''Sangee'' () is an Indian

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-language romantic emotional drama film 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 ...

. Featuring Jeet and

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in their second film together, it served as the Bengali remake of the 1998 Tamil film '' Kannedhirey Thondrinal''.

Silajit Majumder Silajit Majumder ( bn, শিলাজিৎ মজুমদার, born 9 October 1965), first name also spelled ''Shilajit'', is an Indian Bengali male singer songwriter and actor from Kolkata. He is mostly credited by his first name. As an ac ...

plays a crucial role in the film.

Plot

Bijay, the son of a prominent businessman from Siliguri, comes to Calcutta for his higher studies. At the

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, he has a chance meeting with Rupa. Bijay experiences what is termed "

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" according to his mentor and maternal uncle Prabhu Mama. In spite of getting off on the wrong foot with a student, Rana, at his college, they become close friends after Bijay helps Rana fight off some goons. Although Bijay comes from a rich and affluent background, he is very down to earth, a fact that Rana appreciates.
Bijay pursues Rupa, unaware of the fact that Rupa is Rana's younger sister. An initially disinterested Rupa gradually falls in love with him too. However, upon hearing from Rana how a friend of his had betrayed him in the past- by eloping with his other sister on the day of her wedding- Bijay sacrifices his love for his friendship with Rana, fearing that Rana would think of his relationship with Rupa as a betrayal too. Rupa, on the other hand, is unwilling to let go. Unable to change Bijay's mind, she watches helplessly as her family arranges for her wedding. Desperate, she consumes poison and is taken to the hospital, where all is revealed. Rana is touched by his friend's sacrifice and asks Bijay to accept his sister's hand in marriage.

Cast

* Jeet as Bijoy *

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 Prabhu mama *

as Rupa *

as Rana * Anamika Saha as Rana & Rupa's Mother *

Kanchan Mullick Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatr ...

as Bijay & Rana's Friend * Sudip Mukherjee as Dipak * Sumitra Mukherjee *

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* Rajesh Sharma * Amarnath Mukhopadhyay * Ramen Raychowdhury * Pushpita Mukherjee *

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as himself (Guest)

Soundtrack

The album was 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 ...

for Sangee.

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Anuradha Sreeram Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer and child actress who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 700 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi ...

Kavita Krishnamurthy Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojp ...

and

have given their voices for the album.

Critical reception

The Film did overall well at Box Office. Jeet's performance was critically acclaimed. Soundtrack of this film was superhit.

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=September 2019 2003 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Bengali remakes of Tamil films Films scored by S. P. Venkatesh Films directed by Haranath Chakraborty