Premer Kahini (2008)

Original title

প্রেমের কাহিনী

Directed by

Ravi Kinagi

Genre

romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 36m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married couple navigates their relationship and the bond between their families. The story involves sacrificing personal love for the sake of family duties and celebrates Bengali wedding traditions.

romanticemotionalfamily-orientedheartfeltmusicaltraditionalbittersweetsentimental

What happens

Premer Kahini (transl. Tale of Love) is a 2008 Indian Bengali-language musical romantic drama film co-written, edited and directed by Ravi Kinnagi. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Dev, Koel Mallick and her real-life father Ranjit Mallick in lead roles, with a special appearance by Jisshu Sengupta. The film celebrates Bengali wedding traditions by means of a story of a married couple and the relationship between their families; a story about sacrificing one's love for one's family. The movie is a remake of 2006 Kannada film Mungaru Male. The film was officially announced in September 2007 in Kolkata, and the principal photography began in November 2007. The film was shot in Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Purulia, while a song was shot in London. Music of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics penned by Priyo Chattopadhyay and Gautam Sushmit, while S. P. Venkatesh provided the background score, along with Gannguli. The screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by N. K. Salil and cinematography was handled by Chota K. Naidu. It is the third film of Dev as an actor, second collaboration between Dev and Kinnagi, and first film of Dev and Koel Mallick together. Premer Kahini was theatrically released on 11 April 2008, with highly positive reviews. Running for over 140 days in theatres, it was a blockbuster at the box office. Made on a budget of ₹2 crore (US$210,000), it grossed ₹7 crore (US$730,000) at the box office and emerged as the third highest grossing Bengali film of 2008. All the songs of the film were chartbuster upon its release, especially "Rimjhim E Dharate" sung by Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal topped the music charts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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