Jole Jongole
| Jole Jongole | |
|---|---|
| Bengali | জলে জঙ্গলে |
| Directed by | Nitish Roy |
| Produced by |
Surajit Das Kallol Das Ranjan Bhattacharjee (Executive Producer) |
| Written by |
Nitish Roy Debaditya Dutta |
| Starring |
Mithun Chakraborty Jackie Shroff Ashish Vidyarthi Tinnu Anand |
| Music by | Jeet Ganguly |
| Cinematography | Badal Sarkar |
| Edited by | Rabi Ranjan Moitra |
Production company |
Princes Art Production |
Release dates |
11 November, 2016 Tentative |
Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Jole Jongole is an upcoming Bengali-language Indian science fiction thriller film directed by Nitish Roy, who was the production designer [1] for the Hollyood horror film Crocodile 2: Death Swamp.
The film stars 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 for his own park.
A few scenes of the film were shot in Prayag Film City in West Midnapore, and shooting was completed by early 2012,[2][3] but got stuck in development hell and finally getting released on 11 November, 2016.
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 [4]
- Dibyendu Bhattacharya
- Dijana Dejanovic
- Mumaith Khan (In Item Song)
- Biswajit Chakraborty
- Mumtaz Sorcar
- Titas Bhowmick
- Pamela Singh Bhutoria [5]
- Sayantani Guhathakurta
- Riju Biswas
- Sayak
- Rajdeep Gupta
- Anindya Chatterjee
- Dhruba Lal
Remake
The film will be remade in Hindi as Gehra Paani with a higher budget than the 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 (US$3.7 million) and would be shot in the Sunderban.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Tolly's tryst with a croc". The Times of India. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ "No small wonder". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 5 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Fun unlimited at 'Jole Jongole' sets". The Times of India. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Hello, Rakhi". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "After Kahaani". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 21 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu to star in remake of ' Jole Jongole'". The Hindu. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
- ↑ "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha to star in Hindi remake of Bengali film". Indian Express. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.