Wanted (2010 film)

Wanted is a 2010 Bengali-language Indian action film, directed by Ravi Kinagi, starring Jeet and Srabanti Chatterjee in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2005 Telugu superhit film Athadu starring Mahesh Babu and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. Wanted received mostly positive reviews and was one of the biggest hits of 2010.

Wanted
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRavi Kinagi
Produced byEskay Movies
Written byAnonno Mamun
StarringJeet
Srabanti Chatterjee
Sharad Kapoor
Music byRajesh Roy
CinematographySelva Kumar Prasad
Edited byRabiranjan Moitra
Distributed byAshok Dhanuka, Himanshu Dhanuka
Release date
30 April 2010
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Budget2.2 crore
Box office5.1 crore

Plot

Rajkumar Banerjee /Raja (Jeet) and Joy (Indrajit Chakraborty) are professional assassins and partners. They charge Rs. 15 million per assassination.

Amarnath Ganguly is a party leader and wants to stage his own attempted assassination to garner the sympathy vote in the upcoming election. His colleague Shubhankar Banerjee (Biplab Chatterjee) hooks him up with Raja. Ganguly is killed by someone else. Police immediately surround the skyscraper. Raja is about the exit the building when there is a car accident with his car. Raja assumes that Joy has died in the accident. Raja goes to the top of the building with the police in pursuit. A passing train offers Raja an escape with a rope to land on the train.

Raja meets Shibu (Atanu Mukherjee) who reveals that he ran away from his village, Ganganagar, when he was young; he is now returning to his village. The police site Raja but shoot Shibu. Raja escapes to Ganganagar. Shibhu's family believes Raja to be their son and accept him.

A CBI officer, Salim Ali Khan (Sharad Kapoor) is investigating Ganguly's murder, believes that Raja is responsible, and comes across the Raja/Shibu connection. He tries getting "Raja's" fingerprints but is outsmarted. Clues implicate Joy.

There is in Ganganagar a wedding of "Shibu's" niece, the CBI come to believe there has been a Raja/Shibu change, and Raga is a murder suspect. Raja flees, the CBI leave, and he returns to explain what is going on. The family shows no interest in helping Raja to find the real assassin but grandfather (Biswajit Chakraborty) gives Raja a gun.

Raja calls Shubhankar Banerjee and demands to know who killed Ganguly. Banerjee refuses but Raja tells him that their conversation has been recorded, and Banerjee reveals everything. Joy killed Ganguly for Rs. 20 million. He faked his death by sending a drunkard in the car at the time of the accident. Raja leaves for the old church, where Joy is. Raja and Joy meet and Raja has the gun loaded before Joy. But the same policemen who killed Shibu barge in. Raja kills them all, including Joy. Raja gives the recording to the CBI officer. The CBI officer goes directly to Banerjee's office, tells him that he will hand him over to the police, and Banerjee tells him that he has no concrete evidence. The CBI officer reveals the recording is evidence enough for Ganguly's hot headed son, who has vowed vengeance for his father's death. Trapped without any recourse, Banerjee commits suicide. Raja released Shibu's ashes and the CBI officer lets him go to Shibu's family, where he stays forever.

Cast

Soundtracks

This movie has five song which are - The album is composed by Rajesh Roy for Wanted.

All lyrics are written by Gautam Susmit, Sumit Acharya, Priyo Chatterjee, Rajesh Roy.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Neka Neka"Gautam SusmitRajesh RoyShaan, Manjeera Ganguly04:40
2."Koro Selam"Sumit AcharyaRajesh RoyKunal Ganjawala, Rajesh Roy, Kalpana03:09
3."Aaha"Priyo ChatterjeeRajesh RoyPritha Majumder, Ananya Wadkar (Child Artist), Rajesh Roy04:25
4."Akhno Jano"Rajesh RoyRajesh RoyKunal Ganjawala, Pritha Majumder03:33

Critical response

Amrita Roy Choudhury of The Times of India gave the film a rating of and told "Wanted has all the right ingredients — stylised action sequences (certainly new to the Bengali audience), a gripping narrative backed by solid performances, a powerful presentation technique and an extremely well packaging, to top it all. Jeet proves once again that he is a seasoned actor who has only got better with time. Srabanti looks cute as the chulbuli Pooja, who falls hook, line and sinker for Raja whom she assumes to be gramer paliye jaoya chhele, Shibu. Kharaj does a fabulous job as the funnyman and even before he opened his mouth, the audience was in splits. Another surprise in the film comes in the form of Sharad Kapoor aka Salim Khan, the CBI officer whose only weakness is goodlooking women. His character too is well-etched out and adds that extra zing to the narrative."[1]

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References
  1. "Wanted Review". The Times of India.
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