Anurupa Chakraborty of The Indian Express rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "The father-son bond is beautifully captured in this simple meal of leftover rice".Read at source
Projapoti 2 2025 
Synopsis
Projapoti 2
Projapati 2 (Subtitled as Bhalobasha; Bengali pronunciation:; transl. Butterfly 2) is a 2025 Bengali-language culinary drama film directed by Avijit Sen. Produced by Dev and Atanu Raychaudhuri under the respective banners of Dev Entertainment Ventures and Bengal Talkies, Pranab Kumar Guha and Swastik Bibek Ruia served as its co-producers.
- Director
- Avijit Sen
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Bengali
Reviews
4 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Projapoti 2 is 70/100 from Anurupa Chakraborty (The Indian Express) and Dipanwita Ghosh Mukherjee (Anandabazar Patrika) and Raima Ganguly (The Times of India).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- emotional impact
Positive 4
Dipanwita Ghosh Mukherjee of Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "The director has depicted the continuous flow of dreaming, having those dreams shattered, and then piecing together the fragments to build new dreams, which is so characteristic of ordinary middle-class families; this film will also evoke even more emotions." She also added that there's no need to mention Mithun Chakraborty separately, whose performance spoke for itself, and also Dev had delivered another incredibly mature performance.Read at source
Raima Ganguly of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and opined "Projapati 2 knows exactly what it wants to be and wears its commercial heart on its sleeve.Read at source
Rinika Roy Chowdhury of Ei Samay reviewed the film and wrote "There is no exaggeration, no artificiality anywhere—it naturally touches the hearts of the viewers.Read at source
Details
Soundtrack
- Love You Papa Ishan Mitra, Adwita Shaw
- Projapati Song Jeet Gannguli
- Hasli Keno Bol Jeet Gannguli
- Maa Esheche Kumar Sanu
- Aaj Theme Jaak Nachiketa Chakraborty
- Golpo Theme Jay Iman Chakraborty
- Thak Pore Thak Timir Biswas
Technical specs
- Run time
- 151 min
- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Avijit Sen
Trivia
- The film was initially titled Protikkha before being officially announced as Projapati 2 on 2 January 2025.
- Principal photography commenced in July 2025 after being postponed from November 2024 due to extremely cold weather.
- The movie was predominantly shot in London and Edinburgh, with portions filmed in Kolkata.
- Mithun Chakraborty and Dev reunited for the third time on-screen, marking their 359th and 48th films as actors respectively.
- The film was released in theatres on 25 December 2025, on the eve of Christmas.
- Jeet Gannguli composed the music while Rathijit Bhattacharjee provided the background score for the film.
