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Le Chakka
Le Chakka
Soundtrack album by Indraadip Das Gupta
Released	14 May 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Eskay Movies

Le Chakka
Le Chakka
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Raj Chakraborty
Written by	Padmanabha Dasgupta; Abhimanyu Mukherjee
Produced by	Shyam Agarwal
Starring	Dev; Ritwick Chakraborty; Payel Sarkar; Kharaj Mukherjee; Laboni Sarkar; Debjani Chattopadhyay; Biswanath Basu; Dipankar De; Biswajit Chakraborty; Raja Dutta;
Cinematography	Somak Mukherjee
Edited by	Rabi Ranjan Maitra
Music by	Indraadip Das Gupta
Production; company	Srijon Arts
Distributed by	Eskay Movies
Release date	10 June 2010;
Running time	134:05 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

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Le Chakka (English: Take a Sixer) is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language sports comedy drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shyam Aggarwal under the banner of Srijan Arts, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. It stars Dev, Ritwick Chakraborty and Payel Sarkar in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Supriyo Dutta, Laboni Sarkar, Biswanath Basu, Parthasarathi Chakraborty, Pradip Dhar, Prasun Gain, Ritwick Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee play another pivotal roles.^[1] The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Das Gupta.^[2]

Le Chakka marks the second collaboration between Dev and Raj Chakraborty after Challenge (2009). The film received positive reviews from the audiences, while critics were appraisal of the portrayal of the famous 'Rock culture' in North Kolkata; differences between North and South Kolkata; 'Khep Khela', a popular term of cricket taken places in North Kolkata.^[3]

Plot

11 Bullets is a very bad cricket team of North Kolkata. The team is formed by the people of the locality, who have various professions. The film starts with a match between 11 Bullets and a cricket team of South Kolkata. The hero, named Abir, alone smashes 11 Bullets. The team members of 11 Bullets are then abused by the people of their locality. In the meantime, Abir comes with his family to stay at Dorjipara, which is the locality of 11 Bullets. But, due to huge cultural deference between North Kolkata and South Kolkata, Abir becomes irritated to stay over there. The niece of the landlord of Abir's tenant house, stars having regular quarrels with Abir. Then, Abir discovers that a political leader is trying to grab Dorjipara, and for that, the leader wants the tenant house, which the landlord does not want to sell. When Abir teaches the 11 Bullets people, that without protesting against these political evils, they will not be able to survive, slowly, those people come close to Abir, and vice versa. Then slowly, Abir gets intimate with Rani, which her brother Rajat does not like. A Person, Shankar, who is attached to that leader comes and gets involved with the unmarried, frustrated, elder sister of Rani, named Ratna. But, when Shankar says that he wants to marry Rani, not Ratna. Ratna kills herself. Ultimately, when the party leaders come to take control over Dorjipara, Abir throws a challenge of a cricket match, which is going to decide who's going to get control over the house. 11 Bullets have a tensed and marvelous win, and Abir has a romantic win over Rani.

Cast

Dev as Abir Basu
Payel Sarkar as Rani
Kharaj Mukherjee as Ismail Biriyaniola
Biswanath Basu as Gour
Biswajit Chakraborty as Abir's father
Laboni Sarkar as Abir's mother
Deepankar De as Maniranjan Mitra, Rani's uncle
Debjani Chattopadhyay as Ratna, Rani's elder sister
Supriyo Dutta as Rani's father
Ritwick Chakraborty as Rajat, Rani's brother
Abhimanyu Mukherjee as commentator
Aritra Dutta Banik as Futkarai Pocha
Sanghasri Sinha as Chilim
Prasun Gain as Tarun
Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay as Kanu
Raju Majumdar as Raju
Vashcar Deb as Abir's friend
Debranjan Nag as Abir's friend
Arindam Dutta as Shankar
Anindya Pulak Banerjee
Raju Dutta
Tapan Chattopadhyay
Padmanabha Dasgupta
Rupak Dey

Soundtrack

The film score of the film as well as the soundtrack was scored by Indraadip Das Gupta. The soundtrack, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 May 2010 in India. The lyrics were written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prosen and Srijit Mukherji.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration (min:sec)	Lyricist
1	"You And Me"	Shaan, June Banerjee	4:56	Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato
2	"Shabba Rabba Reeba Ru"	Kunal Ganjawalla, Monali Thakur	5:00	Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato
3	"Ali Maula"	Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Shahadab Hussain	6:04	Priyo Chattopadhyay
4	"Ekta Bindaas Para"	Kunal Ganjawalla, Shahdab Hussain, Prasenjit Mukherjee	4:38	Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato
5	"Le Chakka"	Kunal Ganjawalla, Prasenjit Mukherjee	4:24	Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato

