Pratikar(1987)
| Pratikar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Prabhat Roy |
| Produced by | Pranab Basu |
| Written by | Prabhat Roy |
| Screenplay by | Prabhat Roy |
| Starring | Victor Banerjee Chiranjeet Chakraborty Debashree Roy Madhabi Chakraborty Utpal Dutta Satabdi Roy Shakuntala Barua Biplab Chatterjee Sukhen Das Chhaya Devi Nimu Bhowmik |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Cinematography | Krishna Chakraborty |
| Edited by | Pranab Ghosh Rabin Sen |
Production company | Chandima Films |
| Distributed by | Chandima Films |
Release date | 17 April 1987 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
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Pratikar (English: Prevention) is a 1987 Indian Bengali language vigilante action film written and directed by Prabhat Roy.[1][2] Produced by Chandima Films in their 2nd production.[3], the film stars Victor Banerjee, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Debashree Roy in lead roles, while Utpal Dutt, Madhabi Mukherjee, Satabdi Roy, Shakuntala Barua, Sukhen Das, Biplab Chatterjee, Chhaya Devi and Nimu Bhowmik play supporting roles. The screenplay and dialogues were also written by Prabhat Roy himself. The soundtrack album and background score was composed by Bappi Lahiri[4], with the lyrics penned by Gauriprasanna Mazumder. It plots the story of an intelligent student Shankar, who becomes a vigilante after the violent murder of his mother and brutal rape of his sister, by local goons who kidnap women and sell them outside the country. When he starts avenging, DSP Rajib Chowdhury, who is a childhood friend of Shankar, comes on board to investigate the murder mysteries committed by Shankar.
Pratikar marks the 2nd collaboration between Prabhat Roy and Victor Banerjee and the 1st collaboration between Roy and Chiranjeet Chakraborty. It was an all-time blockbuster at the box office and ran for more than 42 weeks in theatres. It received a number of positive reviews from critics, with appreciation for its screenplay and direction, performances by the whole cast, stylized action sequences and the massy portrayal of the protagonist in the film. This film created a new image of Victor Banerjee, that of an action hero which became favourable among the masses. In the pre-interval scene, the murder and rape scene was portrayed violently in a Bengali film, for the first time, so the film received an A certificate from the Censor Board[5]
In the year 1988, Pratikar was remade in Telugu and Tamil as Raktha Tilakam starring Venkatesh and Thaimel Aanai starring Arjun Sarja respectively, and later it was remade in 1991 under the same title featuring Anil Kapoor as the protagonist.
Cast
- Victor Banerjee as Shankar Banerjee /Awbotaar Bhai
- Chiranjeet Chakraborty as DSP Rajib Chowdhury
- Debashree Roy as Shikha
- Madhabi Chakraborty as Madhuri Banerjee, Shankar's mother
- Satabdi Roy as Sandhya Banerjee, Shankar's sister
- Shakuntala Barua as Rajib's wife
- Utpal Dutt as Abinash Sen
- Biplab Chatterjee as Ratan Ghosh, Abinash's henchman
- Sukhen Das as Rahim Bhai, owner of a garage
- Chhaya Devi as Burima
- Nimu Bhowmik as Abinash's manager
- Tarun Mitra as Inspector Dinanath Das
- Masud Patel
Production
In 1977 during the shooting of Ananda Ashram, Prabhat Roy narrated the script of Protidan and Pratikar to Uttam Kumar. Kumar, who helped Roy to learn how screenplay and dialogues are written at the time of Amanush’s pre-production in 1975, highly appreciated him for the brilliant story idea. Then Kumar suggested him to cast Mithun Chakraborty to play the protagonist, as the character needed a proper body physique for the action sequences. After making his debut in 1986 through Protidan, Roy narrated the script of Pratikar to Chakraborty, but he had to turn down the film as he was busy in Mumbai and it was difficult for him to shoot a film separately in Kolkata. Then Roy took a risk by casting Victor Banerjee in the role, with whom he had worked in his previous film Protidan. Banerjee, who was playing villainous roles in mainstream Bengali films and art house dramas at that point of time, took proper training for the characteristics and action sequences. After the release of the film, both mass and class audiences praised Banerjee's performance in this field and audience as well as fans started calling him the Vigilante Star and considered him to be the next action hero, after Uttam Kumar, Ranjit Mallick and Mithun Chakraborty.[6]
Soundtrack
All lyrics written by Gauriprasanna Mazumder; all music composed by Bappi Lahiri.
| Track listing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer | Length |
| 1. | "Ek Je Chhilo Duorani" | Gauriprasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Asha Bhonsle | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Dol Dol Dol Baaja Shobai Khol" | Gauriprasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Chandrani Mukherjee Abhijit Bhattacharya Muhammad Aziz | 6:13 |
| 3. | "Ghumer Chhaya Ghoniye Ashe" | Gauriparasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Asha Bhonsle | 1:12 |
| 4. | "Bagh Bhalluk Noy" | Gauriprasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Bappi Lahiri | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Bhenge Dilo Niyoti" | Gouriprasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Bappi Lahiri | 1:29 |
| 6. | "Shonamoni Chhara" | Gouriparasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Asha Bhonsle | 2:05 |
| 7. | "Ek Je Chhilo Duorani (Male Version)" | Gouriprasanna Mazumder | Bappi Lahiri | Bappi Lahiri | 4:06 |
References
- ↑ "Prabhat Roy unveils the cover of his autobiography". The Times of India. 2024-06-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ↑ "anandabazar.com/entertainment/prabhat-roy-becomes-producer-and-now-the-owner-of-prabhat-productions-with-ekta-bhattacharya-dgtlx/cid/1524465".
- ↑ "A Bengali masala movie for classes and masses". The Times of India. 2004-09-26. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ↑ Sony Music East (2020-02-06). Pratikar | Movie Song Audio Jukebox | Bengali Songs 2020 | Sony Music East. Retrieved 2024-06-15 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Prime Video: Pratikar". www.primevideo.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ↑ Ltd, Angel Television Pvt. "KLiKK". KLiKK. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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