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'{{Short description|2012 action thriller film by Raja Chanda}} {{Use British English|date=March 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Challenge 2 | image = Challenge 2 (2012) poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Raja Chanda]] | producer = Shrikant Mohta | writer = [[N. K. Salil]] | starring = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]<br />[[Pooja Bose]]<br />[[Tapas Paul]]<br />[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]<br />[[Kharaj Mukherjee]] | music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]<br />[[Savvy Gupta|Savvy]] | cinematography = Shailesh av Awasthhi | editing = Saikat Sengupta, Rabi Ranjan Maitra, Jahidul Islam Shuvo | studio = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] | distributor = Shree Venkatesh Films | released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|10|19}} | runtime = 161 minutes | country = India | language = Bengali | budget = | gross = }} '''''Challenge 2''''' is a 2012 Indian [[action thriller film]] co-written and directed by [[Raja Chanda]]. The story, screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by [[N. K. Salil]]. The movie is a remake of 2011 [[Telugu film]] ''[[Dookudu]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/article1340964.ece|title=The great role reversal of Tollywood|last=Chanda|first=Aishik|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=18 November 2012|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228100412/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/article1340964.ece|archive-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> which itself was inspired from [[German language|German]] film [[Good Bye, Lenin!|''Good Bye, Lenin!'']] (2003). Produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]] under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]], it stars [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] and [[Puja Banerjee]] in lead roles, alongside [[Tapas Paul]], [[Ashish Vidyarthi]], [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], [[Subhasish Mukherjee]] and Kaushik Chakraborty in other pivotal roles, with [[Biswanath Basu]] and [[Laboni Sarkar|Labani Sarkar]] in guest appearance. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 film ''[[Challenge (2009 film)|Challenge]]'', but contains a very different storyline. It revolves around an undercover officer as well as [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] Abhiraj Roy, who is on a mission to bring down the dreaded don Guru Nayak. But all on a sudden tragically he transforms into an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] to fulfill his father's wish, who was in [[coma]] after meeting an conspiring accident as he was an honest and celebrated politician amongst the masses. Major parts of the movie were shot in [[Malaysia]] and [[Dubai]]. The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and [[Savvy Gupta|Savvy]] (marking his debut as a composer), while the background score was by [[S. P. Venkatesh|S.P Venkatesh]]. ==Plot== Debraj Roy is an independent MLA of the constituency of Debnagar, which is named after him, in [[West Bengal]], and is regarded as a champion for the poor and one who have idealistic values. When a truck collides with the car his brother Angshuman Roy and he are in, Debraj goes into a coma. Except for his family, everyone else presumes that he is killed in the accident. Years later, his son Abhiraj "Abhi" Roy is a police officer in [[Mumbai]] who fights against the mafia and is on a mission to apprehend a mafia don Guru Nayak who is involved in [[illegal drug trade]], [[extortion]] and [[arms trafficking]]. When he heads to [[Kuala Lumpur]] in an undercover operation, he meets Pooja, the daughter of Abhi's senior police officer, Madhusudan Bakshi and soon falls in love with her. She initially rejects his advances which makes him give up. However, he is successful in the undercover operation and arrests Nayak's brother Bunty. After returning to India, he again meets Pooja and, to his surprise, she reciprocates his feelings. In an attempt to arrest Nayak, Bunty and the police commissioner is killed and Debraj's loyal follower Shivu reveals to Abhi that Nayak, along with Debraj's rival, Apurba Ghosh, and Debraj's other followers including Jagganath and Krishnakanto Mitro were behind Debraj's accident, which makes Abhi plot to kill them all. When Debraj comes out of the coma, the doctors who treated him advise his family that his life is at risk if he encounters or hears anything upsetting, disturbing or shocking. Abhi hides the events surrounding the accident and shifts his family to his previously abandoned mansion which is now being used for film-making. 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 by making him believe that the television show is being sponsored by actor Mithun Chakraborty's television show, and that Mithun Chakraborty wants to offer Swarnakamal very high remuneration for his realistic performance in the show. On the other hand, an aspiring actor Premjit and Apurba Ghosh are tricked by Abhi with a real estate business deal to exploit his criminal nexus. Abhi keeps this drama under wraps from Debraj by making him believe that Abhi is also an MLA revered by people fulfilling his father's wishes. He marries Pooja after gaining her family's consent much to Debraj's delight. Meanwhile, Abhi manages to kill Jogonnath and Apurba without the knowledge of anybody while Debraj believes that they died due to ailments. Nayak reaches [[Kolkata]] to kill Abhi and Abhi's drama is exposed before everybody except Debraj. Abhi killed Guru Nayak's gang members and others in an encounter while Nayak is later killed in a Ramlila event. Debraj too learns of Abhi's drama and is happy for the affection his son showed on him. ==Cast== * [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]] as Abhiraj Roy aka Abhi - Debraj's son, A IPS officer. * [[Pooja