Update of Bengali Movies in the Second Quarter of 2016

The second quarter of 2016 was much better than the first quarter. In this quarter we got the biggest hit of the year so far.
Let's have a month wise recap of the Bengali movies in Q2 2016.

April

This was the month of Poila Boishakh so it was obvious to have big releases. This year too two big movies were released during Poila Boishakh. One was #Power and another one was #Sankhachil. Both were totally different movies for different set of audience so both did well without hampering each other's business.

#Sankhachil was an Indo-Bangladesh joint venture about the painful effects of partition. It

had been directed by very talented Gautam Ghosh. In the lead cast there was Prasenjit Chatterjee along with Bangladeshi actress Kusum Sikder and a young girl Saanjhbati. There were many other actors from both side of Bengal. The story was very emotional and heart touching about the struggle of a parent to save their daughter from a fatal disease. It was full with nostalgic moments regarding the pain of partition of Bengal. Moreover the powerful performances by all , specially by Prasenjit Chatterjee was another highlight of the film. The film connected very fast with the audiences and it showed in the box office collections. The film was well received by critics, audience and in film festivals too.

#Power was a south Indian remake from Shree Venkatesh films production house directed by Rajiv. It was out an out commercial film to cash on the star power of Jeet that too in a double role. One Police officer and another one as his look alike who later take the position of the police officer. Jeet was accompanied by two lovely ladies Nusrat and Sayantika who were much enough to add glamour quotient. Then there were lovely song and dance sequences too with the catchy music of Jeet Ganguly which helped it make more popular among the masses. As expected it get good response at the small centers. Once again Jeet proved his star power in commercial cinema with #Power.

May

The month of may have two big releases one was festival favorite #Cinemawala another one was the biggest hit of this year so far #Praktan.

#Cinemawala was a Venkatesh Films production, directed by master storyteller Kaushik

Ganguly. This was Kaushik Ganguly's attempt to bring attention to the poor condition of single screen theaters. Day by day such theaters are loosing their existence. The film tried to protest against piracy with a story of a father and son and their collision, the battle between single screen theater owner and pirated CD seller. In the lead roles Paran Bandopadhyay and Parambrata Chatterjee were extra ordinary. They were able supported by Arun Guhathakurta and Sohini Sarkar. Although it was a film for the sake of single screen theater owners but the subject was too classy to be a single screen theater favorite. Even in multiplexes it got mixed response, the slow pace of the film worked against the film and in spite of getting a good opening it remained an average earner at the ticket windows.

#Praktan was a film for which there was a sky-high expectation since the film was

announced. There were two main reasons for that, one was director duo Shiboprasad Mujherjee and Nandita Roy, whose last film #Belasheshe was the biggest hit of last year, another reason was after long 14 years one of the most loved on screen couple of Bengali cinema, Prasenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta were coming back together.  When the film released it got bumper opening and after watching it people find it has satisfied all the expectations. People had only went to see Prasenjit and Rituparna together but they got in addition superb performance from Aparijita Addhya, a heart touching story and soulful music. All these worked as magic for the film and it created history at the box office. Another benefit it got because of the worldwide release on same day which was first time for any Bengali movie. It is still running successfully at theaters and most probably it will keep running till the end of the year.

June

There was not a single big release to mention, in the month of June.

So the second quarter was good on overall and we are even more hopeful from the third quarter as there are too many big releases in queue including two big Eid releases Jeet starer #BadshahTheDon , Dev and Jishu starer #KelorKirti. Also there is Prasenjit Chjatterjee's erotic thriller #Khwato. Then in August there will be , second part of Shabor series #EaglerChokh, Anjan Dutta's remake of Hamlet, #Hemanto , Pratim D Gupta directed thriller #SahebBibiGolaam.

Best Film of Quarter 2 2016

• Shankhachil
• Cinemawala
• Praktan

Best Directors of Quarter 2 2016

• Gautam Ghosh - Shankhachil
• Kaushik Ganguly - Cinemawala
• Shiboprasad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy - Praktan

 Best Actors of Quarter 2 2016

• Prasenjit Chatterjee - Shankhachil
• Paran Bandopadhyay - Cinemawala
• Prsenjit Chatterjee - Praktan
• Parambrata Chatterjee - Cinemawala
• Arun Guhathakurta - Cinemawala

Best Actresses of Quarter 2 2016

• Kusum Sikder - Shankhachil
• Rituparna Sengupta - Praktan
• Sohini Sarkar - Cinemawala
• Aparajita Addhya - Praktan