References

^ "Le Chakka". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Copycat chronicles". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 12 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
^ "Ley Chakka Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

External links

Le Chakka at IMDb

[1] "Le Chakka". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[2] "Copycat chronicles". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 12 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[3] "Ley Chakka Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

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-| writer         = {{plainlist|
+| writer         = Padmanabha Dasgupta<br />Abhimanyu Mukherjee
+| starring       = {{ubl|[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]|[[Ritwick Chakraborty]]|[[Payel Sarkar]]|[[Kharaj Mukherjee]]|[[Laboni Sarkar]]|Debjani Chattopadhyay|[[Biswanath Basu]]|[[Dipankar De]]|[[Biswajit Chakraborty]]|Raja Dutta}}
-*[[Padmanava Dasgupta]],
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+| editing        = [[Raviranjan Maitra|Rabi Ranjan Maitra]]
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 | cinematography = Somak Mukherjee
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-'''''Le Chakka''''' ({{lang-en|Take a Sixer}}) (Bengali:লে ছক্কা) is a 2010 Bengali-language [[sports comedy]] film written by [[Padmanava Dasgupta]] and [[Film director|directed]] by [[Raj Chakraborty]]. The film stars [[Payel Sarkar]] and [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as the lead pair of the film along with the talented bunch of actors like [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], [[Ritwick Chakraborty]], [[Biswajit Chakraborty]], [[Aritra Dutta Banik]], [[Deepankar De]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], [[Biswanath Basu]], [[Debjani Chattopadhyay]] and [[Padmanava Dasgupta]] himself to name a few. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by [[Indraadip Das Gupta]]. The film is unofficially based on the 2007 Tamil film ''[[Chennai 600028]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Copycat chronicles |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100912/jsp/calcutta/story_12922038.jsp |accessdate=17 June 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=12 September 2010 |location=Calcutta}}</ref>
+'''''Le Chakka''''' ({{langx|en|Take a Sixer}}) is a 2010 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[Sports film|sports]] [[Comedy drama|comedy drama film]] co-written and directed by [[Raj Chakraborty]]. Produced by Shyam Aggarwal under the banner of Srijan Arts, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. It stars [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]], [[Ritwick Chakraborty]] and [[Payel Sarkar]] in lead roles, while [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], [[Biswajit Chakraborty]], [[Dipankar De]], [[Supriyo Dutta]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], [[Biswanath Basu]], Parthasarathi Chakraborty, Pradip Dhar, [[Prasun Gain]], [[Ritwick Chakraborty]] and Anindya Banerjee play another pivotal roles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le Chakka |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/le-chakka/cast/2030188689/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> The soundtrack and background score was composed by [[Indraadip Das Gupta]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Copycat chronicles |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100912/jsp/calcutta/story_12922038.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915024129/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100912/jsp/calcutta/story_12922038.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2010 |accessdate=17 June 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=12 September 2010 |location=Calcutta}}</ref>
+''Le Chakka'' marks the second collaboration between Dev and Raj Chakraborty after [[Challenge (2009 film)|''Challenge'']] (2009). The film received positive reviews from the audiences, while critics were appraisal of the portrayal of the famous 'Rock culture' in [[North Kolkata]]; differences between North and [[South Kolkata]]; 'Khep Khela', a popular term of [[cricket]] taken places in North Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ley Chakka Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/ley-chakka/movie-review/6037923.cms |access-date=2024-06-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
 == Plot ==
