Boss (2013)

Original title

Boss: Born to Rule

Directed by

Baba Yadav

Genre

political thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 20m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gangster rises through the ranks in the criminal underworld. He uses his power and influence to control the city.

fast-pacedintensedramaticstylishaction-packedgrittymoodydark

What happens

Boss: Born to Rule is a 2013 Indian Bengali-language epic gangster action-thriller film directed by Baba Yadav in his directorial debut. Produced by Reliance Entertainment in association with Jeet under the banner of Grassroot Entertainment and distributed by Jalsha Movies Production, it stars Jeet in the titular role, alongside Subhashree Ganguly, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Rajatava Dutta, Supriyo Dutta and Biswanath Basu in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2012 Telugu movie, Businessman. Made on a budget of ₹67.5 million (US$810,000), the film was predominantly shot in Kolkata, Mumbai and Goa; with some foreign locations including Bangkok, Italy and Turkey. The soundtrack of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics penned by Chandrani Gannguli, Prosen and Meghnad, while S. P. Venkatesh provides its score. The film had cinematography handled by P. Selva Kumar, editing by MD Kalam, action sequences designed by Rocky Rajesh and dance choreographed by Yadav himself. Boss was theatrically released on 9 August 2013, coinciding with Eid. Upon release, it received positive reviews from both the critics and audiences who praised the performance by Jeet, script and dialogues by Salil, songs by Gannguli and the action sequences. It was declared a blockbuster at the box-office and ran for over more than 250 days in theatres. It was one of the highest grossing Bengali films of 2013. The signature dialogue of Jeet in the film, "Be the King of your own Kingdom" became very famous amongst the masses and the songs composed by Gannguli were chartbusters upon its release, specifically "Made in Kolkata" sung by Gannguli himself and "Mon Majhi Re" sung by Arijit Singh. A sequel titled, Boss 2: Back To Rule was released on 23 June 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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