Agnivo Niyogi of The Telegraph reviewed the film and noted "The synergy between Shyam and Mohan anchors the film and helps this otherwise straightforward story sail through." He criticised weakly written characters for Idhika and Barkha but specially praised the soundtrack and picturisation on the Kirtan track "Radharani".Read at source
Khadaan 2024 
Synopsis
Khadaan
Khadaan (Bengali pronunciation:; transl. Quarry) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Soojit Rino Dutta. Produced by Nispal Singh and Dev under the banners of Surinder Films and Dev Entertainment Ventures respectively, the film stars Dev in dual roles, alongside Jisshu Sengupta in the lead, with an ensemble cast of Anirban Chakrabarti, Barkha Bisht, Idhika Paul, John Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathi Chakraborty, Sneha Bose, Sujan Neel Mukherjee, Sumit Ganguly and Raja Dutta.
- Director
- Soojit Rino Dutta
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 120 min
- Language
- Bengali
Reviews
6 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Universal Acclaim
Critics' aggregate for Khadaan is 90/100 from 4 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- music
- visual craft
Positive 6
Anurupa Chakraborty of the Indian Express rated the film 4.5/5 stars and highlighted "Khadaan is a commercial entertainer with high octane action, romance and songs.Read at source
Poorna Banerjee of The Times of India rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and quoted "Khadaan thrives on Dev's commanding presence and a lot of action sequences that are well shot.Read at source
Sandipta Bhanja of Sangbad Pratidin reviewed the film on a positive note and wrote "Dev is the heartstring of the film.Read at source
Sangita Chowdhury of Aajkal Bangla rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and quoted "Apart from the performances by the whole cast, Shailesh Awashthi's cinematography is the main highlight of the film, which takes the viewers to a new world."Read at source
Subhasmita Kanji of Hindustan Times rated the film 4.5 out 5 stars and opined "Khadaan is a paisa-vasool masala entertainer.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Rajar Raja Dev Arijit
- Haye Re Biye Abhijeet Bhattacharya, June Banerjee, Sudip Nandy
- Kishori Rathijit Bhattacharjee, Antara Mitra
- Baap Eseche Ishan Mitra
- Radharani Arkadeep Mishra (Arka)
- Royal Fighter Bullet B-One
- Dhinak Na Tin Debosmita Deb
- Phiraiyya Dao Sohini Saha
Technical specs
- Run time
- 120 min
- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Soojit Rino Dutta
Trivia
- The film was officially announced in January 2024 with a character motion poster before principal photography commenced in February 2024 in Kolkata.
- Major filming schedules took place in Asansol, Durgapur, and Raniganj, with the story set against the backdrop of Raniganj in the Asansol region.
- Dev learned the Santhali accent for the film because most of the story takes place in a rural backdrop.
- The film grossed over ₹26 crore, making it the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2024 and the third highest-grossing Bengali film of all time.
- Khadaan received 14 nominations at the 8th Filmfare Awards Bangla, including Best Film and Best Actor for Dev.
- The film marks Dev's debut as a creative director and his comeback to the action genre after a few years.
