Raktabeej (2023)

Original title

রক্তবীজ

Directed by

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy

Genre

thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 19m

Rated

UA

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is inspired by a real bomb blast that happened in West Bengal. It follows people whose lives are shaken by the event and the political tensions that surround it.

tensegrittysuspensefulfast-pacedseriousdarkurgentgrounded

What happens

Raktabeej (transl. Seeds of Blood) is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language political action thriller film co-written and directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The plot is mainly inspired by the true events of 2014 Burdwan Blast that deeply shook West Bengal and India. The film stars Victor Banerjee, Abir Chatterjee and Mimi Chakraborty in the lead roles. This film is produced and distributed by Windows and presented by Sanjay Agarwal. The film marked the return of Victor Banerjee in a lead role after a long time. The film was released on 19 October 2023 in West Bengal. It was released outside Bengal on 27 October 2023 in Hindi, Odia and Assamese. The film spanned into a franchise, with Raktabeej 2 in 2025, which ended with a cliffhanger for Raktabeej 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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