''Deva'' is a 2002 Indian

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-language

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co-written and directed by Sujit Guha. Produced by

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and GOutam Kundu under the banners of

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and Silver Vally Communications Pvt Ltd respectively, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by Monotosh Chakraborty. It stars

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and

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in the lead roles. Music of the film has been composed by

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. The film was a remake of

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film '' Dheena'' (2001).

Synopsis

Deva works for his brother, a gangster, and is very close to him. However, things turn sour between them after a misunderstanding leads to the death of their sister.

Cast

as Dibakar Chowdhury aka Deva *

as Neela, Deva's love interest *

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as Prabhakar Chowdhury, Deva's elder brother and Don of Kolkata * Laboni Sarkar as Gauri Chowdhury, Deva's sister-in-law *

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as Deva's friend * Arun Banerjee as MLA Madhu Dutta *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor and film director associated with Bengali cinema. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Award for best chi ...

as Ashok, Neela's elder brother * Sucheta Chakraborty as Seema, Deva's sister

Soundtrack

References

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* Bengali-language Indian films Bengali films remade in other languages 2000s Indian films Bengali remakes of Tamil films 2000s Bengali-language films Surinder Films {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub