''Bilu Rakkhosh: A Demon Within'' is a Bengali

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by debutant director

Indrasis Acharya Indrasis Acharya is an Indian film director working in Bengali cinema. He came to the prominence after directing his first feature film, '' Bilu Rakkhosh'' which won acclaim in both national and international sphere. Indrasis next worked in ''Pu ...

, Produced by Amit Debnath and Anirban Maity. This film was presented by Tripod Entertainment in association with Aalekh. The story is a journey of a modern IT executive who has an inclination towards music. It’s a story of different psychological situations through a man’s mundane daily life and how he loses his soul. The music is released by

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Plot

The film delineates the journey of a bright mind which is tormented by contradiction in the scenario of rapid socio technical age. He has a lucrative yet anxiety ridden vocation which does not allow him to nurture his long cherished dream to be a singer. His life is squandered as he is unable to settle equilibrium between family obligation and personal ambition. He is like the desperate sailor whose ship is on the verge of sinking. In his mind he creates a utopia and oscillates between past and present helplessly to capture an ideal locale. The film offers an open ending for the viewers to find out the demon’s lot.

Cast

Joy Sengupta Joy Sengupta (born 14 December 1968) is an Indian film and stage actor works Bollywood cinema and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema as well as theatre. He is best known for his debut feature, ''Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'' (1998) directed by ...

as Bilu *

Koneenica Banerjee Koneenica Banerjee (born 21 May 1980 in Kolkata) is an Indian actress associated with Tollywood, predominantly appears in Bengali films and serials. Early life Koneenika is a commerce graduate from the Sivanath Sastri College, an affiliated ...

as Sohini *

Kanchana Moitra Kanchanaa MoitraSpelling according t''Times of India''an''Telegraph'' (Calcutta)/ref> is a Bengali film actress. She is a politician from Bharatiya Janata Party Acting career Moitra acted in 2008 Bengali film '' Sedin Dujone'' directed by Ata ...

as Ranu *Rony Dasgupta as Priyadip-Friend of Bilu *

Pradip Mukherjee Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay, (11 August 1946 – 29 August 2022) was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip Mukherjee received cr ...

as Father of Bilu *Papiya Sen *Moumita Mitra as Mala *Arijit Chackrabarty as Arijit-Friend of Bilu *Deboprasad Halder as Deb *Anirban Banerjee as Chiranjib - Friend of Bilu *Rajanya Laha as Childhood of Bilu

Production

Produced by Amit Debnath and Anirban Maity and presented by Tripod Entertainment in association with Aalekh.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

Joy Sarkar Sourav Sarkar, popularly known as Joy Sarkar, is a Kolkata based Indian Bengali film music composer. Sarkar mainly works in Bengali cinema and albums. He composed soundtracks for ''Jodi Ekdin'' (2010), ''Accident'' (2012), ''Muktodhara'' (201 ...

Recognition

To date, ''Bilu Rakkhosh'' has received following nominations: * Official Selection New York Indian Film festival in Competition * Nominated for Best Actor Category in New York Indian Film Festival * Official Selection Jagran Film Festival in Competition * Official selection Third Eye Asian Film Festival * Official selection Bodhisattva International Film Festival in Competition * Official Selection Habitat Film Festival * Official nomination Asia pacific screen awards

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=5940384 * https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172531/https://trendingstoryline.com/bilu-rakkhosh-review/ 2017 films Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata 2010s Bengali-language films Indian drama films 2017 drama films