''Rokto'' (English: ''Blood'') is a 2016 Indian-Bangladeshi action film directed by

Wajed Ali Sumon Wazed Ali Sumon () is a Bangladeshi film director. He was born in Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with Shahin. Their directorial duo was known as Shahin-Sumon. But from 2014, both started working ...

and produced by Abdul Aziz under the banner of

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. The film stars newcomer

Ziaul Roshan Ziaul Roshan () known mononymously as Roshan, is a Bangladeshi film actor and model who appears in Bangladeshi films. He made his debut film '' Rokto'' in (2016). Career In 2016 he made his debut in '' Rokto'' opposite Porimoni, released both ...

and

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in lead roles. This film is a remake of 2013 Indian

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film '' Chandee''.

Plot

The antagonist here plans to set a bomb blast in the

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summit to be held in

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, organised by seven countries. By doing so, he intends to shake the political conditions of the seven countries, so that he and his team can easily run their illegal arms and explosives businesses in those countries and can easily smuggle them. Agent Sania ruins their plan and the summit takes place fruitfully.

Cast

as Agent Sania Sarkar *

as Roshan Chowdhury *

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as RAW Chief, the main antagonist * Prasun Guin * Subrata *

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Ratan Sinha * Raja Dutta * Amit Hassan as Bosco * Meghna Halder

Production and release

It is produced by

and

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. It was an India-Bangladesh joint venture film. It was released in over 100 theatres in Bangladesh on 12 September 2016 (

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). '' The Daily Star'' described ''Rotko''s box office performance as "mediocre".

Soundtrack

References

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