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| producer = [[Shrikant Mohta]]<br>[[Nispal Singh]]
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| writer = [[N. K. Salil]] (dialogues)
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| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]], [[Samidh Mukerjee|Samidh]]-[[Rishi Chanda|Rishi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/josh/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909145254/http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/josh |archive-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Songs:'''<br />[[Jeet Gannguli]]<br />[[Samidh Mukerjee|Samidh]]-[[Rishi Chanda|Rishi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/josh/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909145254/http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/josh |archive-date=9 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Score:'''<br />Jeet Gannguli<br />[[S. P. Venkatesh]]
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| cinematography = Kumud Verma
| cinematography = Kumud Verma
| editing = Rabiranjan Moitra
| editing = [[Raviranjan Maitra|Rabi Ranjan Maitra]]
| studio = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| studio = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]<br />[[Surinder Films]]
| distributor = Shree Venkatesh Films<br />[[Surinder Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|7|30}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|7|30}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
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| country = [[India]]
| country = India
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| language = Bengali
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| gross = Rs 5 crore<ref>"[http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/Film-industry-wants-Mamata-to-focus-right-in-revamp-shot/889518 Film industry wants Mamata to focus right in revamp shot]" – Indian Express</ref>
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'''''Josh''''' is a 2010 Indian [[Bengali language]] [[action film| action thriller film]] directed by [[Ravi Kinagi]]. Jointly produced by [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shrikant Mohta]] and [[Nispal Singh]] under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] and [[Surinder Films]] respectively, the film stars [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]], [[Srabanti Chatterjee]], [[Tapas Paul]], [[Puneet Issar]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], [[Supriyo Dutta]], [[Anshuman Gupta]], [[Sandhita Chatterjee]] and [[Haradhan Banerjee|Haradhan Bandyopadhyay]] in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and [[Samidh Mukerjee|Samidh]]-[[Rishi Chanda|Rishi]], while the background score was by [[S. P. Venkatesh|S.P Venkatesh]]. Remake of the 2005 Telugu hit ''[[Bhadra (2005 film)| Bhadra]]'', it follows around Indra, a talented engineering student with a little carefree attitude, taking revenges after being witness of the violent murder of his best friend Rajib and his family excluding his sister Anuradha as they protested and fought against the land scams and torture done on the farmers by a landlord as well as a criminal named Rudra, in [[Prantik railway station|Prantik]], near [[Bolpur]].
'''''Josh''''' is a 2010 Indian [[Bengali language]] [[action film| action thriller film]] directed by [[Ravi Kinagi]]. Jointly produced by [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shrikant Mohta]] and [[Nispal Singh]] under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] and [[Surinder Films]] respectively. It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film ''[[Bhadra (2005 film)|Bhadra]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Tina |title=SVF is West Bengal's own YRF. But this Tollywood kingmaker began with a rejection |url=https://theprint.in/ground-reports/svf-is-west-bengals-own-yrf-but-this-tollywood-kingmaker-began-with-a-rejection/1660379/ |work=[[ThePrint]] |date=8 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bhadra To Jayam, Films Allu Arjun Rejected But They Turned Out Huge Hits |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/bhadra-to-jayam-films-allu-arjun-rejected-but-they-turned-out-huge-hits-8557223.html |work=News18 |date=30 August 2023 |language=en |access-date=5 October 2024 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920012421/https://www.news18.com/movies/bhadra-to-jayam-films-allu-arjun-rejected-but-they-turned-out-huge-hits-8557223.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film stars [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]], [[Srabanti Chatterjee]], [[Tapas Paul]], [[Puneet Issar]], [[Laboni Sarkar]], [[Supriyo Dutta]], [[Anshuman Gupta]], [[Sandhita Chatterjee]] and [[Haradhan Banerjee|Haradhan Bandyopadhyay]] in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and [[Samidh Mukerjee|Samidh]]-[[Rishi Chanda|Rishi]], while the background score was by [[S. P. Venkatesh|S.P Venkatesh]]. It follows the journey of Indra, a talented engineering student with a little carefree attitude, taking revenges after being a witness of the violent murder of his best friend Rajib and his family excluding his sister Anuradha as they protested and fought against the land scams and torture done on the farmers by a landlord as well as a criminal named Rudra, in [[Prantik railway station|Prantik]], near [[Bolpur]].


