''Chalbaaz'' () is a 2018

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film directed by

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. The film stars

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Superstar

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and Subhashree in the lead roles. The cast also includes

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and

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. The film is produced by OT Ltd Productions The film is a remake of 2015 Telugu movie ''

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''. The film was released in India on 20 April 2018. And Released in Bangladesh on 27 April 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It topped the box office in its opening week. The film was also the third collaboration between

and Joydeep Mukherjee pair after huge success of the films '' Shikari'' and ''

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'' and the third collaboration between Shakib Khan and Eskay Movies, second time pairing with Shakib-Subhashree and director Joydeep Mukherjee with

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after successful ''

''.

Plot

Raja (

) is a money minded youth who goes to the UK to earn big bucks. One fine day, he comes across Srijata ( Subhashree) who ditches her family for her long time boyfriend. As time passes by, Srijata gets cheated on by her boyfriend big time and is left stranded in

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. A twist in the tale arises when Srijata requests Raja to come along with her to

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to clear the chaos which was created by her elopement. What will Raja do now ? That forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Raja Chowdhury * Subhashree as Srijata *

as Adinath Mallick, Srijata's paternal uncle; Who is currently the head of the Mallick family *

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as Bhojohori Manna / Bhoja Da, Raja's assistant; chef of Indian Standard Institute (currently known as

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) *

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- Pappu Mallick, Mallick family's enemy * Sagnik Chatterjee as Bikram, Priya's brother; who went to keep his father's word, became desperate to marry his sister to Raja *

as Rajshekhar Dutt, Vinay's father and competition organiser; Later he came to India from UK to marry his son to Sunita, the youngest daughter of the Mallick family. *

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as Thakurbabu; Raja's father *

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as Raja's step mother *

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as Tota, Vikram's gang * Mahamudul Islam Mithu * Rajdeep Ghosh * Shikha Khan Mou as Aruna Mallick, Adinath Mallick's wife * Shahed Ali * Jadu Azad * Honey Bafna * Amit Ganguly * Jayanta Hore * Panchanan Ghatak * Manosi Sengupta as Priya, Vikram's sister and Raja's fiańcee * Rumpa * Esha Bhattacharjee * Momo Shiuly * Reshma * Priyanti Gomes * Papiya * Dhiman * Mridul Sen *

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as Competition Judge * Rene Costa as Airport Security * Kumud Pant as Chef * Charlotte Dunnico as Marie *

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* Tatiana Zarubova as Competition Participant

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of ''Chalbaaz'' is composed by Savvy, while lyrics of the film songs are penned by Priyo Chattopadhyay. The first song from the movie, the title song "Chalbaaz", is sung by Shadaab Hashmi. The Title song "Chalbaaz" was released as a promotional single on 8 March 2018. the Video Song "Aish Kori" was released on YouTube on 15 March 2018 and was well received by Critics and Audiences. The Third Video Song "Projapoti Mon" was released on YouTube on 23 March 2018 and ''Tor Premer Brishtite'' sung by

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and Madhubanti Bagchi Released on 29 March 2018.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chalbaaz 2018 films 2018 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Bengali remakes of Telugu films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Films directed by Joydip Mukherjee