Purushottam | |
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Directed by | Prosenjit Chatterjee |
Written by | Prosenjit Chatterjee Asit Basu |
Screenplay by | Asit Basu |
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Produced by | Prosenjit Chatterjee Bijay Pashi |
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Cinematography | V. Prabhakar |
Edited by | Joy Banerjee Babul Bakshy |
Music by | R. D. Burman |
Production company | Prosenjit Films |
Distributed by | Amen Movies Pvt Ltd. |
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Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Purushottam (English: The best among men) is a 1992 Indian Bengali-language action crime film produced, written and directed by Prosenjit Chatterjee, in his directorial debut. It stars Chatterjee in the titular role, alongside Debashree Roy, Abhishek Chatterjee and Pallavi Chatterjee in lead roles, with Jagannath Guha, Dipankar De, Subhendu Chatterjee, Uttam Mohanty and Hara Patnaik in supporting roles.[1] The soundtrack and background score of the film was composed by R. D. Burman.
Chatterjee played the protagonist, Deepak a.k.a. Badshah, while Debashree Roy plays his love interest Namita. Chatterjee often mentions the film to be one of those memorable films of his career.[2]