-bullets is a very bad cricket team of North Kolkata. The team is formed with the people of the locality, who have various professions. The film starts with a match between 11 bullets and a cricket team of South Kolkata. The hero, named Abir, alone smashes 11 bullets. The team members of 11 bullets are then abused by the people of their locality. In the meantime, Abir comes with his family to stay at Dorjipara, which is the locality of 11 bullets. But, due to huge cultural deference between North Kolkata and South Kolkata, Abir becomes irritated to stay over there. The niece of the landlord of Abir's tenant house, stars having regular quarrels with Abir. Then one day, Abir comes to know that some political leader is trying to grab Dorjipara, and for that, the leader wants the tenant house, which the landlord doesn't want to sell. When Abir teaches the 11 bullets people, that without protesting against these political evils, they will not be able to survive, slowly, those people come close to Abir, and vice versa. Then slowly, Abir gets intimate with Rani, which her brother Rajat doesn't like. A Person, Shankar, who is attached to that leader comes and gets involved with the unmarried, frustrated, elder sister of Rani, named Ratna. But, when Shankar says that, he wants to marry Rani, and not Ratna. Then Ratna commits suicide. Ultimately, when the party leaders come to take control over Dorjipara, Abir throws a challenge of a cricket match, which is going to decide, who's going to get control over the house. 11 bullets get a tensed and marvelous win, and Abir gets a romantic win over Rani.
+Bullets is a very bad cricket team of [[North Kolkata]]. The team is formed by the people of the locality, who have various professions. The film starts with a match between 11 Bullets and a cricket team of [[South Kolkata]]. The hero, named Abir, alone smashes 11 Bullets. The team members of 11 Bullets are then abused by the people of their locality. In the meantime, Abir comes with his family to stay at Dorjipara, which is the locality of 11 Bullets. But, due to huge cultural deference between North Kolkata and South Kolkata, Abir becomes irritated to stay over there. The niece of the [[landlord]] of Abir's tenant house, stars having regular quarrels with Abir. Then, Abir discovers that a [[political leader]] is trying to grab Dorjipara, and for that, the leader wants the tenant house, which the landlord does not want to sell. When Abir teaches the 11 Bullets people, that without protesting against these political evils, they will not be able to survive, slowly, those people come close to Abir, and vice versa. Then slowly, Abir gets intimate with Rani, which her brother Rajat does not like. A Person, Shankar, who is attached to that leader comes and gets involved with the unmarried, frustrated, elder sister of Rani, named Ratna. But, when Shankar says that he wants to marry Rani, not Ratna. Ratna kills herself. Ultimately, when the party leaders come to take control over Dorjipara, Abir throws a challenge of a cricket match, which is going to decide who's going to get control over the house. 11 Bullets have a tensed and marvelous win, and Abir has a romantic win over Rani.
 == Cast ==
-*[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Abir
+{{cast listing|* [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Abir Basu
-*[[Payel Sarkar]] as Rani
+* [[Payel Sarkar]] as Rani
 * [[Kharaj Mukherjee]] as Ismail Biriyaniola
 * [[Biswanath Basu]] as Gour
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 * [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Abir's mother
 * [[Deepankar De]] as Maniranjan Mitra, Rani's uncle
-* [[Debjani Chattopadhyay]] as Ratna(Rani's elder sister)
+* Debjani Chattopadhyay as Ratna, Rani's elder sister
 * [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Rani's father
-* [[Ritwick Chakraborty]] as Rajat(Rani's Brother)
+* [[Ritwick Chakraborty]] as Rajat, Rani's brother
 * Abhimanyu Mukherjee as commentator
-* [[Aritra Dutta Banik]] as special appearance
+* [[Aritra Dutta Banik]] as Futkarai Pocha
 * Sanghasri Sinha as Chilim
-* [[Prasun Gain]] as Abir's friend
+* [[Prasun Gain]] as Tarun
 * Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay as Kanu
-* Raju Majumdar as Abir's friend
+* Raju Majumdar as Raju
 * Vashcar Deb as Abir's friend
 * Debranjan Nag as Abir's friend
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 * Raju Dutta
 * Tapan Chattopadhyay
-* Padmanava Dasgupta
+* Padmanabha Dasgupta
 * Rupak Dey
+}}
 == Soundtrack ==
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+| label      = [[Eskay Movies]]
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 }}
-The film score of the film as well as the soundtrack was scored by [[Indraadip Das Gupta]]. The soundtrack, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 May 2010 in India. The lyrics were written by [[Priyo Chattopadhyay]], Prasenjit Mukherjee and [[Srijit Mukherjee]].
+The film score of the film as well as the soundtrack was scored by [[Indraadip Das Gupta]]. The soundtrack, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 May 2010 in India. The lyrics were written by Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prosen and [[Srijit Mukherji]].
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-|3 || "Ali Maula" || [[Shreya Ghoshal]], Shaan, [[Shahadab Hussain]]|| 6:04 ||Priyo Chattopadhyay ||
+|3 || "[[Maula Ali|Ali Maula]]" || [[Shreya Ghoshal]], Shaan, [[Shahadab Hussain]]|| 6:04 ||Priyo Chattopadhyay ||
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 |4 || "Ekta Bindaas Para" || Kunal Ganjawalla, Shahdab Hussain, Prasenjit Mukherjee || 4:38 ||Priyo Chattopadhyay, Prasenjit Mukherjee and Srijato ||
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