Abhijaan (2022 film)

Abhijaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Parambrata Chatterjee
Written by	Padmanabha Dasgupta Dr. Subhendu Sen
Produced by	Parambrata Chatterjee Navratan Jhawar
Starring	Jisshu Sengupta
Cinematography	Appu Prabhakar
Edited by	Sumit Chowdhury
Music by	Prabuddha Banerjee
Production companies	Roadshow Films Ratnashree Nirman
Distributed by	SSR Cinemas
Release date	14 April 2022 (2022-04-14)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Abhijaan (transl. The Journey) is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language biographical film directed by Parambrata Chatterjee.[1] The film is based on the life and works of legendary actor and Bengali icon Soumitra Chatterjee.[1] The central character of Soumitra Chatterjee is played by Jisshu Sengupta[1] along with a supporting cast of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Basabdatta Chatterjee, Q, Paoli Dam, Debshankar Haldar, Sohini Sengupta, Rudranil Ghosh, Tridha Choudhury and Parambrata Chatterjee.

Plot

Dr. Sanjay Sen, a practising oncologist, arrives in Kolkata to fulfil his long-standing dream of archiving the life of legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, with the aim of making a film on him. At first, he turns him down but eventually agrees.

Cast

• Jisshu Sengupta as young Soumitra Chatterjee[2]
• Soumitra Chatterjee as himself [2]
• Parambrata Chatterjee as Dr. Sanjay Sen [2]
• Basabdatta Chatterjee as young Deepa Chatterjee
• Sohini Sengupta as Poulami Chatterjee [2]
• Qaushiq Mukherjee as Satyajit Ray
• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Uttam Kumar
• Paoli Dam as Suchitra Sen
• Sohini Sarkar as Madhabi Mukherjee
• Rudranil Ghosh as Rabi Ghosh
• Debshankar Haldar as Sisir Bhaduri
• Tridha Choudhury as Sharmila Tagore
• Tuhina Das as Waheeda Rehman
• Samadarshi Dutta as Sunil Gangopadhyay
• Anindita Bose as Aparna Sen
• Payel Sarkar as Tanuja
• Dulal Lahiri as Chhabi Biswas
• Padmanabha Dasgupta as Anup Kumar
• Abhijit Guha as Santosh Dutta
• Sujan Mukherjee
• Tanusree Chakraborty

Production

The shooting started from February 2020 and halted suddenly due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The shooting resumed from 14 July 2020.[4] The shooting was wrapped up on 23 September 2020.[5]

Release

The film released theatrically on 14 April 2022 coinciding Poila Baisakh.[6]

Reception

In The Times of India, Jaya Biswas gave a positive review stating the film "A well-crafted tribute to an artiste by an artiste".[7] In Film Companion, Sankhayan Ghosh wrote "The film is held together by feeling".[8]

Soundtrack

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tomaro Asimey"	Durnibar Saha	3:15
Total length:			3:15

References

1. Ramnath, Nandini (28 March 2021). "A biopic? A documentary? What is certain is that 'Abhijaan' is a tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee". Scroll.in. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Abhijaan Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, retrieved 23 April 2022
3. Anand, Akriti (30 January 2020). "The Shoot Of Abhijan-Biopic On Soumitra Chatterjee Starts Next Month". SpotboyE. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
4. Sarkar, Roushni. "Parambrata Chatterjee resumes shooting for Abhijaan with Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
5. "Parambrata wraps up 'Abhijaan' shoot". The Times of India. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
6. "'Abhijaan'". The Times of India. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
7. Biswas, Jaya. "Abhijaan Movie Review : A well-crafted tribute to an artiste by an artiste". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
8. Ghosh, Sankhayan (16 April 2022). "Abhijaan Review: Soumitra Chatterjee Anchors This Affecting, If Surface-Level, Biographical Film". Film Companion. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

External links

• Abhijaan at IMDb
• Abhijaan at Rotten Tomatoes