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
  • 2013 (2013)
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

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

  1. "Tolly’s tryst with a croc". www.timesofindia.com. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. "No small wonder". The Telegraph. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu to star in remake of ‘ Jole Jongole'". The Hindu. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.


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