Amazon Obhijaan

Amazon Obhijaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKamaleshwar Mukherjee
Written byKamaleshwar Mukherjee
Based onCharacters of Chander Pahar, created
by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced byMahendra Soni
Shrikant Mohta
Starring
CinematographySoumik Haldar
Edited byRabiranjan Maitra
Music byIndraadip Dasgupta
Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release date
  • 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)[1]
Running time
140 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Budgetest.₹20 crore[3]
Box officeapprox.₹48.63 crore[4]

Amazon Obhijaan (lit. The Amazon Expedition) is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language action-adventure film written and directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films.[5] Starring Dev in the lead role of Shankar, it is the sequel to 2013 film Chander Pahar and the second installment of Chander Pahar film series.[6] The film revolves around Shankar, an adventurer who, along with a lady and her father, travels to Amazon in search of the City of Gold, El Dorado.

Amazon Obhijaan marked the 100th film of the production house.[7] Released in the theatres on 22 December 2017, it is the highest-grossing Bengali film of all time.[8] On 5 January 2018, the film was dubbed and released in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Assamese.[9] It also became the first Bengali film to release theatrically in United Kingdom on 12 January 2018, in 30 years.

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  2. ^ "CBFC | Search Film".
  3. ^ "SVF unveils biggest film poster for Bengali film 'Amazon Obhijaan'". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ^ "'Amazon Obhijan' Becomes Highest Grossing Bengali Film Ever". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Dev's Amazon adventure starts now! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Locations of Dev's Amazon Obhijan will make you gasp - The Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Shree Venkatesh Films on a new high with its 100th film production". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "'Amazon Obhijan' becomes highest grossing Bengali film ever!". The Statesman. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. ^ "'Amazon Obhijaan' to witness nationwide release on January 5". The Statesman. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2024.