Bandhan (2004 film)

Bandhan
Film poster
Directed by	Rabi Kinagi
Written by	Rabi Kinagi
Produced by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Starring	Jeet Koyel Mullick Victor Banerjee
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Release date	17 December 2004 (2004-12-17)
Running time	167 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Bandhan (Bengali: বন্ধন) is a Bengali romantic family drama movie released in 2004. It was directed by Rabi Kinagi, and featured Jeet, Koyel Mullick in a double role, and Victor Banerjee in the lead role. Bandhan was a huge success in west Bengal and was a blockbuster at the box office. It was the highest grossing Bengali film of 2004.^[1] The film was a remake of the Telugu film Santosham and the Tamil film Unnai Thedi.

Plot[]

The story is one of the pivotal characters, Mina (Koel Mallick) narrating the story so far and introducing the family members Everybody is very kind and loves her very much, but his father (Victor Banerjee) is very strict and angry person. Mina is no more. Her husband Rohit (Jeet) and son Rony () live in Singapore, but they have no contact with Mina's family because Mina had married against her family's will. Presently, Chumki, Mina's cousin is to get married. Her mother Sabitri Devi and most of her family wants Rohit to be a part of the wedding but her father is against it. However Sabitri Devi is stubborn and ultimately succeeds in being able to invite Rohit for the wedding. Rohit is welcomed by the entire family except Pratap Narayan and his son. Rohit is constantly humiliated by the two of them but he doesn't lose hope and does not get hostile. He also explains to Rony as to why he is unwanted in the family. Meanwhile, Mina's twin sister, Rina (Koel Mallick) comes home. Rony looks up to her as his mother while Rohit and she get closer. Rohit and Rony are slowly accepted by Pratap Narayan but things complicate again when Rina's marriage is fixed elsewhere. Rina insists on marrying Rohit but he does not want to face the family rejection again. In the meantime, a letter written by Rina and addressed to Rohit falls into Pratap Narayan's hands and he drives Rohit out of his house again. Things finally are settled and Pratap Narayan goes to the station to get Rohit back.

Cast[]

• Jeet as Rohit
• Koyel Mullick as Mina / Rina in double role
• Victor Banerjee as Pratap Narayan Chowdhury, Mina & Rina's Father
• Biswajit Chakraborty
• Sumanta Mukherjee as Aditya Narayan Chowdhury, Mina & Rina's Uncle
• Soma Dey as Mina & Rina's Mother
• Santana Bose
• Locket Chatterjee as Sonali, Sister-in-law of Mina & Rina
• as Pradip Chowdhury, Brother of Mina/Rina
• Shyamal Dutta as Raghu Da
• Master Angshu as Roni
• Ravishankar Pande
• Sonali Chakraborty
• Oindrila Sen as Roni's Maternal Cousin
• Shantilal Mukherjee as Priyo Da

Crew[]

• Producer: Shree Venkatesh Films
• Director: Rabi Kinagi
• Story: Rabi Kinagi
• Dialogue: Priyo Chattopadhyay
• Lyrics: Gautam Susmit
• Music: Jeet Ganguly
• Editing: Suresh Urs
• Cinematography: Rajan Kinagi
• Singer: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Sadhana Sargam, Raghab Chatterjee

Music[]

All lyrics are written by ; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli.

Critical reception[]

Bandhan earned mainly positive reviews from critics.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• www.telegraphindia.com preview