Raavan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMN Raj
Screenplay byMN Raj
Arnab Bhaumik
Anubhab
Dialogues by
  • Arnab Bhaumik
    Anubhab
Story byMN Raj
Produced byJeet
Gopal Madnani
Amit Jumrani
StarringJeet
Lahoma Bhattacharya
Tanusree Chakraborty
CinematographyManas Ganguly
Edited byMd Kalam
Music bySavvy
Production
companies
Jeetz Filmworks
CAG Studios
Distributed byGrassroot Entertainment
Release date
  • 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Raavan is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by MN Raj and produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banner of Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet, Lahoma Bhattacharya and Tanusree Chakraborty.[1] It is based on the Indian epic Ramayana, except that it is set in the modern world and Raavan is depicted as a serial killer while Ram is a god and a professor at a university and also in it, Ram has a sister named Puja and his wife is a student named Rai instead of being a goddess named Sita.

Raavan was theatrically released on April 29, 2022.[2] It received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

Cast

  • Jeet as Professor Ram Mukherjee/Raavan
  • Lahoma Bhattacharya as Rai, Ram's student-turned-lover
  • Tanusree Chakraborty as ACP Sumaiyya Jahan
  • Biswanath Basu as Inspector Chulbul Pandey
  • Shataf Figar as Joint Commissioner Rajiv Sharma, the main antagonist
  • Alok Jain as Om Damani
  • Rana Mitra as MLA Amar Chowdhury
  • Jack Bhattacharya as Sudhir Dutta
  • Kharaj Mukherjee as Vinod Ghoshal, college principal
  • Somnath Kar as Khalid Aslam
  • Arindam Ganguly as Ram's father
  • Nanak Madnani as Puja Mukherjee, Ram's adoptive sister, a homeless teenager who lost her parents that he found on the streets

Production

The first-look poster was released on Dussehra.[3][4][5]

Soundtrack

Raavan
Soundtrack album by
Savvy
Released2022
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length16:47
LanguageBengali
LabelGrassroot Entertainment
External videos
video icon "Keu Jaane Naa" on YouTube
video icon "You Are My Love" on YouTube
video icon "Ami Tor" on YouTube
Singles from Raavan
  1. "Keu Jaane Naa"
    Released: 1 April 2022
  2. "You Are My Love"
    Released: 14 April 2022
  3. "Ami Tor"
    Released: 21 April 2022

The music of the film is composed by Savvy with lyrics written by Prosen, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Ritam Sen.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Keu Jaane Naa"Arijit Singh4:39
2."You Are My Love"Ash King3:58
3."Ami Tor"Javed Ali
Antara Mitra		3:31
4."Keu Jaane Naa (Reprised Version)"Yasser Desai4:39
Total length:16:47

Reception

Shamayita.Chakraborty of the The Times of India reviewed the film and gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Such brutality is not often seen in the Bengali film spectrum. Raavan is for those who love action and have an appetite for violence. Jeet as Raavan will not let them down."[2] Sangbad Pratidin and Ei Samay both rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeet's 'Raavan' teaser brings back memories of Abhishek Bachchan's 'Raavan' look - Times of India". The Times of India. December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Raavan Movie Review: Raavan's appetite for action overwhelms Ram this time". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ "Jeet starts shooting for his next 'Raavan' - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "লাল চোখে কুটিল হাসি, 'রাবণ'-এর চরিত্রে চমকে দিলেন অভিনেতা জিৎ".
  5. ↑ "লহমার পাশে জিৎ". Zee24Ghanta.com (in Bengali).
  6. ↑ "'রাবণ' রূপে তাক লাগালেন জিৎ! কতটা জমল এই ছবি?".
  7. ↑ "Kishmish vs Raavan: বক্স অফিসে 'কামাল' দেবের, তবু এগিয়ে জিৎ!". EI Samay (in Bengali).
  8. ↑ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "Ravaan: হলে সিটি, তালি পড়ছে! 'রাবণ'-বাণে বক্স অফিস ভেদ দেখতে পাচ্ছেন অভিনেতা-প্রযোজক জিৎ". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali).


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