Password (2019 Indian film)
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| Directed by | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee |
| Written by | Rana Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Dev Adhikari Gurupada Adhikari Sandeep Agarwal |
| Starring | Dev Parambrata Chatterjee Paoli Dam Rukmini Maitra Adrit Roy Trina Saha |
| Cinematography | Avik Mukhopadhyay |
| Edited by | Raviranjan Maitra |
| Music by | Savvy |
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| Distributed by | Dev Entertainment Ventures Echo Entertainment |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Password is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee. The film stars Dev, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Paoli Dam, Rukmini Maitra while Adrit Roy and Trina Saha played supporting roles. The film revolves around the dark side of social networking, and deals with stealing of password and privacy issue.It was released on 2 October 2019. Upon release, the film received critical acclaim, where critics praised the concept, action sequences, visual effects, message, music and cast performances. Despite receiving critical acclaim, the film didn't managed to do well at the box-office.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
[edit]A conscientious police officer trying to track down a criminal who is hell bent on hacking into vital information and destroying human lives, finds himself in a web of violence, deceit, and double crossing, as well as shades of pathos in the life of criminals. To destroy this web of cyber crime, he forms a team with ethical hackers. Will he be able to stop them before it's too late ? Will he be finally able to get these villains into justice?
Set in the backdrop of 1984 Bhopal disaster, where Ismailov's parents died amidst the leakage of methyl isocyanate in the disaster of Bhopal. Failing to get justice, Ismailov takes the law into his own hands to kill Joseph Anderson, CEO of A to Z e-commerce and the main mastermind behind this Gas tragedy, along with all his associates. DCP Rohit Dasgupta of Kolkata Police investigates to find out Ismailov and his den of Onion in Bhopal, who hacks Byblis and Darling tone software, a part of the A to Z e-commerce company, thus making his base in the Indian Subcontinent. Ismailov also hacks the IMF server and gets all defence insecurities illegally.
Cast
[edit]- Dev as DCP Rohit Dasgupta, a trained cyber expert from IIT Kharagpur
- Rukmini Maitra as Nisha Chatterjee, an ethical hacker
- Parambrata Chatterjee as Ismailov, a darknet mastermind
- Paoli Dam as Mariom, Ismailov's wife and partner of darknet[5]
- Adrit Roy as Advait Upadhyay, Nisha's boyfriend[6]
- Krishno Kishore Mukhopadhyay as RAW chief Uttam Barua
- Trina Saha as Tina, Nisha's sister
- Abhisekh Singh as Ismailov's assistant
- Saurav Das, cameo in the song "Aye Khuda"
Soundtrack
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| Released | 27 September 2019 | ||||
| Recorded | 2019 | ||||
| Studio | Neo Sound | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 6:51 | ||||
| Language | Bengali | ||||
| Label | Zee Music Bangla | ||||
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The soundtrack is composed by Savvy and lyrics by Riddhi Barua and Soham Majumdar.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Trippy Lage" | Riddhi Barua | Nikhita Gandhi, Shashwat Singh | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Aye Khuda" | Soham Majumdar | KK | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 6:51 | |||
Marketing and release
[edit]The official teaser of the film was unveiled by Dev Entertainment Ventures on 15 August 2019.[7] The official 4K teaser 2 of the film was unveiled by Dev Entertainment Ventures on 1 September 2019.[8]
The film flopped at box-office. Some scenes are modified like a nude woman's back side has been blurred, skulls scattering everywhere are blurred. Some violent portions have also been trimmed. It was released on 2 October, coinciding with 2019 Puja holidays.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "KK records a song for Dev-starrer Password - Times of India". The Times of India. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Inside Pictures: Bengali celebs and their exciting snaps from the film sets - Inside Pictures: Bengali celebs and their never-seen-before snaps from the film sets". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Sarkar, Roushni. "KK records song 'Aye Khuda' for Bengali film Password". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Dev announced two new movies". Sangbad Pratidin Home. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Paoli Dam can't wait to start shooting for 'Password'". The Times of India. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Adrit Roy no more a part of Raja Chanda's film?". The Times of India. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Password Teaser - Dev - Rukmini - Parambrata - Paoli - Adrit - Kamaleswar M - This Puja". YouTube. Dev Entertainment Ventures. 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Password Teaser 2 - Dev - Rukmini -Parambrata - Paoli - Adrit - Kamaleswar M - This Puja - 4K". YouTube. Dev Entertainment Ventures. 1 September 2019.
- ^ Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (27 August 2019). "Dev Adhikari, Rukmini Maitra, Parambrata, Paoli Dam and Adrit Roy... New poster of #Bengali film #Password... Directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee... 2 Oct 2019 release. https://t.co/MuTnXWYSKt" (Tweet) – via Twitter.