Zulfiqar (film)

Zulfiqar
Film poster
Directed bySrijit Mukherji
Written bySrijit Mukherji
Screenplay bySrijit Mukherji
Based onJulius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Produced byShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
StarringProsenjit Chatterjee
Kaushik Sen
Dev
Ankush Hazra
Parambrata Chatterjee
Jisshu Sengupta
Nusrat Jahan
Kanchan Mullick
Rahul Banerjee
Paoli Dam
Neel Mukherjee
June Malia
Kyra Dutt
CinematographySoumik Haldar
Edited bySrijit Mukherji
Anindya Chattopadhyay
Music byAnupam Roy
Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Running time
138:18 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesBengali
Hindi
Budget₹5.5 Cr
Box office₹7.7 Cr[2]

Zulfiqar is a 2016 Indian action-crime thriller film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji.[3] The film is produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. It was based on adaptation of two of William Shakespeare’s tragedies: Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.[4] The film has an ensemble cast of Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev(with no dialogues), Parambrata Chatterjee, Ankush Hazra, Jisshu U Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Rahul Banerjee, Nusrat Jahan, Paoli Dam, June Malia, and Kanchan Mullick with Bharat Kaul, Neel Mukherjee, Srijato, Prasun Gain, Aryann Roy and Aritra Dutt playing supporting roles with Kalyan Roy in a cameo appearance. The film revolves around the Syndicate and underworld of Kolkata where Zulfiqar Ahmed, a rising don loved by the people of the area, gets killed by the other members of his opposition including his dearest friend Basheer Khan, as per the rules of the syndicate.

The soundtrack and background score of the film were composed by Anupam Roy and Indraadip Dasgupta respectively. The cinematography of this film was by Soumik Halder, while the editing was done by Mukherji himself and Anindya Chattopadhyay. The action sequences were choreographed by Javed-Aejaz.

The film released during Durga Puja. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the film became blockbuster at the box office and was one of the highest grossing Bengali films of 2016.

  1. ^ "Srijit Mukherji to adapt two Shakespearean tragedies in one film". Hindustan Times. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Bengali films which became Box Office hits despite negative reviews". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ^ "My film Zulfiqar is a tribute to The Godfather, says Srijit Mukherji". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Srijit Mukherji to adapt two Shakespearean tragedies in one film". The Hindustan Times. 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.