Raktabeej

Raktabeej (2023)

রক্তবীজ

A thriller revolving around a sudden blast in a Khagragarh firecracker unit, some 70 km away from then president of India's house, ahead of Durga Puja in 2014. Is there more than meets the eye?

Date of release
2023-10-20
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Action, Drama
Director
Nandita Roy, Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Collection
Raktabeej Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Raktabeej is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language political action thriller film co-written and directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The plot is mainly inspired by the true events of 2014 Burdwan Blast that deeply shook West Bengal and India. The film stars Victor Banerjee, Abir Chatterjee and Mimi Chakraborty in the lead roles. This film is produced and distributed by Windows and presented by Sanjay Agarwal.

Production

The film was officially announced on 9 March 2023. The filming started soon after the announcement, on 15 March 2023. In an interview with the Deccan Herald, Mukherjee of the director duo said that they sought help from the editor of Times of India in Kolkata as soon they understood that the film demanded a budget they didn't have. They kept working on the story and continued with the research work.

The principal photography took place in Kolkata, Dhulagar, Bantala, Panchla and Bolpur. One important scene was filmed at Raisina Hill.

The teaser for the film was released on 25 August 2023 on WINDOWS Youtube channel. The Hindi teaser was dropped on 28 August 2023 and the Odia teaser on 4 September 2023. The trailer was released on 30 September 2023.

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