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'{{more footnotes|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox film | name = Challenge 2 | image =Challenge 2 poster.jpg | caption = Challenge 2 Film poster | image_size = 200px | director = Raja Chanda | producer = Srikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] | writer = Rathi Biswas <br />[[Gopimohan]] | starring = [[Dev (actor)|Dev]]<br />[[Pooja Bose]]<br />[[Tapas Paul]]<br />[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]<br />[[Kharaj Mukherjee]] | music = [[Jeet Ganguly]]<br />Savvy Gupta | cinematography = Sailesh Awasthi | editing = Rabi Ranjan Maitra | studio = Shree Venkatesh Films | released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|10|19}} | country = [[India]] | runtime = | language = Bengali | budget = {{INRConvert|14|c}}<ref name="Budget" /> | gross = {{INRConvert|115|c}} All over }} '''''Challenge 2''''' (Bengali: চ্যালেঞ্জ ২) was a 2012 Bengali [[action film]] directed by Raja Chanda starring [[Dev (actor)|Dev]] and [[Pooja Bose]] in lead roles. The film is not a sequel to the 2009 [[Bengali cinema|Bengali]] film ''[[Challenge (2009 film)|Challenge]]'' containing a very different storyline. Major parts of the movie were shot in Malaysia, Dubai and Mumbai besides Kolkata. This is the most expensive movie made so far in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Tollywood]] with a budget of {{INR}}14 crores.<ref name="Budget">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/First-Look-Dev-in-Challenge-2/articleshow/15628711.cms |title=First Look: Dev in Challenge 2 |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2012-08-24 |accessdate=2012-09-04}}</ref> ''Challenge 2'' is a remake of 2011 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film ''[[Dookudu]]'', directed by [[Srinu Vaitla]] and starring [[Mahesh Babu]] and [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu|Samantha]]. ==Plot== IPS Officer Abhiraj Roy a.k.a Abhi ([[Dev (actor)|Dev]]) is a daring super-cop in [[Mumbai]]. He is on a mission to apprehend a mafia don, Guru Nayak ([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]), who is involved in [[illegal drug trade]], [[extortion]], and [[arms trafficking]]. His father, Debraj Roy ([[Tapas Paul]]), who was a [[politician]] driven by idealistic values and a sense of social service, met with a fatal accident. It is later revealed that Debraj actually survived the accident but ended up in a state of [[coma]]. However, this truth is hidden by their family from the people. Abhi maintains a low profile to catch Guru Nayak. In an undercover operation in [[Malaysia]], Abhi gets hold of Guru Nayak's brother Bunty (Surajit Sen). Later, it is revealed that one corrupt businessman, Apurba Ghosh ([[Dipankar Dey]]), was the mastermind behind Debraj's accident. Abhi falls in love with a girl Pooja ([[Pooja Bose]]), a fashion designer, who he meets in [[Malaysia]]. She is the daughter of Abhi's boss ([[Rajatava Dutta]]), a cop who reports to the police commissioner (Bharat Kaul) in [[Mumbai]] city. When Debraj comes out of the coma, doctors advise his family that he is at risk if he encounters or hears anything upsetting, disturbing, or shocking. Abhi hides the events surrounding Debraj's accident. He even hides his profession, as it was Debraj's dream to see his son as a [[politician]] revered by people. Abhi shifts his family to Debraj's previously abandoned [[mansion]], which is now being used for [[filmmaking]]. Abhi creates a dummy political set-up at this mansion. In the guise of a [[reality television]] program, Abhi tricks an aspiring but unsuccessful film actor Swarnakamal ([[Kharaj Mukherjee]]). Abhi keeps this drama under wraps from his father, by making him believe that Abhi is now an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|M.L.A.]] revered by people fulfilling Debraj's wishes. He also marries his love Pooja, to make Debraj happy. The rest of the plot reveals the politician-criminal nexus behind Debraj's accident and Abhi's retaliation over the political corruptions of the villains. