Parineeta (2019 film)
Parineeta (Bengali: পরিণীতা) is a 2019 Indian Bengali romantic drama film directed and produced by Raj Chakraborty under the banner Raj Chakraborty Productions. The film illustrates love break up and revenge urban love story – with Subhashree Ganguly, Ritwick Chakraborty, Gaurav Chakrabarty and Falaque Rashid Roy. Adrit Roy plays a pivotal role in the film. The music of the film is composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee.[1] The film was theatrically released on 6 September 2019.[2] And it was launched on ZEE5 for online streaming.[3] The film earned ₹2.3 crore worldwide and Subhashree received Best Actress at West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards.
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| Directed by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Produced by | Raj Chakraborty |
| Screenplay by | Padmanabha Dasgupta |
| Story by | Priyanka Poddar Arnab Bhaumik |
| Starring | Subhashree Ganguly Ritwick Chakraborty Gaurav Chakrabarty Falaque Rashid Roy Adrit Roy |
| Music by | Arko |
| Cinematography | Manas Ganguly |
| Edited by | Sanglap Bhowmik |
Production company | Raj Chakraborty Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹90 Lakhs |
| Box office | est. ₹2.3 crore |
Plot
Mehul (Subhashree Ganguly) who is due to appear in her board exams, is infatuated with her tuition teacher, Babaida (Ritwick Chakraborty), who is a brilliant student himself, and his marks in the boards remain unbeaten in the entire neighbourhood. Mehul believes Babaida too reciprocates her feelings, as the otherwise calm and composed boy retaliates when somebody misbehaves with Mehul. A day, before holi, Babaida tells her that on holi he has something to convey her. She assumes that he is going to propose to her. On the day of holi, while she is waiting on the terrace (with abeer mixed with sindur vermillion), Babaida turns up with a beautiful girl and introduces Sayantika (Falaque Rashid Roy), his new girlfriend to whom he has recently proposed and the girl reciprocated. Babaida has been working with this girl in the same office and has also written his diary based upon her. Babaida puts the abeer on mehul and tells her, now she has to shoulder the responsibility of not just Babaida, but his better half too. Heartbroken Mehul puts the abeer on Sayantika and tells her from now onwards, she hands over Babaida's responsibility to her, and leaves. Now on, she starts avoiding Babaida, focusses on her studies. One day while returning home from school, a distressed Babaida meets her while she rudely answers to him, Babaida hands her a letter which Mehul takes quite reluctantly and goes home. Three months pass by. She eventually breaks Babaida's record in the boards. On the day of her result she gets the news of Babaida's suicide, rushes to his house and after watching Babaida's dead body, which is unbearable to her sight, she runs back home and breaks in tears. 4 years later, Mehul is seen working in a government company with low-paid salary with which she now has to sustain two households - one is her own and the other is Babaida's, where only Babaida's bedridden mother lives now. One day a colleague of Mehul, named Ananda encourages her to go to an ongoing interview in a big corporate company called Unicorn just opposite to their current office. Mehul goes there and after giving the interview she gets selected. She had tried for this job but has been rejected many a times. On the first day of her new job she meets the boss, Ranadeb (Gaurav Chakrabarty), who tells her to enjoy her life and be happy. The next day Mehul completely changes her attire to bold and voguish, by which her handsome boss Ranadeb seems to be swept off his feet. He tries different ways to get close to Mehul. Mehul also seems to reciprocate to his interest. Babaida's mother also dies in the meantime. One day Ranadeb invites her for dinner and in the process tries to sleep with her. Suddenly his phone rings and Mehul sees the one calling him is his wife, Sayantika, whom Babaida introduced as his ladylove. Ranadeb forces Mehul on bed and Mehul injures his head, suddenly the scene changes to Mehul running to a police station in her bare feet, with her clothes torn. She enters the police station, indicating that she has been raped and faints. It is only then, when the mystery behind Babaida's suicide starts unfolding. From the letter that he gave her, Mehul got to know that Babaida and Sayantika were friends since college. After passing engineering they both entered Unicorn as interns, along with few other friends. But Sayantika started to change after their boss Ranadeb began showing interest in her. Babaida would often find Sayantika and Ranadeb in a very close proximity in Ranadeb's cabin. One day after Babaida enters Ranadeb's cabin to confront him of an injustice done to one of his friends, only to find Sayantika and Ranadeb making out. Enraged, Babaida and Ranadeb have a little fight. Later on, Sayantika and Ranadeb conspires against Babaida, Sayantika runs to the police station in the same condition as Mehul is seen doing in the present situation. Sayantika falsely accused Babaida of raping her, for which Babaida had to face some legal charges. For a guy who had always been very studious and respectful towards women, that rape charge was too much to take, on the other hand his career was on the verge of ending. He couldn't take it and thus committed suicide. But before dying, he thought of Mehul and expected that only she would believe him as she loves him. Sayantika and Ranadeb married each other after Babaida's death. However, after the reason behind Babaida's suicide is revealed, Ranadeb is seen being arrested and, he and his wife Sayantika are charged with fraudulence. So by the end it was clear that Mehul entered the company with a motive to avenge Babaida's death. At the end Mehul speaks to Babaida's portrait and tells him that she is his wife as he colored her head with vermillion mixed gulal on the day of holi, four years ago. And being his wife, it was her duty to give him justice.
