''Kartabya'' ( ') is a 2003 Indian

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directed by

Swapan Saha Swapan Saha (born 10 January 1930) is an Indian film director, producer, story writer and score composer associated with Cinema of West BEngal, Bengali cinema. Filmography * ''Bedenir Prem'' (1992) * ''Maan Samman'' (1993) * ''Biswas Abiswas ...

and produced by

Pijush Saha Pijush Saha is an Indian film director, producer and writer from Kolkata. The first feature he directed was ''Satrur Mukabela'' (2002), which was followed by ''Kartabya'' (2003) ''Tulkalam'' (2007) ''Bajimat'' (2008) ''Neel Akasher Chandni'' ( ...

and Subrata Saha Roy. It is a remake of the 2001

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film ''

Samudhiram ''Samudhiram'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written by Erode Soundar and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars an ensemble cast of Sarathkumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. T ...

''.

Cast

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the son of Bollyw ...

Rachna Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Banerjee; 2 October 1972) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and politician. She is known primarily for her works in Bengali and Odia films, besides a few Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. ...

Lokesh Ghosh Lokesh Ghosh is an Indian Bengali actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. Ghosh was born and brought up in Mumbai. He began his acting career doing small roles in Bollywood. Ghosh got his break through in the Bengali film industry wi ...

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his directorial venture ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduce ...

* Locket Chatterjee *

Tapas Paul Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen roles opposite Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy. He recei ...

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul and Utpal Dutt with t ...

* Moumita Chakraborty * Kalyani Mondal * Badsha Maitra * Manjushree Ganguly

Music

Ashok Bhadra composed the soundtrack album to the film, which includes songs rendered by

Annupamaa Annupamaa is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. She is known especially for the song "Chandralekha (song), Chandralekha" (Konjam Nilavu) from ''Thiruda Thiruda''. She is also trained in Carnatic music and a 6th grade solo pianist from ...

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India. Often referred to as the "Queen of Dynamics'' for her remarkable voc ...

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winn ...

and

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. The lyrics were written by Gautam Susmit.

Release

''Kartabya'' was released on 26 November 2003.

References

2000s Bengali-language films Bengali remakes of Tamil films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub