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directed by

Haranath Chakraborty Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial succes ...

Plot

The story is of a middle-class family struggling financially. The family consists of two sisters, mother and father.

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 ...

as a Rana is the main and a promising character. He is a daredevil and a terrific fighter against injustice. Once, he was travelling with his pregnant sister in a train, he begged everybody for a seat for his sister, but no one paid heed. There were some burglars in the train who started looting, but Rana saved it from happening. By this act, he was given the job of a police officer. In Rana's area of jurisdiction, there lived an MLA name Bikas. He was a very corrupt politician and indulged in illegal activities. There lived another man Azad who fought against injustice everywhere. Now this minister's girl Jaya, fell in love with Rana. Once, it so happened that while Rana's sister was about to give birth to her child, this minister, Bikas, tried to kill Rana, but his sister was injured and ultimately died. Then Rana decided to take revenge but was initially not allowed to do so. Ultimately MLA Bikas's real character was revealed, and in a serious fighting with Rana, MLA Bikas dies.

Cast

as Rana Mitra, an ordinary person *

Arpita Pal Arpita Chatterjee (''née'' Pal) is an Indian actress, who mostly appears in the Odia and Bengali film industry in India. She is married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee. She made her film debut in 1999 with the film ''Tumi Ele Tai'', directed by ...

as Jaya *

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

as Azad Da *

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as MP Namita Sanyal *

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

as Kalu Prasad, Central Home Minister * Anamika Saha as Beena Mitra, Rana's Mother *

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as Pratap Mitra, Rana's Father *

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* Srila Majumder as Meenu, Rana's elder sister * Pushpita Mukherjee as Tina, Rana's sister *

Subhasish Mukherjee Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acted ...

as Police Constable * Mitali Chakraborty as Meenu *

Monu Mukherjee Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee (1 March 1930 – 6 December 2020), known as Monu Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play ...

as Anil Manna, Landlord * Rajesh Sharma as Tinu * Debesh Roy Chowdhury as MLA Bikash Dutta

Soundtrack

The album is composed by Babul Bose, while lyrics are penned by Goutam Susmit. The background score is composed by

S. P. Venkatesh S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He was at his prime in the late 80s and 90s, being reputed for his background scores and songs ...

. Babul Supriyo,

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, Poornima,

Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare ...

, Miss Jojo has given their voices for the album.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20140323194851/http://prosenjit.in/home * https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/pratibad/1770002575/watch * https://www.hungama.com/movie/pratibad/22865644/

External links

Bengali-language Indian films Indian police films Indian action films Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police 2000s Bengali-language films 2001 action films 2001 films 2000s police films Films scored by Babul Bose Films directed by Haranath Chakraborty {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub