Deboleena Ghosh of Ei Samay rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Shiboprosad's acting is the heart of the film, which speaks out the heart of the commoners." She praised the direction, script, music and specially applauded the makers for the beautiful portrayal of rural Bengal.Read at source
Bohurupi 2024
Synopsis
Bohurupi
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.
- Director
- Nandita Roy
- Studio
- Windows Production House
- Run time
- 155 min
- Language
- Bengali
Reviews
7 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Bohurupi is 80/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 8 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
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Positive 7
Nibedita Bhattacharya of ABP Ananda rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "It will be difficult to assign someone as complete good or complete evil, whether it is the thief or the police.Read at source
Prachet Gupta of Aajkal reviewed the film and termed it "an experience, where there are colours as well as the cleansing of colours." He wrote "Right and wrong, good and evil, black and white; everything gets mixed up.Read at source
Priyak Mitra of Sangbad Pratidin reviewed the film and wrote "The film aptly presents the life and sufferings of the bohurupi community and how they are trapped in the viscious cycle of poverty and politics." He mentioned the similarities between the married life of the thief and police to be redundant to the plot but praised the acting, cinematography and music.Read at source
Sayan Sarkar of the Indian Express rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Bohurupi is one of the best thriller entertainers in the recent times." Besides specially applauding Shiboprosad and Koushani's chemistry, he also praised everyone's acting, the script, songs and dialogues.Read at source
Shamayita Chakraborty of OTTplay rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Bohurupi delivers what it promises.Read at source
Chatterji of the North East Film Journal reviewed the film and wrote "The film stands out for its ability to sustain the suspension factor till the very end without sacrificing the satire, entertainment factor and the story." She praised the film in all the major aspects including the direction, performances by the entire cast, unique shooting locations, production design, sound mixing, editing and the music accompanied by some of the rare traditional instruments.Read at source
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Details
Soundtrack
- Shimul Palash Shrestha Das, Nanichora Das Baul, Bonnie Chakraborty
- Aj Shara Bela Shreya Ghoshal
- Dakatiya Banshi Shrestha Das, Nanichora Das Baul, Bonnie Chakraborty
- Tui Amar Hoye Ja Arnab Dutta, Shreshtha Das
- Bohurupi Theme 1 Tamal Kanti Halder
- Bohurupi Theme 2 Sudipto Paul
- Tui Kyane Eli Sarobore Silajit Majumdar, Sukanya Chattopadhyay
Technical specs
- Run time
- 155 min
- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Nandita Roy
- Studio
- Windows Production House
Trivia
- Bohurupi was announced on 27 February 2024, marking the second collaboration between the directorial duo and actor Abir Chatterjee.
- Principal photography commenced on 12 March 2024 and concluded after 34 days of shooting across 84 locations.
- The film grossed over ₹21.24 crore, making it the second highest-grossing Bengali film of 2024.
- Bohurupi won seven awards out of sixteen nominations at the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla, including Best Film and Best Actor.
- The character of Abir's Sumanta Ghoshal was based on the real-life police officer Srimanta Bandyopadhyay.
- The directors conducted personal interviews with the real-life dacoit and the Sub-Inspector to ensure the film's authenticity.