Bose]] as Pooja Bakshi - Madhusudan's elder daughter. * [[Tapas Paul]] as Debraj Roy - Abhi's father, A local MLA of Debnagar * [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Guru Nayak - A underworld Don. * [[Rajatava Dutta]] as Madhushudhan Bakshi - Pooja's father, a police officer. * [[Kharaj Mukherjee]] as Swarnakamal - A film artist. * Surajit Sen as Bunty Nayak - Guru Nayak's brother * [[Deepankar De]] as Apurba Ghosh - A fraud medicine launderer. (deceased) * [[Laboni Sarkar]] as Pooja's mother * [[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay|Subhasish Mukherjee]] as Premjit * [[Bharat Kaul]] as Pulak Ghosh - A police officer. (deceased) * Joyjit Banerjee as Joydeep - A police officer, Abhi's colleague. * [[Biswanath Basu]] as Babla - a film artist supplier * [[Kushal Chakraborty]] as Angshuman Roy aka Angshu - Indrani's husband, Debraj and Sunanda's brother. (deceased) * Srabanti Malakar as Indrani Roy - Angshu's wife * Kaushik Chakraborty as Shibu Dutta - Debraj Roy's most trusted companion and follower. * Debesh Ray Chowdhury as Krishnakanto Mitra aka Kesto Mitra - A state minister, Debraj's party worker * [[Arun Bannerjee]] as Akhilesh, Abhi's uncle. * Tulika Basu as Sunanda - Abhi's aunt * Sumit Ganguly as Jagannath aka Chokkota Joga - Debraj's former henchman. * Kunal Padhy as the new Police Commissioner * [[Raj Chakraborty]] as film director (cameo) * Arghya Basu as a corrupt police officer * [[Rittika Sen]] as Liza, Pooja's sister * Pradip Dhar as Cool Babu * Rajat Ganguly as Ananda - Abhi's maternal uncle * Jahidul Islam Shuvo as IPS, Dev's friend * Vashcar Dev as IPS, Dev's friend * [[Mousumi Saha]] as Abhi's mother (deceased, flashback) (special appearance in footage) ==Release== The film released on 19 October 2012 (Durga panchami) just before the Durga Pujo weekend in 270 theatres across India including [[West Bengal]], [[Kolkata]], [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Bihar]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Chhattisgarh]]{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rReday5PEh0&list=UUttspZesZIDEwwpVIgoZtWQ |title=News 100 – 29th Oct 2012|publisher=YouTube |date=29 October 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031003243/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/challenge-2-bengali-film-released-in-270-screens-sets-a-new-record/302628-8-73.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 October 2012 |title=Challenge 2: Bengali film released in 270 screens, sets a new record|publisher=CNN-IBN |date=28 October 2012 |accessdate=29 October 2012}}</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 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|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103230526/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-28/news-interviews/34779863_1_bengali-film-screens-sets-record|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Challenge 2 released in 270 screens, sets record|date=28 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=29 October 2012}}</ref> === Critical reception === A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote that "Over all, during this Devipokkho this film is a good option to fill-up the spare time you’ll get in between pandal-hopping".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/challenge-2/movie-review/16888095.cms | title=Challenge 2 Movie Review | newspaper=The Times of India }}</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Challenge 2 | type = soundtrack | artist = | cover = | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=y|2012|10|}} | recorded = 2012 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | length = | language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | label = [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]] | producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Challenge 2 | type = Soundtrack | single1 = Challenge Nibi Na Sala | single1date = 20 Sep 2012 | single2 = Police Chorer Preme Poreche | single2date = 27 Sep 2012 | single3 = Pyaar Ka Bukhar | single3date = 3 Oct 2012 | single4 = Elo Je Maa | single4date = 11 Oct 2012 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Jeet Gannguli]] | type = soundtrack | prev_title = [[Ekla Akash]] | prev_year = 2012 | title = Challenge 2 | year = 2012 | next_title = [[Bapi Bari Jaa]] | next_year = 2012 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Savvy Gupta]] | type = Soundtrack | prev_title = [[Goray Gondogol]] | prev_year = 2012 | title = Challenge 2 | year = 2012 | next_title = [[Bawali Unlimited]] | next_year = 2012 }} }} The soundtrack of the film was scored by [[Jeet Gannguli]] and [[Savvy Gupta|Savvy]]. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration (min:sec) !! Music !! Lyricist |- | 1 || "Challenge Nibi Na Sala" || [[Suraj Jagan]] || 4:20 || Jeet Gannguli || Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee) |- | 2 || "Police Chorer Preme Poreche" || [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]] and [[Akriti Kakkar]] || 4:11 || Jeet Gannguli || [[Raja Chanda]] |- | 3 || "Elo Je Maa" || Abhijeet Bhattacharya and [[Shreya Ghoshal]] || 5:07 || Jeet Gannguli || [[Priyo Chattopadhyay]], Raja Chanda |- | 4 || "Pyaar Ka Bukhar" || Suraj Jagan || 3:22 || Savvy || Savvy |} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{YouTube|wb9R1AbuB-A|Challenge 2 Full Album}} {{Raja Chanda}} [[Category:2012 films]] [[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]] [[Category:2010s masala films]] [[Category:2012 action thriller films]] [[Category:2012 masala films]] [[Category:Films directed by Raja Chanda]] [[Category:Films scored by Savvy Gupta]] [[Category:Films scored by Jeet Ganguly]] [[Category:Films shot in Kolkata]] [[Category:Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police]] [[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]] [[Category:Indian action thriller films]] [[Category:Films shot in Malaysia]] [[Category:Films shot in Dubai]]'