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Shotyi Boley Shotyi Kichhu Nei (2025)

Shotyi Boley Shotyi Kichhu Nei poster
Original title
সত্যি বলে সত্যি কিছু নেই
Directed by
Srijit Mukherji
Genre
legal drama
Country
India
Rated
A
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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Twelve jury members must decide a murder case that seems open and shut. One juror insists the defendant might not be guilty, which creates conflict among the group.

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What happens

Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei (transl. There is nothing truly true), later known with the parenthesis If Truth Be Told, and also known by the initialism SBSKN, is a 2025 Indian Bengali-language surrealist legal thriller film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film is an official adaptation of the 1986 Hindi film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, which is itself a remake of the American film 12 Angry Men (1957) directed by Sidney Lumet, which was an adaptation from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. It stars an ensemble cast of Kaushik Ganguly, Parambrata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty, Anirban Chakrabarti, Ananya Chatterjee, Arjun Chakrabarty, Rahul Banerjee, Sauraseni Maitra, Kanchan Mullick, Phalguni Chatterjee and Suhotra Mukhopadhyay. The film follows the titular twelve members of a jury as they deliberate a supposedly clear-cut murder trial and details the tension among them when one juror argues that the defendant might not be guilty. The film shares its title with the line "Ashole Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei" from the song "Ei Srabon", written and composed by Anupam Roy, from Mukherji's 2011 film Baishe Srabon. Principal photography commenced in June 2024 and wrapped in July 2024 being one of the shortest shot Bengali films. Amit Chatterjee composed its soundtrack, while Subhadeep Guha did the background score. The cinematography and editing of the film were handled by Prosenjit Chowdhury and Sanglap Bhowmik respectively. Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei theatrically released on 23 January, 2025 coinciding with Netaji Jayanti, opening to positive reviews with critics appreciating the performances by the whole cast, runtime, characterization and the thrill used in the screenplay along with direction. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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