Jole Jongole
| Jole Jongole | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nitish Roy |
| Written by |
Nitish Roy Debaditya Dutta |
| Starring |
Mithun Chakraborty Jackie Shroff Ashish Vidyarthi Tinnu Anand |
| Music by | Jeet Ganguly |
Release dates |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | Rs 7 Crores |
Jole Jongole is a 2013 Bengali directed by Nitish Roy, who was the production designer [1] for the Hollyood horror film Crocodile 2: Death Swamp. This is the directorial debut for Nitish Roy. The film starts Mithun Chakraborty as a 'mad' scientist who wants to bring back prehistoric creatures, perished millions of years ago from the earth as he is trying to expand the brain of crocodiles. Jackie Shroff stars as the antagonist who wants to take control of dangerous crocodiles.
A few scenes of the film were shot in Prayag Film City in West Midnapore, and shooting was completed by early 2012.[2]
Plot
The film is based on the experiment done by a mad scientist (Mithun) who comes up with a lovable crocodile. Like the dolphins, this crocodile was implanted with intelligence. At this point, an NRI (Jackie) eyes this project as he wants to build his own Jurassic Park and wants to get control on this crocodile.
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Jackie Shroff
- Ashish Vidyarthi
- Tinnu Anand
- Dibyendu Bhattacharya
- Dijana Dejanovic
- Mumaith Khan (In Item Song)
- Biswajit Chakraborty
- Mumtaz Sorcar
- Titas Bhowmick
- Pamela Singh Bhutoria
- Sayantani Guhathakurta
- Riju Biswas
- Sayak
- Rajdeep Gupta
- Anindya Chatterjee
- Dhruba Lal
Remake
Jole Jongole will be remade in Hindi as 'Gehra Paani' with higher budget than Bengali version. For the Hindi version, the cast and location will remain same except Mithun, who will be replaced by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Both the versions are being made at a budget of 25 crore and would be shot in the Sunderban, and would be released in 2013[3]
References
- ↑ "Tolly’s tryst with a croc". www.timesofindia.com. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ "No small wonder". The Telegraph. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu to star in remake of ‘ Jole Jongole'". The Hindu. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.