''Annadaata'' (
English: My Father) is a 2002
Bengali film directed by
Ravi Kinagi and produced by Kusum Dhanuka under the banner of
Eskay Movies.
The film features actors
Prosenjit Chatterjee and
Sreelekha Mitra in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Babul Bose. The film was a remake of 1990 Hindi film ''
Swarg'' which was a loosely based on 1967 movie ''
Mehrban'' which itself was a remake of the 1960 Tamil movie ''
Padikkadha Medhai'' which in turn was a remake of 1953 Bengali film ''Jog Biyog'' based on the novel of
same name by
Ashapoorna Devi. The film stars
Prosenjit Chatterjee in role of Shankar which was played by
Govinda as Krishna in Swarg whereas
Abdur Razzak played the role of
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a record ...
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Cast
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Prasenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bisw ...
as Shankar
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Sreelekha Mitra as Barsha
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Abdur Razzak (actor)
Abdur Razzak (23 January 1942 – 21 August 2017) (known as Razzak) was a Bangladeshi actor and film director. He was dubbed Nayak Raj Razzak (King of Heroes), a term introduced by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, editor of the magazine ''Chitrali''. Ra ...
as Amar Chowdhury
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Anuradha Ray as Shanti Dev
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Dulal Lahiri as Rudraprasad Sen
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Bharat Kaul as Vikram
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Siddhanta Mahapatra as Special appearance in an item song named "Dhekhi joto soundoro"
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Rajesh Sharma as Film Director
Production
Initially
Rituparna Sengupta was offered to play the role of Barsha. After she refused,
Mouli Ganguly and then
Rachna Banerjee were considered for the role. After both of them eschewed the role, it went to
Sreelekha Mitra.
Soundtrack
References
External links
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2002 films
2000s Bengali-language films
Bengali-language Indian films
Bengali remakes of Hindi films
Indian family films
Indian drama films
Films based on works by Ashapurna Devi
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