The screenplay and dialogues were written by [[N. K. Salil|N.K Salil]], with cinematography handled by Kumud Verma and editing by Rabiranjan Maitra. The action sequences were designed by Judo Ramu, while dance was choreographed by [[Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa]] and [[Baba Yadav]]. It was an all-time blockbuster at the box office with a successful run consisting of 150 days in theatres. It received positive reviews from the critics and praise for the brilliant storyline and dialogues portraying the movements on behalf of saving the paddy lands, Jeet and Tapas Paul's outstanding performance, action sequences and Ravi Kinagi's direction.
The screenplay and dialogues were written by [[N. K. Salil|N.K Salil]], with cinematography handled by Kumud Verma and editing by Rabiranjan Maitra. The action sequences were designed by Judo Ramu, while dance was choreographed by Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa and [[Baba Yadav]].


''Josh'' marks the 7th collaboration between Jeet and Ravi Kinagi. The song "''Khunjechi toke raat berate"'', sung by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and "''Keno Aajkal''" sung by [[Nachiketa Chakraborty|Nachiketa]], both composed by Gannguli himself, became chartbuster upon its release.
''Josh'' marks the 7th collaboration between Jeet and Ravi Kinagi.It is the 30th film of Jeet.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Indradeep Chowdhury ([[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]), Trisha Ghoshal (Sandhita Chatterjee) and Rajib Chatterjee (Anshuman Gupta) are the thickest of friends studying in the [[Kharagpur College|Kharagpur Engineering College]]. When Indra comes to the city to visit Rajib, he notices Rajib's sister, Anuradha ([[Srabanti Chatterjee]]), and is attracted to her instantly. During the summer vacation,Rajib visits his home village at [[Prantik railway station|Prantik]], Indra visits along with him. Anu, who returns from Singapore, is impressed by Indra, who continually impresses her, based on her tastes. He gets along well with Rajib's and Anu's family, in the meanwhile convinces them that he would make a prospective groom for Anu.
Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra (Jeet) is a free-spirited personality and no-nonsense [[engineering]] student, studying from the [[Kharagpur College|Kharagpur Engineering College]], who returns to his home in [[Kolkata]] for his younger sister's (Debparna Chakraborty) wedding with a distraught and frightened Anuradha alias Anu (Srabanti Chatterjee), whom Indra introduces as his friend to his family. While the marriage preparation continues, everyone begins to suspect Anu. But Anu eventually begins to relate with everyone of the family. She becomes like a child with Indra's nephew and niece. Indra's sister-in-law (Srabanti Malakar) and younger sister also becomes friendly with her. Meanwhile, Indra's grandfather starts to be able to something loving relationship between Indra and Anu. Bit by bit, everyone in the family makes Anu like their nearest one.

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At the end of the marriage, Binay Ganguly (Joy Badlani), family friend of Indra's father, insults Anu and tells her to leave Indra and bribes her money to leave as he had a plan of making Indra his son-in-law, by getting him spliced with her daughter Lisa (Anindita Banerjee). Indra turned furious to Binay and promises that he would marry Anu, whatever may come. One day, just as Anu and Indra go out to eat, some goons become apparent there to kill them and Indra, in a fit of deep rage and anger, beats up all the rival gang members, chases them down a few miles. Realizing Anu having been left behind, he goes back to find she is gone and then instantly becomes deeply dejected and [[despondent]]. Indra's father sees him looking for Anu there and takes him to home. He confronts Indra and forces him to reveal about Anu's identity, where Indra reveals his past.

The film goes to a flashback, where Indra, Trisha Mukherjee (Sandhita Chatterjee) and Rajib Chowdhury (Anshuman Gupta) are best friends, studying from the same college. During the winter vacation, Indra visits Rajib's home village at [[Prantik railway station|Prantik]], near [[Bolpur]]. Anu, who is Rajib's sister, returns from [[London]] and is impressed by Indra, who continually impresses her based on her tastes. He gets along well with Rajib's and Anu's family. Indra convinces them that he would make a prospective groom for Anu. Anu's family, mainly her brother Surya Narayan (Tapas Paul) is known to be like a 'God' to the regional farmers in the village, as he revolts for them against the landscams taking place there and tortures done on them, by a gangster named Rudra (Puneet Issar) and his brother Nikhil (Bharat Kaul), whose other identity is 'Terror of Bolpur'. When Anu takes Indra to the temple for a visit without Surya Nrayan's knowledge, they get attacked by Nikhil and his group members, and Nikhil gets hold of Anu and threatens to kill her. In a swift action of bravery and skill, Indra knocks down the rival group member. After this incident, Surya Narayan tells Indra about the violent happenings in the village.