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/challenge.two.2 |title=Challenge 2 Official Page|publisher=Facebook |date=2012-05-11 |accessdate=2012-05-11}}</ref> ==Cast== * [[Dev (actor)|Dev]] as IPS Officer Abhiraj Roy a.k.a. Abhi * [[Pooja Bose]] as Pooja * [[Tapas Paul]] as Debraj Roy * [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Guru Nayak * [[Kharaj Mukherjee]] as Swarnakamal * [[Rajatava Dutta]] as Abhi's boss * Surajit Sen as Bunty * [[Dipankar Dey]] as Apurba Ghosh * [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Pooja's mother * Bharat Kaul as Police Commissioner * [[Raj Chakraborty]] in a cameo * [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay|Subhasish Mukherjee]] * Tulika Basu * Biswanath Basu * Sumit Gangopadhyay * Jahidul Islam Shuvo * [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] ==Release== The film released on 19 October 2012 (Durga pawnchomi) just before the Durga Pujo weekend in 270 theaters across India including West Bengal, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/venkateshfilms |title=Shree Venkatesh Films Official Page|publisher=Facebook |date=2012-10-19 |accessdate=2012-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rReday5PEh0&feature=share&list=UUttspZesZIDEwwpVIgoZtWQ |title=News 100 - 29th Oct 2012|publisher=youtube |date=2012-10-29 |accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/challenge-2-bengali-film-released-in-270-screens-sets-a-new-record/302628-8-73.html |title=Challenge 2: Bengali film released in 270 screens, sets a new record|publisher=ibnlive |date=2012-10-28 |accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref> and is being screened in both single screen and multiplexes. According to Producer Mr. Mahendra Soni - this is the first time a non-double-version Bengali flick has been released in 270 theatres across the country and continues its successful run in the non-niche segment of core viewers outside Bengal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-28/news-interviews/34779863_1_bengali-film-screens-sets-record|title=Challenge 2 released in 270 screens, sets record|publisher=Times of India |date=2012-10-28 |accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref> The production house [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] is also planning to screen ''Challenge 2'' abroad for the Indian diaspora by the end of this year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/bengali-film-released-in-270-screens-sets-record_121769.htm|title=Bengali film Challenge 2 released in 270 screens, sets record|publisher=Zee News |date=2012-10-28 |accessdate=2012-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=251235532|title=Bengali film Challenge 2 released in 270 screens, sets record|publisher=Zee News |date=2012-10-29 |accessdate=2012-11-01}}</ref> == Soundtrack == {{Infobox album | Name = Challenge 2 | Type = soundtrack | Artist = | Cover = Challenge 2 poster.jpg | Released = {{Start date|df=y|2012|10|}} | Recorded = 2012 | Genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | Length = | Label = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] - V Music | Producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] }} The soundtrack of the film was scored by [[Jeet Ganguly]] and Savvy Gupta. {| border="4" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f1f5fc; border: 1px #abd5f5 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor=" #d0e5f5" align="center" ! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration (min:sec) !! Music !! Lyricist |- | 1 || "Challenge Nibi Na Sala" || [[Suraj Jagan]] || 4:20 || [[Jeet Ganguly]] || Prasenjit Mukherjee |- | 2 || "Police Chorer Preme Poreche" || [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]] & [[Akriti Kakkar]] || 4:11 || Jeet Ganguly || Raja Chanda |- | 3 || "Elo Je Ma Durga Maa" || Abhijeet Bhattacharya & [[Shreya Ghoshal]] || 5:07 || Jeet Ganguly || Priyo Chattopadhyay |- | 4 || "Pyaar Ka Bukhar" || Savvy Gupta || 3:22 || Savvy Gupta || Savvy Gupta |} ==Box office== ''Challenge 2'' opened with a blasting hit at the theaters breaking all the previous records of Tollywood. In its first four days of release, it collected nearly 80 percent of its budget from the theaters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ebela.in/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=10%2f29%2f2012|title = Record Challenge (Page 18 in Ebela epaper)|publisher=Ebela News |date=2012-10-29 |accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> i.e collected {{INRConvert|11.35|c}}. The record first week box office collection of ''Challenge 2'' is {{INRConvert|19.8|c}} breaking the previously first week record collection of ''[[Paglu]]'' (''[[Paglu]]'' collected {{INRConvert|4.15|c}} in its first week)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bengal-news-information.blogspot.in/2012/09/latest-box-office-report-of-bengali.html|title=Latest box office report of Bengali films |publisher=Bengal news |date=|accessdate=2012-11-03}}</ref> by a huge gap. This movie is highest opener in history of Tollywood having over 95 per cent occupancy rate in theaters of West Bengal & Kolkata and 60 per cent occupancy rate in other states. == References == <references /> [[Category:2012 films]] [[Category:Bengali-language films]]'