indian films Indian political drama films Political action films Indian action drama films Films directed by Swapan Saha 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali remakes of Tamil films