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Surya Narayan explains how he is a master's degree holder from a prestigious university from [[Pune]] and how his wife (Laboni Sarkar) is also a master's degree holder in integrated mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the villages, the rivalry is deadly and fatal. He ultimately says, even though the villages are violent, he will remain a noble person, with high ideals.
Anu's family, mainly her brother and cousin, are involved in regional gangs in their village. When Anu takes out Indra to the temple for a visit, without the knowledge of their brother ([[Tapas Paul]]), Anu is then attacked by Rudra's brother Nikhil ([[Bharat Kaul]]) gets hold of Anu and threatens to kill Anu. In a swift action of bravery and skill, Indra knocks down Rudra's brother.


After a few days though, at the village fair held on the occasion of [[Vasant Panchami|Saraswati Puja]], in the most ungrateful manner with fierce brutality and a show of cowardice, Rudra and his gang members murder Surya Narayan and his wife. Seeing the situation over control, Indra flees to the railway station taking Rajib and Anu far away from the place. When some goons attack them there, Indra fights with them and all on a sudden to his surprise, Indra discovers Rajib being [[stabbed]] by Nikhil. With much anger and rage, Indra kills Nikhil and runs away to the station taking severely injured Rajib on his shoulder and Anu. But on the platform, Rajib dies as it was bleeding from the stabbed place on his body and before his death, Indra makes the promise to him that he will take up the responsibility of Anu and that he will eventually marry her. Quickly, he flees away taking Anu to Kolkata by a train making departure, when he notices Rudra's henchmen running to reach them.
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After this incident, Anu's brother, gives Indra a talk about why things are so violent in the village. He explains how he is a master's degree holder from a prestigious university ([[Pune]]) and how his wife is also a master's degree holder in integrated mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the villages, the rivalry is deadly and fatal. He ultimately says, even though the villages are violent, he will remain a noble person, with high ideals.


In the process, Indra becomes a rival of Rudra as he killed his younger brother Nikhil. Rudra, who is haunted by the death of his brother, orders his gang members to find out Indra's whereabouts. Gathering some information, he comes to Kharagpur Engineering College to know about Indra's address and goes to Kolkata. In the mean time, the college authority informs Indra for his awareness. Then Indra removes all his identities from the [[electoral roll]] and other places.
After a few days, though, in the most ungrateful manner and a show of cowardice, the rival gang fights with fierce brutality, and the rival gang leader Rudra ([[Puneet Issar]]) murders Rajib's entire family, except Anu. Indra makes the promise to Anu's brother that he will take up the responsibility of Anu and that he will eventually marry her. In the process, he also becomes a rival of Rudra as he kills his younger brother Nikhil to protect Anu.


