Nabab

This article is about the 2017 film. For other uses, see Nabab (disambiguation).
Nabab
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story byPele Bhattacharya
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTuban
Edited bySomnath Dey
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 June 2017 (2017-06-26) (Bangladesh)
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) (India)
Running time
140 minutes
CountriesBangladesh
India
LanguageBengali
Budget₹5 crore[1]
Box office₹10.1 crore[1][2]

Nabab is a 2017 Indo-Bangladeshi action thriller film directed by Joydip Mukherjee and produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies.[3] The film features Shakib Khan in the title role, an intelligence agent tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India and Subhashree Ganguly as a crime news reporter and Nabab's love interest.[4][5] It also features Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Amit Hasan, Aparajita Adhya, Kharaj Mukherjee and Arindam Saha in supporting roles.[6]

The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Savvy Gupta and Akassh. The film was released on 26 June 2017[7] on the occasion of Eid in Bangladesh and released in India on 28 July 2017.[8][9][10] The film marks the second collaboration of Shakib Khan with Joydip Mukherjee after success of Shikari (2016).[11] The film had a production budget of ৳5 crore (US$420,000) and earned ৳10.10 crore (US$840,000) within the first five days of its release.[1][2]

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  9. ^ দেড়শো টাকার ‘নবাব’!. The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ ‘নবাব’ শাকিব খানের বাজিমাৎ. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ^ "New year, new stage show for Shakib Khan". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.