Bohurupi

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Bohurupi is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language caper action-thriller film written, directed and produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee under the banner of Windows Production. Based upon a chain of real life events in the timeline between 1998 and 2005, the film stars Mukherjee himself in the titular role, alongside Abir Chatterjee, Ritabhari Chakraborty and Koushani Mukherjee in the lead roles. It follows a cat and mouse chase between a police officer, Sumanta Ghoshal (Chatterjee), and Bikram Pramanik (Shiboprasad), an ex-accountant-turned-bank dacoit. The film was announced in February 2024, marking the second collaboration between the directorial duo and Chatterjee. Principal photography commenced in March 2024, while filming took places in Kolkata, Bolpur, Taki, Baranagar, Bantala, Barrackpore, Beldanga and Bethuadahari. The music of the film is composed by Anupam Roy, Bonnie Chakraborty, Arnab Dutta, Noni Chora Das Baul and Silajit Majumdar, while Bonnie Chakraborty himself provided its score. Malay Laha handled the editing while Indranath Marick did the cinematography. A sequel titled Bohurupi: The Golden Daku is set for release in Durga Puja. Bohurupi was released in the theatres on 8 October 2024 on the occasion of Durga Puja. The film opened to positive reviews from the audience as well as the critics alike. Grossing over ₹21.24 crore, it became a blockbuster at the box office and emerged as the second highest grossing Bengali film of 2024 and the fifth highest grossing Indian Bengali film of all time. At the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla, Bohurupi won seven awards out of sixteen nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Shiboprosad). This film was partially remade in Tamil as Kara.