In the present time, Mangal (Supriyo Dutta), who was Surya Narayan's trusted assistant, reaches Indra's residence and brings Anu in front of them. He reveals that he has been tracing them since some previous days for their safety. Feeling that she is not safe here anymore, Indra plans to send her to London, but Anu is not happy with his decision as she loves him. On the day of the flight, Anu meets Trisha at the airport, who is coming to Kolkata to reach Indra and Rajib. She tells Anu about Indra's devotion for her. She also reveals Anu's family chose Indra as her bridegroom before they were killed. Anu realizes she cannot leave Indra and leaves the airport. She manages to find Indra, who was fighting with Rudra and his men to avenge the death of Rajib and his family. After Indra defeats Rudra, he and Anu happily reunite and leave, while Rudra is killed by Mangal.
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After the tragedy, Indra and Anu head back to [[Kolkata]] city to attend Indra's sister's marriage. The movie shows the jovial aspects of the marriage ceremonies. At the end of the marriage, an uncle of Indra insults Anu and tells her to leave him and bribes her money to leave. Indra turned furious to his uncle and promised that he would marry Anu, whatever may come. Just as Anu and Indra go out to eat, the original rival gang of Rudra returns and Indra, in a fit of deep rage and anger, beats all the rival gang members, chases them down a few miles. Realizing he left Anu behind, he goes back to find she is gone and then instantly becomes deeply dejected and [[despondent]]. This is when his father asks him to tell him what happened. The story he tells his father is the story that is written above. The rest of the film deals with how Indra saves Anu and takes revenge from the goons.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]] as Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra
{{Cast listing|* [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]] as Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra
* [[Srabanti Chatterjee]] as Anuradha Chatterjee aka Anu
* [[Srabanti Chatterjee]] as Anuradha Chowdhury aka Anu
* [[Tapas Paul]] as Surya Narayan Chatterjee, Anu's elder brother, Agriculture Minister
* [[Tapas Paul]] as Surya Narayan Chowdhury, Anu's elder brother, Agriculture Minister
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* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] as Indra's grandfather
* [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Surya Narayan's wife
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Rudra, the main antagonist
* [[Puneet Issar]] as Rudra, the main antagonist
* [[Angshuman Gupta]] as Rajib Chatterjee, Anu's elder brother
* [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Surya Narayan's wife
* Angshuman Gupta as Rajib Chowdhury, Surya Narayan's younger brother and Anu's elder brother
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* [[Haradhan Bandopadhyay]] as Indra's grandfather
* [[Bharat Kaul]] as Nikhil, Rudra's younger brother
* [[Bharat Kaul]] as Nikhil, Rudra's younger brother
* [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Surya Narayan's assistant
* [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Mangal, Surya Narayan's assistant
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* Sumit Ganguly as Gabbar Bhai
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* [[Joy Badlani]]
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* [[Sumit Ganguly]] as Gabbar Bhai
* [[Debaparna Chakraborty]] as Indra's sister
* [[Debaparna Chakraborty]] as Indra's sister
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* Joy Badlani as Binay Ganguly
* Srabanti Malakar as Indra's sister-in-law
* Anindita Banerjee as Lisa Ganguly, Binay's daughter
* Arun Chakraborty as Mr. Chowdhury, Indra's father
* Geeta Mukherjee as Mrs. Chowdhury, Indra's mother
* Moushumi Das as Sabitri, Mangal's sister and Rajib's love interest
* Amitabha Bhattacharya as Ranadeep Chowdhury, Indra's elder brother

=== Special appearance ===
* Sandhita Chatterjee as Trisha Mukherjee
* Judo Ramu as the shooter in the village fair}}


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1737189}}
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Josh
Josh Movie Poster
Directed byRavi Kinnagi
Screenplay byN. K. Salil
Dialogues byN. K. Salil
Based onBhadra
by Boyapati Srinu
Produced byShrikant Mohta
Nispal Singh
StarringJeet
Srabanti Chatterjee
Tapas Paul
Puneet Issar
Supriyo Dutta
Laboni Sarkar
Haradhan Banerjee
Anshuman Gupta
CinematographyKumud Verma
Edited byRabi Ranjan Maitra
Music by
Songs:
Jeet Gannguli
Samidh-Rishi[1]

Score:
Jeet Gannguli
S. P. Venkatesh

Production
company
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Surinder Films
Release date
  • 30 July 2010 (2010-07-30)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Box officeRs 5 crore[2]

Josh is a 2010 Indian Bengali language action thriller film directed by Ravi Kinagi. Jointly produced by Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films respectively. It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Bhadra.[3][4] The film stars Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, Puneet Issar, Laboni Sarkar, Supriyo Dutta, Anshuman Gupta, Sandhita Chatterjee and Haradhan Bandyopadhyay in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and Samidh-Rishi, while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. It follows the journey of Indra, a talented engineering student with a little carefree attitude, taking revenges after being a witness of the violent murder of his best friend Rajib and his family excluding his sister Anuradha as they protested and fought against the land scams and torture done on the farmers by a landlord as well as a criminal named Rudra, in Prantik, near Bolpur.

The screenplay and dialogues were written by N.K Salil, with cinematography handled by Kumud Verma and editing by Rabiranjan Maitra. The action sequences were designed by Judo Ramu, while dance was choreographed by Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa and Baba Yadav.

