| MLA Fatakeshto | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Swapan Saha |
| Screenplay by | N.K. Salil |
| Story by | N. K. Salil |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹ 2 crores |
| Box office | ₹ 7.50 crores[1] |
MLA Fatakeshto is a 2006 Indian Bengali-language political action film directed by Swapan Saha for Shree Venkatesh Films, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Koel Mallick, Rajatava Dutta and Soumitra Chatterjee. It is a remake of the Tamil movie Mudhalvan. It was a commercial success at the box office, helped by the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
It is the first of the two-film Fatakeshto series (the other being Minister Fatakeshto) and has gained fame for its dialogue "Marbo ekhane, lash porbe sashane" [I will hit you here and the body will be there at the cremation ground].[2][3][4] The film collected ₹7.5 crore at the Box Office.[1]
Plot
It is the tale of seven days of a small time goon who becomes an M.L.A.
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty as Krishno "Fatakeshto" Deb Chatterjee, who becomes the Home Minister with the help of the CM
- Soumitra Chatterjee as the Chief Minister
- Debashree Roy as Nandini Chatterjee, Krishno's wife
- Rajatava Dutta as the Home Minister Ranadeb Pal
- Koel Mallick as Chaitali Roy, news reporter of Khabor Kolkata
- Shantilal Mukhopadhyay as Haridas Pal, Ranadeb's PA
- Bharat Kaul as DSP Durjoy Naag
- Sanjib Dasgupta as Atim Ghosh, leader of the Opposition
- Sumit Ganguly as Ratan Basak, Ranadeb's henchman
- Shyamal Dutta as chief editor of Khabor Kolkata
Soundtrack
| MLA Fatakeshto | ||||
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| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Studio | Shree Venkatesh Films | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Bengali | |||
| Label | SVF | |||
| Jeet Gannguli chronology | ||||
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| Singles from MLA Fatakeshto | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Gautam Sushmit; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bibi Asol Hero" | Amit Kumar | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Ami MLA Fatakeshto" | Amit Kumar | 4:58 |
| 3. | "Khusir Aalo" | Amit Kumar, Pamela Jain | 5:19 |
| 4. | "MLA Fatakesto (Theme Song)" | Chaturvedi, Jeet Gannguli |
Reception
Box office
Made at the budget of ₹ 2 crore, the film was released with 61 prints and collected over ₹ 7.50 crore in 75 days.[1][5]
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient and Nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anandalok Awards | Best Villain | Rajatava Dutta | Won |
References
- 1 2 3 "মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী". www.magzter.com. Anandalok. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ↑ "Tollywood top draws 2006". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 31 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi (18 April 2009). "Pranab-Mithun no-show at Jangipur". Indian Express. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "These dialogues were written in marginalized people's language, so it has become relevant in election campaign, says NK Salil dgtl". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ Nag, Kushali (11 October 2007). "Mithun vs Mithun". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 13 July 2021.