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Directed by | Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee |
Written by | Nandita Roy |
Based on | Ujaan by Suchitra Bhattacharya |
Produced by | Atanu Raychaudhuri & Windows Production |
Starring | Prosenjit Chatterjee Rituparna Sengupta Soumitra Chatterjee Aparajita Adhya Sabitri Chatterjee Biswanath Basu Manali Dey Anupam Roy Surojit Chatterjee |
Cinematography | Gopi Bhagat Subhankar Bhar |
Music by | Anupam Roy |
Production company | Windows Production House |
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Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ₹2 crore[2] |
Box office | ₹8.5 crore[3] |
Praktan (Bengali: প্রাক্তন, lit. Former) is a 2016 Indian Bengali Romantic film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. It brings back the Prosenjit - Rituparna collaboration 14 years after Pratihinsa (2002). The theme of the film is based on conflict between contentment and sacrifice of married life.
The film opened to a huge reception on 27 May 2016 worldwide.[1] It won the International Film Business Award 2016 for becoming the Highest Grossing Movie of the Year - Bengal alongside films like Kabaali, Sultan, Sairat and Action Hero Biju, at Indywood Film Carnival at Ramoji Film City.[4] The film's music was released by Amara Muzik. Praktan was remade in Bollywood with the title Jalebi.
Praktan sweep at cinemas — Rs 5.5 crore in 16 days ("excluding overseas collections"), for a film made on a budget of Rs 2 crore.