Khokababu
| Khokababu (খোকাবাবু) | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | D. Shankar Aiyya |
| Written by | Shayak Ganguly |
| Produced by | Ashok Dhanuka Eskay Movies |
| Starring | Dev Subhashree Ganguly Ferdous Laboni Sarkar Biswajit Chakraborty Locket Chatterjee Ashish Vidyarthi Biplab Chattopadhyay Subhasish Mukherjee |
| Cinematography | Shrisha Roy |
| Edited by | Mohammad Kalam |
| Music by | Rishi Chanda Savvy Gupta (Khoka 420) |
| Distributed by | Eskay Movies |
Release date | January 13, 2012 |
| Country | Template:Film India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Budget | ₹ 4 crore |
| Box office | ₹ 45 crore (All Over) |
Khokababu (Bengali: খোকাবাবু) is a romantic comedy Bengali film directed by Shankar Aiyya.[1] The films title flows on Dev's popular one of Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo hit-song Khokababu released was last of the year 2010. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Ferdous, Laboni Sarkar, Biswajit Chakraborty and many more.The movie is a remake of telugu film Dhee. It was a big blockbuster in the theaters and get well commercial success. It is the 3rd highest grossing movie till now in Tollywood just after Shotru and 100% Love.
Synopsis
'Shankar Das' (Ferdous) is a Popular Don in the city. He dotes on his lovable sister Pooja (Subhashree Ganguly). Abir Roy (Dev) alias Khokababu is a wayward youngster. He joins as an employee in Shankar Das's companies accounts department. There he gets to know Pooja and the inevitable happens & they fall in love. The rest of the story is all about how Khokababu playes some mind games to win Shankar Das's confidence and marry Pooja.
Cast
- Dev as Khokababu
- Subhashree Ganguly as Pooja
- Ferdous as Shankar Das
- Laboni Sarkar
- Tathoi
- Biswajit Chakraborty
- Locket Chatterjee
- Ashish Vidyarthi
- Biplab Chattopadhyay
- Subhasish Mukarjee
Box Office
Khokababu collected 1.5 crore from its Music Release, 8 crore from the Satellite Rights before its release. After that it opened as a thunderous hit in the Bengal theaters and in the first day it collected 2.7 crore very impressibly. And after all the movie charmingly collect 35 crore from the Theaters. So, it collect approx 45 crore and stood as the third highest grosser of Tollywood(Bengali) movies.
Music
Khokababu the films music directed by Rishi Chanda. In this movie Dev appeared as a singer for the first time with the song "Khoka 420".
Reviews
Khokababu opened with positive reviews from the crtics and it tooks the third highest opening of Bengali film history . It has made the highest weekend collection in Bengal.
References
- ^ Published: bhalobasa.in Khokababu- Dev Subhashree Bengali Film accessed: 28 June 2011