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Shontaan (2024)

Shontaan poster
Original title
সন্তান
Directed by
Raj Chakraborty
Genre
drama film
Country
Bangladesh
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
UA
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and son face off in a courtroom over a deeply personal dispute. The film follows their bitter legal battle and its emotional fallout on their family.

tenseemotionalconflict-drivendramaticseriousintenseslow-burn

What happens

Shontaan (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃon.tan]; transl. Offspring) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language action-legal drama film directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Ritwick Chakraborty and Anashua Majumdar in lead roles, while Sohini Sengupta, Biswajit Chakraborty and Ahona Dutta play other pivotal roles, with Kharaj Mukherjee and Subhashree Ganguly in extended appearances. It revolves around a poignant courtroom battle between Saradindu and his self-centric son Indranil. Jeet Ganguli composed the music of the film. Manas Ganguly is the director of photography and MD. Kalam is the editor. It released in the theatres on 20 December 2024 on the eve of Christmas to positive reviews from the audience and critics alike. Grossing over ₹10.02 crore, it ran in the theaters for over 100 days and emerged as a superhit at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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