Josh marks the 7th collaboration between Jeet and Ravi Kinagi.It is the 30th film of Jeet.

Plot

[edit]

Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra (Jeet) is a free-spirited personality and no-nonsense engineering student, studying from the Kharagpur Engineering College, who returns to his home in Kolkata for his younger sister's (Debparna Chakraborty) wedding with a distraught and frightened Anuradha alias Anu (Srabanti Chatterjee), whom Indra introduces as his friend to his family. While the marriage preparation continues, everyone begins to suspect Anu. But Anu eventually begins to relate with everyone of the family. She becomes like a child with Indra's nephew and niece. Indra's sister-in-law (Srabanti Malakar) and younger sister also becomes friendly with her. Meanwhile, Indra's grandfather starts to be able to something loving relationship between Indra and Anu. Bit by bit, everyone in the family makes Anu like their nearest one.

At the end of the marriage, Binay Ganguly (Joy Badlani), family friend of Indra's father, insults Anu and tells her to leave Indra and bribes her money to leave as he had a plan of making Indra his son-in-law, by getting him spliced with her daughter Lisa (Anindita Banerjee). Indra turned furious to Binay and promises that he would marry Anu, whatever may come. One day, just as Anu and Indra go out to eat, some goons become apparent there to kill them and Indra, in a fit of deep rage and anger, beats up all the rival gang members, chases them down a few miles. Realizing Anu having been left behind, he goes back to find she is gone and then instantly becomes deeply dejected and despondent. Indra's father sees him looking for Anu there and takes him to home. He confronts Indra and forces him to reveal about Anu's identity, where Indra reveals his past.

The film goes to a flashback, where Indra, Trisha Mukherjee (Sandhita Chatterjee) and Rajib Chowdhury (Anshuman Gupta) are best friends, studying from the same college. During the winter vacation, Indra visits Rajib's home village at Prantik, near Bolpur. Anu, who is Rajib's sister, returns from London and is impressed by Indra, who continually impresses her based on her tastes. He gets along well with Rajib's and Anu's family. Indra convinces them that he would make a prospective groom for Anu. Anu's family, mainly her brother Surya Narayan (Tapas Paul) is known to be like a 'God' to the regional farmers in the village, as he revolts for them against the landscams taking place there and tortures done on them, by a gangster named Rudra (Puneet Issar) and his brother Nikhil (Bharat Kaul), whose other identity is 'Terror of Bolpur'. When Anu takes Indra to the temple for a visit without Surya Nrayan's knowledge, they get attacked by Nikhil and his group members, and Nikhil gets hold of Anu and threatens to kill her. In a swift action of bravery and skill, Indra knocks down the rival group member. After this incident, Surya Narayan tells Indra about the violent happenings in the village.

Surya Narayan explains how he is a master's degree holder from a prestigious university from Pune and how his wife (Laboni Sarkar) is also a master's degree holder in integrated mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the villages, the rivalry is deadly and fatal. He ultimately says, even though the villages are violent, he will remain a noble person, with high ideals.

After a few days though, at the village fair held on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, in the most ungrateful manner with fierce brutality and a show of cowardice, Rudra and his gang members murder Surya Narayan and his wife. Seeing the situation over control, Indra flees to the railway station taking Rajib and Anu far away from the place. When some goons attack them there, Indra fights with them and all on a sudden to his surprise, Indra discovers Rajib being stabbed by Nikhil. With much anger and rage, Indra kills Nikhil and runs away to the station taking severely injured Rajib on his shoulder and Anu. But on the platform, Rajib dies as it was bleeding from the stabbed place on his body and before his death, Indra makes the promise to him that he will take up the responsibility of Anu and that he will eventually marry her. Quickly, he flees away taking Anu to Kolkata by a train making departure, when he notices Rudra's henchmen running to reach them.

In the process, Indra becomes a rival of Rudra as he killed his younger brother Nikhil. Rudra, who is haunted by the death of his brother, orders his gang members to find out Indra's whereabouts. Gathering some information, he comes to Kharagpur Engineering College to know about Indra's address and goes to Kolkata. In the mean time, the college authority informs Indra for his awareness. Then Indra removes all his identities from the electoral roll and other places.

