Chirodini Tumi Je Amar

Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Official Poster of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Directed by	Raj Chakraborty
Produced by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Screenplay by	N.K. Salil
Starring	Rahul Chaurasia Priyanka Mukherjee Tamal Roy Chowdhury, Gita Dey Sujit Dutta Rudranil Ghosh Rita Koiral Supriyo Dutta
Music by	Jeet Ganguly, Chandan Sharma
Cinematography	Premendu Bikash Chaki
Edited by	Robi Ranjan Mitra
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release dates	15 August 2008
Running time	180 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Budget	Rs. 80 lakhs
Box office	Rs. 5.0 crore

Chirodini... Tumi Je Aamar (Bengali pronunciation: [tʃirod̪ini t̪umi dʒɛ amar]; You Are Mine Eternally) is a 2008 Bengali film by Raj Chakraborty. The film Remake of Balaji Sakthivel directed Tamil 2004 film Kaadhal.

Plot

Krishna (Rahul Banerjee) is a diligent scooter mechanic in Siliguri and life goes on smoothly for him until the rich schoolgirl Pallavi (Priyanka Sarkar) sets her eyes on him. The infatuation reaches dangerous levels when she coaxes Krishna to take her away from the clutches of her family, which has other plans about her future. The film begins with the elopement, as Pallavi steps out of her house in her school uniform, leaving even her wristwatch behind since Krishna has instructed her not to take a single thing with her. The two rush into a shopping mall where Pallavi hurriedly changes into a boy’s shirt, pants and cap, leaves her uniform behind, and the two board the bus.

The flashback, as point-of-view narrations between Pallavi and Krishna, are intercut with Pallavi’s don-like father and uncle terrorizing the neighbourhood in search of the truant girl. The naïve Krishna hesitantly yields to her charm and the two run away to Kolkata. Krishna's friend Ali (Rudranil Ghosh) helps them, and the lovers marry. The couple consummates their union while the mess chaps hastily organize a proper wedding and elaborate reception. But her family is not going to give up so easily on the daughter they dote on.

The family tracks down the couple and separates them. Pallavi agrees to marry another man to save Krishna's life after he is beaten by her father. While she believes this decision is best and moves on with her life, she one day (while on the road with her husband and daughter) runs into Krishna who suffered permanent brain damage from his beating.

Cast

• Rahul - Krishna
• Priyanka - Pallobi
• Rudranil Ghosh - Ali Krishna's Friend
• Tamal Roy Chowdhury - Pallabi's Father
• Rita Koiral - Pallabi's Mother
• Tulika - Pallabi's Aunt
• Supriyo Dutta - Pallabi's Uncle
• Aritra Dutta Banik - Helper Mechanic of Krishna
• Gita Dey - Pallabi's Grand Mother
• Dev - Special appearance

Crew

• Producer(s): Shree Venkatesh Films
• Director: Raj Chakraborty
• Director Of Photography : Premendu Bikash Chaki
• Asst. Director : Mahadi Hasan
• Story: Abhimanyu Mukherjee
• Production Design: Pritam Choudhury
• Dialogue: N K Salil
• Lyrics: Gautam Susmit
• Editing: Robi Ranjan Mitra

Influences and allusions

In September 2007, Rizwanur, a computer professional who ran his classes in the city, fell in love and married Priyanka Todi, daughter of a big-time businessman Ashok Todi. But differences in status, class, faith and affluence drove them apart; Rizwanur’s dead body was discovered on the railway tracks a few days after Priyanka went back to her parents who had promised that they would send her back again to her husband.

The Kolkata Police violated its own rules preventing them from interfering in any personal matters unless violence is involved and unless a FIR is lodged against those who are called in by the police. Rizwanur’s family claimed that he was murdered at the behest of Priyanka’s wealthy and influential father who was trying to hush the case up by taking the suicide angle with tangible and direct help from some higher-ups of the Kolkata Police. The unconstitutional action by the police has now been proved through the decision that pronounced some top-ranking police officers guilty of violating their own rules in the Rizwanur-Priyanka case and acting in favour of the Todis.

Shree Venkatesh Films decided to piggy-back on this case by marketing Chirodini Tumi Je Amaar, that marks the debut of Raj Chakraborty into direction, as a loose adaptation of the real-life story of tragic love.

Music

Chirodini Tumi Je Amar
Studio album by Jeet Ganguly
Released	15 August 2008 (CD release)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	V Music
Jeet Ganguly chronology
Love (2008)Love2008 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar (2008) - (-)-

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
One India	link
NDTV Music	link

The music of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, composed by Jeet Ganguly, was released in India on 15 August 2008 The soundtrack was at the number one spot on the music charts for several consecutive weeks. The media partner of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar is Bengali music channel Sangeet Bangla.

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
U la lla I love my soniya(Male)	Jeet Ganguly	4:10
Batashe Gungun	June Banerjee, Jeet Ganguly	5:45
Pante Tali	Jeet Ganguly and Chorus	5:45
Piya Re Piya Re	Zubeen Garg	5:41
U la lla I love my soniya(Female)	June Banerjee	4:10
Jhiri Jhiri	June Banerjee	5:10

Box office and ratings

Chirodini Tumi Je Amar was the top grossing Tollywood Bangla film of the year 2008 and likely the best Bengali blockbuster hit of the decade. The film was rated as "U" (Universal: Suitable for all ages) by the Central Board of Film Certification of India. The film had a great opening. The first week saw 55 percent footfall, which was overwhelming.

Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films spent Rs 1 crore on making the movie and they have earned about Rs 2 crore. Chirodini released with 40 prints and Venkatesh is coming up with some more.

Reviews and critiques

The Telegraph reviewed that movie: "Chirodini... Tumi Je Aamar could as well be a version of QSQT or any other tragic teen love story done to death on screen. But Raj Chakraborty’s directorial debut turns the cliche on its head and makes a two-hour-20-minute entertainer, without the tackiness, sloppiness and meaningless melodrama typical of mainstream Tollywood ... Chirodini’s strength is its screenplay — smart, crisp and racy with neat shot divisions, life-like situations and convincing characters."

Screenindia.com comments that "The script begins to falter after the diabolic uncle takes the couple away, but till then it is smooth-sailing. Priyanka and Rahul offer the freshness Bengali cinema was dying to get for many years. They are young, absolutely new and have tried to do as much justice to the script as they could though the script backs Priyanka more than Rahul. The original touch is that the film opens with the couple’s elopement after top-angle shots of the city of Kolkata panning across to cover people going about their daily lives including a madman who roams aimlessly across the streets. The love affair in the first half is a bit repetitive and the scenes in the girl’s home are superfluous."

"Preetam Choudhury’s production design is mind-blowing and realistic. Jeet’s music ably complemented with Gautam-Susmit’s lyrics blend into the theme and story of the film very well. Premendu Bikash Chaki’s cinematography is brilliant in the second half but not so good in the first. This is a good debut where the footage is too long and the dream scenes stick out like sore thumbs. Raj has also made Priyanka prance around in a towel but it does not look vulgar. A good debut by a young director. One only hopes he can sustain the standard he has established with his first film. The film deserves one star for production design, one star for acting and one for the cinematography."

Awards

• Best Music - Jeet Ganguly

External links

• Chirodini Tumi Je Amar at IMDb