Shikari (English: Hunter)[3][4] is a 2016 Bangladesh-India joint venture thriller drama film directed by Joydip Mukherjee.[5] Produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies banners, and stars Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan, Srabanti Chatterjee, Rahul Dev and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty in pivotal roles and centers around Khan, a disguised professional assassin with mysterious past, tasked with assassinating a top government official. The film also features Amit Hasan, Kharaj Mukherjee, and Shupriyo Dutta in supporting roles.[6] It is an official remake of the 2009 Tamil movie Aadhavan which was itself inspired from the 1990 Malayalam movie His Highness Abdullah. The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Indradeep Dasgupta.[7]
A collaborative Jaaz-Eskay project involving Khan was first reported during mid 2014. However, the project was later shelved due to unavailability of actor. Due to numerous media reports, the film was originally planned to be a multi-starrer film. Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia intended to begin production of the film again after revisions in the script of the film. The production was officially announced by Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia in January 2016, and Zakir Hossain Simanto and Joydip Mukherjee was hired as directors. The film is produced by Ashok Dhanuka & Abdul Aziz, under the production Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia. A few percent of the film and songs were shot in London, UK. The film was released in Bangladesh on 7 July 2016.[8] It became the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2016.[clarification needed][9][10] Shakib Khan won his eight Meril Prothom Alo Awards for this film.[11]
Cast
Shakib Khan as Sultan/Raghob[16]
Srabanti Chatterjee as Chhutki/Riya[17]
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Rudro Chowdhury[16]
Rahul Dev as Dev[18]
Amit Hasan as IPS Rudro[19]
Supriyo Dutta as Abdulla/Abbu[20]
Kharaj Mukherjee as Teenkori
Subroto Barua as Choto Kaku
Shiba Shanu as Security guard Khan
Rebeca Rouf as Chowdhury's wife
Directed by | Joydip Mukherjee |
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Produced by | Abdul Aziz Himanshu Dhanuka |
Screenplay by | Pele Bhattacharya Abdullah Zahir Gaby |
Story by | Pele Bhattacharya Abdullah Zahir Babu |
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Music by | Indradeep Dasgupta Lyrics: Prosen |
Cinematography | Tuban |
Edited by | Somnath Dey |
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Distributed by | Jaaz Multimedia Eskay Movies |
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Running time
| 160 Minutes |
Country | Bangladesh India |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ৳ 4.05 crore[2] |
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