''Shotru'' ( en, Enemy) is a 2011 Indian

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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

by Ashoked by

Raj Chakraborty Raj Chakraborty (born 21 February 1975) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and politician. He is one of the most commercially successful film-makers in Tollywood. Before directing his debut film, he was busy in Bengali TV. Raj Chakrabo ...

and stars Jeet, Supriyo Dutta and

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, who gave her debut by this film. This film was produced by

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who also distributed it. The movie is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'' which stars

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and Anushka Shetty.Shotru got released on 3 June 2011 along with another big release

Paglu ''Paglu'' (English: ''Mad'') is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language romantic action film directed by Rajib Biswas. The film is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film '' Devadasu''. The film stars Dev, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles, and fol ...

starring Dev and

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. Both the films turned out to be Hits. The film was dubbed into Hindi as "Ek Policewale Ki Taaqat".

Synopsis

Dibakar Singha ( Jeet) is a police sub-inspector from Hridaypur, a small fictional town in the Birbhum district of Bengal. He is loved and respected by the entire town. Arjun Sarkar (

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) deals in real estate as a cover, but is in fact a kidnapper and extortionist from Howrah who terrorizes the citizens and has the

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on his payroll. Once Dibakar learns of Arjun's actions, he goes after him and kills Arjun's men one by one, including Arjun's younger brother. During the same time, Dibakar falls in love with Puja (

), a beautiful young girl who comes to the city to visit her grandfather on vacation. Dibakar is initially frustrated with the level of corruption in the police department and wants to quit, but Puja manages to instill the call of duty in him, telling him, "Fight or you will be a loser." Dibakar continues his hunt to bring down Arjun Sarkar with renewed vigo, nd proves Arjun to be responsible for 62 kidnappings. Dibakar is promoted to the head of an anti-kidnapping squad by the Home Minister. He conducts raids on Arjun's hideout, nd imprisons Arjun's brother Karna under false allegations. To free his brother, Arjun plans to kidnap Puja's younger sister, Diya, but Dibakar foils the attempt by catching two of the kidnappers. Dibakar tricks one kidnapper into confessing that they were hired by Arjun to commit the crime. Dibakar gets the much-needed evidence to prove Arjun is behind all the kidnappings happening in the town. He announces in the press that two kidnappers have been arrested and the money was recovered. The money will be declared as government assets unless someone comes forward to claim it. Many people come forward to claim their stake in the ransom money. Finding himself on the verge of being exposed, Arjun plans to send one of his plants to lure Dibakar to his den and kill him. Dibakar uncovers the real intent of Arjun's plant,which comes to the police station to file a false report, by tracing her mobile phone records to Arjun. He goes to the meeting place along with one of his police officers in disguise and kills Ratan, Arjun's closest aide. Dibakar then informs Arjun that Ratan has agreed to be a state witness against him. Arjun sends Karna to finish Ratan in the hospital. This is a trick played by Dibakar to force Arjun into committing something foolish. Dibakar kills Karna while Arjun is on the phone with him. This act angers Arjun, who swears to kill all of Dibakar's nearest and dearest. He attempts to kill Puja, but she escapes with a bullet wound in her arm. Dibakar then reveals that his boss, the

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( Biplab Chatterjee), is Arjun's mole in the police department. Having been exposed, the DSP has no choice but to help Dibakar in exposing Arjun. Arjun kidnaps the daughter of the Assam Home Minister and takes her to Jharkhand. Dibakar pursues him and kills Arjun. At the police ceremony to congratulate Dibakar, he announces that he has decided to return to his own village, saying that he has finished what he came to do in the city. Puja is shown accompanying him on this journey.

Cast

* Jeet as Sub-Inspector Dibakar Singha *

as Puja *

as real estate agent and kidnapping head Arjun Sarkar, who tends himself to rule in

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supported by politicians *

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as Puja's sister *

Dipankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

as Sudhakar Singha * Raja Dutta as Karna Sarkar * Biplab Chatterjee as DSP *

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as Bhajan Babu *

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as Mahendra Chowdhury (Puja's father) *

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as Puja's grandfather *

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as a businessman *

in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

Indradeep Dasgupta Indraadip Dasgupta (born 17 January 1973) is an Indian composer whose range of music is well known in various Bengali Films. In 2017 he worked with Anu Malik in '' Begum Jaan'', composed the film background music . Film director Music di ...

, with lyrics by

Srijato Srijato Bandopadhyay is an Indian poet of the Bengali language. He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book ''Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers''. In 2014, he won the Filmfare Awards East for Best Lyricist for the song 'Balir Sho ...

listing boxx office

The film was critically acclaimed by critics and was declared a 'Superhit' at Box Office. The dialogue from Jeet's Dibakar Singha, "''Ami Kono Ishwar noiJee chere debo aar Rakshosh noyJee mere debo. Ami holam Police... saala chara aar maarar majhkhane lotke rekhe debo''" (I am neither a God who will release nor a monster who will kill. I am Police... I will hang you scoundrel between releasing and killing.) became very popular among the audience.

World television premiere

The film had its world television premiere on

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on 25 March 2012atn 7at :00 pm I.S.T.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shotru 2011 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Bengali remakes of Tamil films Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police Singam (film series) Films directed by Raj Chakraborty Films scored by Indradeep Dasgupta