Shotru

Shotru
Theatrical Poster of Shotru
Directed by	Raj Chakraborty
Written by	Padmanabha Dasgupta Abhimanyu Mukherjee
Produced by	Ashok Dhanuka
Starring	Jeet Nusrat Jahan Supriyo Dutta Biswajit Chakraborty Dipankar De Biplab Chatterjee Saayoni Ghosh
Cinematography	P. Selvakumar
Edited by	Rabi Ranjan Maitra
Music by	Indraadip Dasgupta
Production company	Eskay Movies
Distributed by	Eskay Movies
Release date	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Shotru (Bengali: শত্রু ; English: Enemy) is a 2011 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film was produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies. Partially inspired from the Rajib Das murder case in Barasat (2011) and human trafficking cases taken places in West Bengal in 2011, it stars Jeet, Supriyo Dutta and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Dipankar De, Biswajit Chakraborty, Saayoni Ghosh, Raja Dutta, Biplab Chatterjee, Rabi Ranjan Moitra and Padmanabha Dasgupta in supporting roles. It marks the cinematic debut of model Nusrat Jahan. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta, with screenplay and dialogues written by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. It revolves around Dibakar Singha, the OC of Hridaypur Police Station, getting transferred to Howrah, where he looks into the gangraping and kidnapping cases done by the real estate agent Arjun Sarkar.

Clashing with Dev and Koel Mallick starrer Paglu (2011), it was an all time blockbuster at the box office, with a successful run consisting of 210 days in theatres. It received a number of positive reviews. Critics appreciated the social messages and portrayals with Jeet and Supriyo Dutta's perfoemance and stylized action sequences which plays very pivotal role in this film.

Shotru marks the 2nd collaboration between Superstar Jeet and Raj Chakraborty. The signature dialogue of Jeet in the film, "Ami kono ishwar noi je chhere debo aar rakshas noi je mere debo, ami holam police, saala chhara aar marar majhkhane lotke rekhe debo" (Neither I am the god that you will be forgiven nor a monster that you will be killed, I am a police, will hang you scoundrel between forgiving and killing), became memorable among the masses. It was later dubbed into Hindi as "Ek Policewale Ki Taaqat".

Synopsis

Dibakar Singha (Jeet) is a police sub-inspector from Hridaypur, working in the city of Howrah. Arjun Sarkar (Supriyo Dutta) uses a job as a real estate agent to cover for crimes, including kidnapping and extortion, getting police. Dibakar learns of his crimes and decides to try and kill him.

Dibakar falls in love with Puja (Nusrat Jahan), a woman who is visiting her grandfather on vacation. She convinces Dibakar to fight the corruption in the police department and Arjun.

Dibakar is promoted to the head of an anti-kidnapping squad by the Home Minister. He conducts raids on Arjun's hideout and imprisons Arjun's brother Karna, who is innocent. To free his brother, Arjun plans to kidnap Puja's younger sister, Diya (Saayoni Ghosh), but Dibakar foils the attempt by catching two of the kidnappers. One of the kidnappers confesses that they were hired by Arjun, providing Dibakar with the necessary evidence to prove Arjun's involvement in 62 kidnappings. Dibakar announces that two kidnappers were apprehended and the money was recovered and will be used as a government asset unless someone lays claim to it.

Almost exposed for his involvement, Arjun plans to lure Dibakar to his hideout to kill him. Dibakar, however, learns of Arjun's plan to have him killed and decides to go meet Arjun in disguise. There he kills Ratan, a close friend of Arjun. Then, Dibakar tells Arjun that Ratan has agreed to be a state witness against him. To prevent this from happening, Arjun sends someone to kill Ratan in the hospital. When Karna, the assassin, arrives at the hospital, he is killed by Dibakar while on the phone with Arjun. Angered by this, tries to kill Puja, who escapes with a bullet in her arm.

Dibakar exposes his superior, the DSP (Biplab Chatterjee), as Arjun's mole in the police department. Having been exposed, the DSP is then forced into aiding Dibakar in exposing Arjun.

Arjun kidnaps the daughter of the Assam Home Minister and takes her to Jharkhand. Dibakar pursues him and kills Arjun.

At a ceremony to honour Dibakar for his actions, Dibakar announces that he will return to his village and that he has finished what he set out to do in the city. Puja is shown accompanying him on this journey.

Cast

• Jeet as OC Dibakar Singha, the Head of Anti-Kidnapping Squad of WB Police
• Nusrat Jahan as Puja, Dibakar's love interest
• Supriyo Dutta as Arjun Sarkar, real estate agent and kidnapping head based in Howrah
• Saayoni Ghosh as Sreeja, Puja's sister
• Dipankar De as Sudhakar Singha, Dibakar's father
• Biswajit Chakraborty as Mahendra Chowdhury, Puja's father
• Biplab Chatterjee as DSP Anup Chatterjee
• Kharaj Mukherjee as SI Bhajan Samanta
• Raja Dutta as Karna Sarkar, Arjun's younger brother
• Pradip Mukherjee as a businessman
• Padmanabha Dasgupta as Arjun's lawyer
• Pradip Dhar as Arjun's henchman
• Somnath Kar as Arjun's henchman
• Subrata Guha Roy as Giridhari, Arjun's rival
• Subhomoy Chatterjee as the goat owner
• Abhimanyu Mukherjee as Arjun's henchman

Special appearances

• Raj Chakraborty as himself
• Haradhan Bandopadhyay as Ramendra Chowdhury, Puja's grandfather
• Debika Mitra as Dibakar's mother

Soundtrack

Shotru
Soundtrack album by Indraadip Dasgupta
Released	30 September 2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Bengali
Label	Eskay Movies
Producer	Ashok Dhanuka
Indraadip Dasgupta chronology
Le Chakka (2010) Shotru (2011) Fighter (2011)
Singles from Shotru
"Shotru title track (Om Bhur Bhuva Swaha)" "Rakhe Hori Ke Maare" "Aye Khuda" "Jani Na Kobe Dekha Hobe" "Jwaliye Puriye Debo Ghum Uriye"

All lyrics are written by Srijato and Prasen; all music is composed by Indraadip Dasgupta

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Shotru title track (Om Bhur Bhuva Swaha)"	Srijato	Indraadip Dasgupta	Rupam Islam	2:20
2.	"Rakhe Hari Ke Maare"	Srijato	Indraadip Dasgupta	Javed Ali Soham Chakraborty	2:47
3.	"Aye Khuda"	Prasen	Indraadip Dasgupta	Shaan Shahdab Hussain Altamash	3:41
4.	"Janina Kobe Dekha Hobe"	Srijato	Indraadip Dasgupta	Shaan Anweshaa	4:16
5.	"Jwaliye Puriye Debo Ghum Uriye"	Srijato	Indraadip Dasgupta	June Banerjee Timir Biswas	4:12

Cancelled sequel

In June 2018, it was revealed that Raj Chakraborty is going to collaborate with Jeet for Superstar Jeet 50 after Abhimaan (2016). Rumours reported it to be the sequel of Shotru, in which Subhashree Ganguly was being approached as Puja, replacing Nusrat Jahan as she rejected the role. Then in an interview, Chakraborty revealed that there were no plans of making Shotru 2 without a true story that would reflect the core plot, where the previous film was itself based on true events. But he also told that his collaboration with Jeet would be itself a standalone project. Later, the film was announced to be Jeet's 50th film under the title Shesh Theke Shuru (2019) and released on the occasion of Eid 2019.

Television Premiere

The film premiered on Zee Bangla on 25 March 2012 at 7:00 pm I.S.T.

External links

• Shotru at IMDb