Khokababu

Khokababu (2012)

খোকাবাবু

The film is about Khokababu (Dev) who is a cool and a clever guy. Bhaiji is a well-known don in his territory whom everybody fears and obeys. Khoka joins Bhaiji's circle as an accountant where he has a wacky senior Khanra Babu. Khoka with his super wit starts to obtain every luxury that a perfect office should have and starts to hoax Bhaiji. Problems occur when Khoka falls in love with Bhaiji's sister Pooja (Subhasree Ganguly). That's how our super-clever Chalu Cheez Khokababu takes the story ahead.

Date of release
2012-01-12
TMDB
2.1 / 10 (6)
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Director
Shankaraiya

Casting

Interesting facts

Khokababu is an Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Shankar Aiyya. The film stars Dev, Subhashree, Ferdous, and Laboni Sarkar in the lead roles.It is a remake of telugu movie Dhee. The film was released in the theatres on 13 January 2012. It served as the maiden installment of the Khokababu series. Made on a budget of ₹5.75 crore, it emerged a box office success.

Production

The film marked the Tollywood debut of dance choreographer Caeser Gonslaves of the Bosco–Caesar duo. The "Khokababu Title Track" was made with a budget of ₹80 lakhs. It was the most expensive Bengali film song at that time. Three other songs choreographed by D. Sankaraiyya, have been shot with a collective cost of ₹60−70 lakhs. Cumulatively, ₹1.75 crore was spent to shoot for all the songs in the film.

It also marked the film debut of music composer Savvy. Three songs barring "Pyar Ka Jhatka" and the "Khokababu Title Track", which have been choreographed by D. Sankaraiyya, has been filmed across Switzerland, Paris, France, Germany and Greece. In an interview, the producer Ashok Dhanuka mentioned that those spots were chosen by the choreographer himself.

The Kolkata Police used the slogan "Khokababu" as a slogan in its signboards to rein in errant bikers in the city and to spread awareness about the need to wear helmets by kids riding pillion. Dev also had a special screening for underprivileged children, where he danced with them in the title track of the film and shared anecdotes with them.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended a special screening of the film at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute at 6 pm. Dev informed in an interview that the event was planned when he met Banerjee at her residence. When he asked her if she has watched any of his films including the then running Khokababu, she agreed to watch it.

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