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Wikipedia article
'Mahanayika' is a 2016 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Saikat Bhakat, and starring Rituparna Sengupta, Indraneil Sengupta, Soumitra Chatterjee, and Saheb Chatterjee.
Production
The original working title of the film was 'Nayika', but the director Saikat Bhakat changed it to 'Mahanayika'. In January 2015, it was revealed that debutante director Saikat Bhakat had brought Rituparna Sengupta aboard her project 'Mahanayika' to play the lead role of Rituparna Sengupta, and even though inspired by the life of Suchitra Sen the project would not be a biopic.
Plot
Shakuntala Sen (Rituparna Sengupta) is the princess of the glamour world. Her lover Aniruddha Mukherjee (Saheb Chatterjee) is a hero. Aniruddha's father Arindam (Soumitra Chatterjee) is the biggest producer of the film world. Shakuntala's would be father in law wants a hold on her career. Somehow Shakuntala agrees when she counts it as a question of stability of her future and decides to marry Aniruddha.
But a new crisis arises when detective officer Priyabrato Roy (Indraneil Sengupta) arrives in her life to exhume the black incidents from her past. She feels victimized and exploited by Priyobrata as he goes on revealing some bitter truths and dark secrets to her. We even see her to go to bed with Priyabrato to settle everything. But at the end, we realise that Priyabrato doesn't exist in real but as her conscience that reminds her of her past relationships and how Rajat's love was unrequited by her. By this time, she has been sufficiently panged to break relation with Mukherjee family, only to return to work and focus on career once again.
Cast
* Rituparna Sengupta as Shakuntala Sen
* Indraneil Sengupta as Priyabrato Roy
* Soumitra Chatterjee as Arindam Mukherjee
* Saheb Chatterjee as Aniruddha Mukherjee
* Chandan Sen
* Sudipa Basu
Soundtrack
The album containing 9 songs is created by Nachiketa and Rabindranath Tagore. The lyrics are penned by Nachiketa and Rabindranath Tagore. The music is distributed by Assure Digital Services Pvt. Ltd.
Reception
References
Category:Indian drama films
Category:Films based on biographies
Category:Bengali-language Indian films
Category:2010s Bengali-language films
Category:Films scored by Rabindranath Tagore
Category:Films scored by Nachiketa Chakraborty
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