''Rāstā'' () is a 2003 Indian

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

-language action crime thriller film written and directed by

Bratya Basu Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969),Bratya Basu(collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004 also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician who is serving a ...

. It is a revenge thriller drama, consisting of crimes in the roads of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

, related to drug syndicate supported by a corrupt politician.

Plot

A fast-paced thriller, with Mithun providing the twist as a corrupted politician.

Cast

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 ...

as a corrupt minister Jagannath Halder *

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 ...

as Santosh Banerjee alias Bhai Da *

Amitabh Bhattacharjee Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many ...

as Neel Sengupta *

Raghuvir Yadav Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...

as Neel's friend Taal Da *Rimjhim Gupta as Neel's love interest *

Debshankar Haldar Debshankar HaldarSpelling according tTelegraph Calcutta (or Debshankar HalderSpelling according t or Debsankar HalderThis spelling has been used in Nandikar'website.) is a Bengali theatre actor with a long career in Bengali theatre groups such a ...

as ACP Debashish Sinha *Anamitra Saha as Bhai Da's son *

Dolon Roy Dolon Roy (also spelt as ''Dolon Ray'') is a Bengali actress, based in Kolkata, India. Early life She was born in Kolkata to Dilip and Dipika Roy. Roy graduated from the Charuchandra College and subsequently earned a postgraduate degree in sc ...

Manasi Sinha Manasi Sinha ( bn, মানসী সিনহা) is a Bengali film and television actress. She is the daughter of Manideepa Roy, a noted Bengali theatre actress.Age 98 Works Filmography Television * ''Checkmate (Indian TV series)'' ...

*Alakananda Ray *Soma Dey *Alaka Gangopadhyay *Supriyo Dutta as Bhai Da's henchman

References

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* 2003 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Mithun's Dream Factory films 2003 thriller films Films shot in Ooty Indian thriller films Indian crime drama films 2003 crime drama films Films directed by Bratya Basu {{2000s-thriller-film-stub