Rajmohol
Rajmohol (Bengali: রাজমহল) is a 2005 Indian Bengali-language horror drama film starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Abhishek Chatterjee, Anu Choudhury, Rachana Banerjee, Biplab Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, and Bharat Kaul. It is a remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu. This movie has got 5 versions (four remakes) in total - Malayalam - Manichitrathazhu (original) and its remakes. Kannada - Apthamitra, Tamil- Chandramukhi, Bengali - Rajmohol and Hindi - Bhool Bhulaiyaa.[1] It is considered one of the worst remake of the original Malayalam version.
| Rajmohol | |
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| রাজমহল | |
| Directed by | Swapan Saha |
| Based on | Manichitrathazhu by Madhu Muttam |
| Produced by | Ashok Khemka Bijoy Nopani |
| Starring | Prosenjit Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee Anu Choudhury Rachana Banerjee Biplab Chatterjee Subhasish Mukherjee |
| Music by | Ashok Bhadra |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Plot
A married couple from Kolkata, Deboshree (Anu Choudhury) and her husband Sumit (Abhishek Chatterjee), move to a village. There, they move into a supposedly haunted mansion which belonged to Sumit's ancestors. Deboshree then goes into the restricted room and finds out that there was a dancer named Chandramukhi who had been killed by a zamindar (a Persian word meaning "landlord"), who lived in that mansion. After mysterious occurrences in the mansion, which appear paranormal, Sumit calls his psychologist friend Dr. Agni (Prosenjit Chatterjee) from USA, as he believes that there is not a ghost. He believes that Malini (Rachana Banerjee) who could not marry him is mentally ill and behind all those incidents. But Dr. Agni makes more comic misunderstandings. Also, Dr. Agni starts to like Malini.
In the climax, it is revealed that Deboshree suffers multiple personality disorder and because of her sympathy for Chandramukhi, she starts believing that she is Chandramukhi. She thinks that her husband is the cruel zamindar responsible for Chandramukhi's death, and she must take her revenge by killing him. Dr. Agni devises a plan and makes Deboshree 'kill' a doll instead of Sumit. Thinking she has killed Sumit and exacted her revenge, the personality of Chandramukhi 'leaves' Deboshree. At the end of the movie, a hypnotized Deboshree regains consciousness as her usual self. And Dr. Agni marries Malini.
Cast
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Dr. Agni
- Abhishek Chatterjee as Sumit
- Anu Choudhury as Deboshree, Sumit's wife
- Rachana Banerjee as Malini, Agni's love interest
- Subhasish Mukherjee as Manik, Malini's maternal uncle
- Biplab Chatterjee as Manohar Choudhury, Malini's father
- Bharat Kaul
- Rita Koiral
- Dulal Lahiri as Tarapith Maharaj
Soundtrack
| Rajmohol | ||||
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 19:54 | |||
| Label | Eskay Movies | |||
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Music of Rajmohol has been composed by Ashok Bhadra. Lyrics of the album were penned by Gautam Susmit. Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal, Miss Jojo has given their voices for the album.
All lyrics are written by Gautam Susmit.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bhoy Kore O Amar Bhoy Kore" | Gautam Susmit | Miss Jojo (Bengali singer) | 04:43 |
| 2. | "Amar Chokhe Agun" | Gautam Susmit | Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 06:12 |
| 3. | "Tumi Mone Rekho" | Gautam Susmit | Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal | 05:40 |
| 4. | "Ekhane Shudhu Ami" | Gautam Susmit | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 05:07 |
| 5. | "Sajano Bagan Theke Jhore" | Gautam Susmit | Kumar Sanu | 04:33 |
| 6. | "Ke Achho Jege Kothay" | Gautam Susmit | Kavita Krishnamurthy | 05:25 |
| Total length: | 31:40 | |||
References
- ^ Kumar, P. k Ajith (22 December 2018). "Manichithrathazhu and its undimmed popularity for 25 years". The Hindu.
External links
- Rajmohol at IMDb