Durga Puja releases of 2016

Are you ready with your Durga Puja plans? If you are thinking only about shopping, Pandel hopping  and dining plans only then you should revisit your plan to schedule  which Bengali movies you will watch and when, during this Durga Puja. From last few years Durga Puja has became the biggest season for releasing Bengali movies. With each passing year it's becoming bigger, last year there were five releases among which four were hits, this year it will be even bigger with six releases #Zulfiqar, #Gangster, #Abhimaan, #ByomkeshOChiriyakhana,#Chocolate and #PremKiBujhini. Almost all of your favourite actors and actresses will be there to celebrate Puja with you, in your nearest theatres. We all have big hopes from many of these movies; let's talk about each of the movies one by one.

#Zulfiqar
When we are talking about Puja release we should talk first about the trend setter Srijit

Mujherjee. From last few years Durga Puja is incomplete without a Srijit Mujherjee film. He is habituated to give big hits on Puja and this time he has made his biggest film so far. The biggest star cast and rich production values have made it the talk of the town since the first teaser was released. This time once again Srijit has came up with an interesting concept which is to adapt two Shakespeare's novels 'Julius Caeser' and 'Antony and Cleopatra' in one film that too in the backdrop of mafias in Khidderpore doc area. Apart from the director and the concept the huge star cast is obviously an added attraction which includes names like Prasenjit Chatterjee, Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Ankush, Paoli Dam, Nusrat, Rahul Banerjee, June Malya among others.Not to forget teh wonderful composition by Anupam Roy that is also an add on. So there is enough reason to make it your first choice during this Puja weekend.

Zulfiqar Trailer

#ByomkeshOChiriyakhana
During last year Durga Puja, director Anjan Dutta presented Jisshu Sengupta as new

Byomkesh Bakshi and it was a big hit. Getting inspired from last year's success the team is coming back this Puja with yet another mystery of Byomkesh Bakshi. This time the story is 'Chiriyakhana'. This is the same story on which Satyajit Ray had made his only Byomkesh movie with Uttam Kumar. This time too Jishu Sengupta,  Shaswata Chatterjee and Ushoshi will be there as Byomkesh, Ajit and Satyabati. Along with them there will be bunch of film and television actors who are quite regular in Anjan Dutta movies. Add on to that this time Anjan Dutta will be seen playing a cameo. Whenever Anjan Dutta has made a Byomkesh film it has never failed and that is good enough reason to be hopeful with this one too.

Btomkesh O Chiriyakhana Trailer

#Abhimaan
This year it will be third commercial potboiler from superstar Jeet. This time he is coming

with yet another masala entertainer which will be obviously a South Indian remake. The director here is remake specialist Raj Chakraborty. Last Puja he had given a hit with an original script with #Katmundu, but this time he chose his old and safe way to make a remake with a commercial superstar. Few years back the duo of Raj Chakraborty and Jeet had given big hit on a Durga Puja with #DuiPrithivi hope they will create the magic once again. To add the glamour quotient there will be two lovely ladies Shubhoshree and Sayantika. With both of them Jeet had been successfully paired earlier. This movie has all the ingredients of a commercial blockbuster action,emotion, drama, romance, songs picturised in beautiful foreign location and a big reliable star. Although commercial films are going through a bad phase but we must remember even in this phase Jeet is performing much better than his contemporaries. His last release #BadshahTheDon had done fair business. Hope this Puja #Abhimaan will rock the box office in small centers.

Abhimaan Trailer

#Gangster Like every year Shree Venkatesh Films will release one out an out commercial film on Puja

alongside one Srijit Mujherjee film, this time it is #Gangster. They have repeated their last Puja hit director Birsha Dashgupta who had given a big hit last Puja with #SudhuTomariJanno. The commercial movies are not doing good business, maybe because of that this time they have decided to launch a fresh leading man Yash Dashgupta who is already a household name because of his successful TV serial. The presence of Yash has given the film a fresh appeal at the same time it has limited the budget too. This is a love story of a gangster played by Yash where the female lead has been played by Mimi Chakraborty. The movie has been shot beautifully in the exotic locations of Turkey. The fresh pair and the maiden location have given the movie a refreshing look. For the commercial movie lovers it will be definitely a good choice to watch during this Puja. We hope Birsha Dashgupta will repeat his success once again and Yash will establish himself as the new heartthrob of Bengali movies.


Gangster Trailer


#Chocolate This one is a late entry in the race of Puja releases but it has its own potential being the only

comedy rather adult comedy in this season. This will mark the directorial debut of popular actor Sujan Mujherjee also it is the first story by Rudranil. This is one comedy where many characters are involved in search of a ring. There is a romantic track too involving Parambrata Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar. Among others there are wonderful comic performers like Rudranil, Koninika, Bishwanath Basu, Kanchan Mallick, Kharaj Mujherjee in the leading roles. This movie is neither intellectual nor mainstream rather it is from a different zone altogether that is comedy, so it won't have to face any such competition with the other releases. But because of so many releases it will have to struggle for show times and audience’s attention. Definitely it will not be the first or even second choice of the viewers but if it will have good comedy then it may get success in the long run.


Chocolate Trailer

#PremKiBujhini

Definitely it is the least expected film among the all Puja releases. This Eskay Films production have their current favourite Om with Shubhoshree. As the name suggests it is a love story, a romantic story of a NRI guy and an Indian girl. The trailer suggests it is a very routine film nothing new to offer. Also the leading man plays a vital role in the success of commercial films and Om lacks that charm to compete with the other biggies. If luck favors then the movie has chances to do fare business at small centers in long run, but there is very rare chance.

Prem Ki Bujhini Trailer

So this Puja , there are a lot of choice for every Bengali movie lovers make your plan ready. Hope this Puja will be bigger than earlier ones. Happy Puja.