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Lawho Gouranger Naam Re (2025)

Lawho Gouranger Naam Re poster
Original title
লহ গৌরাঙ্গের নাম রে
Directed by
Srijit Mukherji
Genre
biographical film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
U/A 16+
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film weaves together the lives of a 15th-century saint, a 19th-century theatre actress, and a modern film crew. It explores how their stories connect across time.

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What happens

Lawho Gouranger Naam Rey (transl. Chant the name of Lord Gouranga), also known by the initials LGNR, is a 2025 Indian Bengali-language epic musical drama film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Rana Sarkar under the banners of Shree Venkatesh Films and Dag Creative Media respectively, the film is a multi-layered narrative centering on the life of the 15th-century saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the 19th-century theatre icon Nati Binodini, and a modern-day filmmaking team. The film stars Dibyojyoti Dutta and Aratrika Maity in the lead roles, alongside an ensemble cast of Subhashree Ganguly, Indraneil Sengupta, Ishaa Saha, Bratya Basu, Partha Bhowmick, Debdut Ghosh and Susmita Chatterjee, with Jisshu Sengupta in a special appearance. Srijit Mukherji has also done the editing while the cinematography has been handled by Soumik Haldar. The background score has been composed by Indraadip Dasgupta. Shibashish Bandopadhyay has written the additional dialogues and screenplay. Sabarni Das did the costume design while Somnath Kundu hanled the makeup. The film was theatrically released on 25 December 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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