In the present time, Mangal (Supriyo Dutta), who was Surya Narayan's trusted assistant, reaches Indra's residence and brings Anu in front of them. He reveals that he has been tracing them since some previous days for their safety. Feeling that she is not safe here anymore, Indra plans to send her to London, but Anu is not happy with his decision as she loves him. On the day of the flight, Anu meets Trisha at the airport, who is coming to Kolkata to reach Indra and Rajib. She tells Anu about Indra's devotion for her. She also reveals Anu's family chose Indra as her bridegroom before they were killed. Anu realizes she cannot leave Indra and leaves the airport. She manages to find Indra, who was fighting with Rudra and his men to avenge the death of Rajib and his family. After Indra defeats Rudra, he and Anu happily reunite and leave, while Rudra is killed by Mangal.

Cast

[edit]
  • Jeet as Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra
  • Srabanti Chatterjee as Anuradha Chowdhury aka Anu
  • Tapas Paul as Surya Narayan Chowdhury, Anu's elder brother, Agriculture Minister
  • Puneet Issar as Rudra, the main antagonist
  • Laboni Sarkar as Surya Narayan's wife
  • Angshuman Gupta as Rajib Chowdhury, Surya Narayan's younger brother and Anu's elder brother
  • Haradhan Bandopadhyay as Indra's grandfather
  • Bharat Kaul as Nikhil, Rudra's younger brother
  • Supriyo Dutta as Mangal, Surya Narayan's assistant
  • Sumit Ganguly as Gabbar Bhai
  • Debaparna Chakraborty as Indra's sister
  • Joy Badlani as Binay Ganguly
  • Srabanti Malakar as Indra's sister-in-law
  • Anindita Banerjee as Lisa Ganguly, Binay's daughter
  • Arun Chakraborty as Mr. Chowdhury, Indra's father
  • Geeta Mukherjee as Mrs. Chowdhury, Indra's mother
  • Moushumi Das as Sabitri, Mangal's sister and Rajib's love interest
  • Amitabha Bhattacharya as Ranadeep Chowdhury, Indra's elder brother

Special appearance

  • Sandhita Chatterjee as Trisha Mukherjee
  • Judo Ramu as the shooter in the village fair

Soundtrack

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Josh
Soundtrack album by
Jeet Gannguli, Samidh-Rishi
Released30 July 2010
RecordedDecember 2009
StudioShree Venkatesh Films
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageBengali
LabelShree Venkatesh Films
DirectorRavi Kinagi
ProducerShree Venkatesh Films
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Kellafate
(2010) 		Josh
(2010) 		Paglu
(2011)
Samidh-Rishi chronology
Kranti
(2006) 		Josh
(2010) 		Dui Prithibi
(2010)
Singles from Josh
  1. "Khujechi Toke Raat Berate"
    Released: 24 June 2010
  2. "Keu Mone Mone"
    Released: 13 July 2010
  3. "Sexy Meye"
    Released: 14 July 2010
  4. "Keno Aaj Kal"
  5. "Pirit Korish Na"

All lyrics are written by Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee), Samidh Mukerjee, Priyo Chattopadhya; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli and Samidh-Rishi

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Keno Aaj Kal"Srijit MukherjiJeet GannguliNachiketa Chakraborty3:53
2."Keu Mone Mone"PrasenJeet GannguliShaan, Monali Thakur, Pamela Jain2:17
3."Josh Title Track (not used in the film)"Samidh MukerjeeSamidh-RishiSamidh-Rishi 
4."Sexy Meye"Samidh MukerjeeSamidh-RishiSamidh-Rishi2:48
5."Khujechi Toke Raat Berate"PrasenJeet GannguliJeet Gannguli4:22
6."Pirit Korish Na"Priyo ChattopadhyayJeet GannguliRana Mazumder3:55

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Film industry wants Mamata to focus right in revamp shot Archived 21 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine" – Indian Express
  3. ^ Das, Tina (8 July 2023). "SVF is West Bengal's own YRF. But this Tollywood kingmaker began with a rejection". ThePrint.
  4. ^ "Bhadra To Jayam, Films Allu Arjun Rejected But They Turned Out Huge Hits". News18. 30 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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