''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' is an 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 ...

thriller film directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars

Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt (Bengali: অঞ্জন দত্ত) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter known for his work in the Bengali alternative music genre ''anyodharar gaan''. As an actor, Dutt began his career in Bengali cinema i ...

Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...

and Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead roles. The film depicts the story of a contract killer, a housewife and a taxi driver from a Metropolitan city. The music is released by Amara Muzik.

Cast

as Jimmy *

as Jaya * Ritwick Chakraborty as Javed *

Parno Mittra Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...

as Rumi *

Vikram Chatterjee Vikram Chatterjee is an Indian actor of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut with a small role in Mainak Bhowmik's 2012 movie ''Bedroom (film), Bedroom'' and was immediately noticed. In the same year he acted in B ...

as Zico Roy * Alokananda Roy * Sudip Mukherjee * Suman Mukherjee * Avishek De Biswas as Nakul

Production

Development

Pratim D. Gupta clarified the fact that the film is neither an adaptation of the novel of the same name by

Bimal Mitra Bimal Mitra (18 March 1912 – 2 December 1991) was an Indian writer in Bengali. Bimal Mitra was equally adept in writing in Bengali as well as in Hindi, and wrote more than one hundred novels and short stories. Many of Bimal Mitra's novels ha ...

, nor does it have any connection with the earlier film adaptations of the novel. The story of the film has been totally created by Gupta himself and the script was written five years before the development, prior to ''

Paanch Adhyay ''Paanch Adhyay'' (lit. five chapters) is a 2012 Bengali romantic drama set in Kolkata. The film marks the Bengali language debut for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza. The film is written and directed by Pratim D. Gupta, the resident film critic of ' ...

''. Though titles like ''Jimmy Jaya Javed'' and ''Trikaal'' were initially into consideration for the film, it was finally chosen to be ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam''.

Casting

The film marks the first collaboration between the director and the lead actors. Though Mukherjee was initially opted for the female lead in ''

'', the role later switched over to Dia Mirza.

instantly gave a nod to the film when he heard the script while being in a casual discussion with

Gupta Gupta () is a common surname or last name of Indian origin. It is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ ''goptṛ'', which means 'guardian' or 'protector'. According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname ''Gupta'' was adopted by se ...

. Dutt will be playing the role of a middle-aged Anglo-Indian contract-killer and Mukherjee's character will be that of middle-class housewife. Ritwick Chakraborty will be portraying the role of a taxi driver, who is in a relationship with the character played by

Filming

Shooting for the film started from November 2014.

Music

The music for ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' is composed by

Anupam Roy Anupam Roy (born 29 March 1982) is an Indian singer, singer-songwriter, music director, composer, songwriter, guitarist, playback singer from Kolkata, West Bengal. He made his debut with ''Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao'' & ''Benche Thakar Gaan'', ...

and the lyrics have been penned by Anupam himself. The music rights have been acquired by Amara Muzik. The full music album was released on 6 August 2016.

Awards and nominations

References

{{Reflist Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2016 films Films scored by Anupam Roy