Chalbaaz () is a 2018 Indian Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Joydip Mukherjee. The film stars Bangladeshi Superstar Shakib Khan and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles. The cast also includes Rajatabha Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Syed Hasan Imam, Atul Sharma and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film is produced by Old Theatre Limited. The film is a remake of 2015 Telugu movie Subramanyam for Sale. The film is released in India on 20 April 2018. And Released in Bangladesh on 27 April 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It topped the box office in its opening week.
The film was also the third collaboration between Shakib Khan and Joydeep Mukherjee pair after huge success of the films Shikari and Nabab and the third collaboration between Shakib Khan and Eskay Movies, second time pairing with Shakib-Subhashree and director Joydeep Mukherjee with Subhashree Ganguly after successful Nabab.
Plot
Raja (Shakib Khan) is a money minded youth who goes to the UK to earn big bucks. One fine day, he comes across Srijata (Subhashree Ganguly) who ditches her family for her long time boyfriend. As time passes by, Srijata gets cheated by her boyfriend big time and is left stranded in London. Twist in the tale arises when Srijata requests Raja to come along with her to Kolkata and clear the chaos which was created by her elopement. What will Raja do now ? That forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Shakib Khan as Raja Chowdhury
Subhashree Ganguly as Srijata
Rajatava Dutta as Bhojohori Manna / Bhoja Da, Raja's assistant; chef of Indian Standard Institute (currently known as Bureau of Indian Standards) Shantilal Mukherjee - Pappu Mallick, Mallick family's enemy Sagnik Chatterjee as Bikram, Priya's brother; who went to keep his father's word, became desperate to marry his sister to Raja Joydip Mukherjee as Rajshekhar Dutt, Vinay's father and competition organiser; Later he came to India from UK to marry his son to Sunita, the youngest daughter of the Mallick family. Subrata as Thakurbabu; Raja's father Rebeka Rouf as Raja's step mother Shiba Shanu as Tota, Vikram's gang Mahamudul Islam Mithu Rajdeep Ghosh Shahed Ali Shikha Khan Mou as Aruna Mallick, Adinath Mallick's wife Jadu Azad Honey Bafna Amit Ganguly Jayanta Hore Panchanan Ghatak Manoshi Sengupta as Priya, Vikram's sister and Raja's fiance Rumpa Ashish Vidyarthi as Adinath Mallick, Srijata's paternal uncle; Who is currently the head of the Mallick family Esha Bhattacharjee Momo Shiuly Reshma Priyanti Gomes Papiya Dhiman Mridul Sen Atul Sharma as Competition Judge Rene Costa as Airport Security Kumud Pant as Chef Charlotte Dunnico as Marie Tatiana Zarubova as Competition Participant
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Chalbaaz is composed by Savvy, while lyrics of the film songs are penned by Priyo Chattopadhyay. The first song from the movie, the title song "Chalbaaz", is sung by Shadaab Hashmi. The Title song "Chalbaaz" was released as a promotional single on 8 March 2018. the Video Song "Aish Kori" was released on YouTube on 15 March 2018 and was well received by Critics and Audiences. The Third Video Song "Projapoti Mon" was released on YouTube on 23 March 2018 and Tor Premer Brishtite sung by Armaan Malik and Madhubanti Bagchi Released on 29 March 2018.