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Purushottam (film)

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Purushottam
Directed byProsenjit Chatterjee
Written byProsenjit Chatterjee
Asit Basu
Screenplay byAsit Basu
Story by
Produced byProsenjit Chatterjee
Bijay Pashi
Starring
CinematographyV. Prabhakar
Edited byJoy Banerjee
Babul Bakshy
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Prosenjit Films
Distributed byAmen Movies Pvt Ltd.
Release date
  • 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Purushottam (English: The best among men) is a 1992 Indian Bengali-language action crime film produced, written and directed by Prosenjit Chatterjee, in his directorial debut. It stars Chatterjee in the titular role, alongside Debashree Roy in the lead role. The film also has Subhendu Chatterjee, Kali Banerjee, Deepankar Dey, Uttam Mohanty and Hara Patnaik in supporting roles.[1] The soundtrack and background score of the film were composed by R. D. Burman.

Prosenjit Chatterjee plays the protagonist, Deepak a.k.a. Badshah, while Debashree Roy plays Namita. Prosenjit Chatterjee often mentions the film as one of those memorable films of his career.[2]

Plot

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Dipak, having completed his B. A. course, decides to pursue higher studies, contrary to his father's wishes. His friends ask him to stand for elections much to the anger of Sunil, a member of the opposition party and son of the area M.L.A. After refusing to withdraw his name from the candidates list, Sunil and others torment Dipak. They kill his father and he is separated from his girlfriend Namita who later marries Alok, a police officer. The rest of the film depicts the fight of Dipak against his enemies in order to lead a peaceful life.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Purushottam
Soundtrack album by
Released1992
GenreFilmi
LanguageBengali

Tracks

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Song Singer
"Dite Pari E Jibon" R. D. Burman
"Tumi Ele" Asha Bhosle, Saikat Mitra
"Ki Laabh Hobe" Asha Bhosle, Jolly Mukherjee
"Aaj Andhakar" Asha Bhosle
"Aay Aay" Kumar Sanu

References

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  1. ^ "Purushottam Bengali film". Archived from the original on 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Purushottam 1992". Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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Purushottam at IMDb