Cast
- Ritwick Chakraborty as Babai[4]
- Subhashree Ganguly as Mehul[5]
- Gaurav Chakrabarty as Ranadeb[6]
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Mehul's father
- Laboni Sarkar as Babai's mother
- Tulika Basu as Mehul's mother
- Samiul Alam
- Adrija Addy Roy as Tusu - Mehul's friend
- Tithi Das
- Adrit Roy as Ananda (Guest Appearance)
- Falaque Rashid Roy as Sayantika (Guest Appearance)
Marketing and release
The official trailer of the film was unveiled by Raj Chakraborty Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. on 4 July 2019.[7]
It was theatrically released on 6 September 2019.[8]
The film was released to widespread acclaim. The movie was highly appreciated by critics as well as masses & received positive to mixed reviews.
Awards & Nominations
At the WBFJA Awards the film won the award Best Actress for Ganguly. At the "Films & Frames Digital Awards", Parineeta won a leading six awards out of a leading 7 nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress for Ganguly, Best Playback Singer Female for Shreya Ghoshal, Best Music Director & Best song Tomake.
Soundtrack
| Parineeta | ||||
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| Released | 27 July 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Studio | AudioGarage studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | RCE Music | |||
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| Singles from Parineeta | ||||
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The music of the soundtrack composed by Arko on his own lyrics.
All lyrics are written by Arko; all music is composed by Arko.
| No. | Title | Singer | Length |
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| 1. | "Tomake (তোমাকে) (Female)" | Shreya Ghoshal | 2:56 |
| 2. | ""Shei Tumi" (সেই তুমি)" | Arko | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Tomake (তোমাকে) (Male)" | Arko | 2:56 |
References
- Ganguly, Ruman (26 March 2019). "Raj Chakrabarty's next movie is a love story". The Times of India.
- "Raj Chakraborty's 'Parineeta' to release on this date". The Times of India. 24 July 2019.
- "Parineeta on ZEE5". ZEE5. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "প্রেমের গল্পে ঋত্বিক-শুভশ্রী জুটি, মহরৎ সারলেন রাজ চক্রবর্তী - Sangbad Pratidin" (in Bengali).
- "Subhasree Ganguly, Ritwick come together for Raj Chakraborty's Parineeta - Cinestaan".
- "রাজের ছবি দিয়েই কামব্যাক শুভশ্রীর - ABP Anandoplus" (in Bengali).
- "Parineeta - পরিণীতা - Official Trailer - Subhashree - Ritwick - Raj Chakraborty Entertainment". YouTube. RAJ CHAKRABORTY ENTERTAINMENTVentures. 4 July 2019.
- Raj Chakraborty Entertainment [@RCEpvt] (23 July 2019). "Unveiling #PARINEETA Third Poster.Parineeta will hit the theatres on 6th September. Our Second song #SheiTumi coming soon, so stay tuned for updates. t.co/LLThUrRSnq" (Tweet) – via Twitter.