Raktabeej (2023)
- Original title
- রক্তবীজ
- Directed by
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Rated
- UA
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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