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Praktan(Movie, 2016)

Original title: "প্রাক্তন" (Bengali/BN)
2h 22min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family
PraktanRating: 2.9/5 (with 77 votes)
Praktan (Bengali: প্রাক্তন, lit. Former) is a 2016 Indian Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta. It brings back the Prosenjit - Rituparna collaboration 14 years after Pratihinsa (2002). The theme of the film is based on conflict between contentment and sacrifice of married life. The film opened to a huge reception on 27 May 2016 worldwide. It won the International Film Business Award 2016 for becoming the Highest Grossing Movie of the Year - Bengal alongside films like Kabaali, Sultan, Sairat and Action Hero Biju, at Indywood Film Carnival at Ramoji Film City. The film's music was released by Amara Muzik. Praktan was remade in Bollywood with the title Jalebi. ()
Movie poster of Praktan

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About Praktan

A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.

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Trailer for Praktan + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

PRAKTAN | OFFICIAL Trailer | NANDITA & SHIBOPROSAD | PROSENJIT - RITUPARNA | 2016 NEW BENGALI FILM(Trailer, 2:48)

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Plays in: Kolkata
Original language: Bengali (BN)
Spoken languages: Bengali (BN), English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/27/2016
Cast: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Aparajita Auddy, Biswanath Basu, Manali Dey, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anindya Chatterjee, Surojit Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Anupam Roy
Director: Nandita Roy
Screenwriter: Nandita Roy
Composer: Anupam Roy
Revenue: 1,200,000 USD

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