''Ranokhetro'' ( Battleground) is a 1998

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directed by

Haranath Chakraborty Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial succes ...

and produced by

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and

Mahendra Soni SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and Hollywood films i ...

under the banner of

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. The film features actors

Prosenjit 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 Bis ...

and

Satabdi Roy Satabdi Roy ()(born 5 October 1969) is an Indian actress, film director and politician. As an actress she is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of BFJA Awards for two times. As an actress, she ruled the array of commer ...

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

Debojyoti Mishra Debojyoti Mishra (born 30 April 1963 at Kolkata) is an Indian music director and film composer. He became popular with his minimalist classical compositions for the Hindi film ''Raincoat'', directed by Rituparno Ghosh. He also worked on Bengali ...

Plot

Santu is murdered in the hands of a corrupt minister's drug-peddling son when he protests against the sale of drugs on the college campus. As the law enforcers turn a deaf ear to Raja's pleas, he decides to avenge his brother's death.

Cast

as Raja Roy Chowdhury *

as Jhuma Bose, news reporter of Dainik Janabaani *

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

as Sudeb Mitra, college principal/Pritam Singh * Deepankar De as MLA Satya Roy * Tota Roy Chowdhury as Noni Roy, MLA's son * Dulal Lahiri as corrupt inspector Jeevan Dutta *

Subhendu Chatterjee Shubhendu Chatterjee, M.B.B.S. (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an Indian physician and actor, who is known for acting in Bengali television and films. A contemporary of actors Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee, with whom he played s ...

as Ashok Bose, Editor of Dainik Janabaani, Jhuma's father * Kushal Chakraborty as Santosh Roy Chowdhury, alias Santu, Raja's younger brother *

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as Rita, Santu's love interest * Kaushik Banerjee as Mintu * Lily Chakraborty as Raja and Santu's Mother *

Subhasish Mukhopadhyay Subhasish Mukherjee ( bn, শুভাশীষ মুখার্জি) is an Indian Bengali actor. He is a well-known actor in Bengali cinema. He generally appears in comedy and in supporting roles. Some of his well-known films where he acte ...

as Ajay alias Felu *

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* Raju Thakkar as drug dealer Jung Bahadur

Awards

* Anandalok Award for Best Actor

References

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