Comrade (2017 film)

Comrade is a Bengali drama film directed by former Trinamul Congress student leader Shankudeb Panda.^[1] This film was released on 21 July 2017.^[2][3][4] The music was released by Amara Muzik.

Comrade
Directed by	Shankudeb Panda
Written by	Shankudeb Panda
Produced by	Easel movies
Starring	Ena Saha Kharaj Mukherjee Moubani Sorcar
Cinematography	Sashanka Palit
Edited by	Subhajit Singha
Music by	Surojit Chatterjee
Release date	21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

The story is based on the Singur - Nandigram violence which took place in the period of 2006 to 2007 in West Bengal. A peasant's movement starts against land acquisition policy by the Government for industrialisation. The government sticks to the point of acquiring land belonging to a factory. Party workers confront the farmers on the issue. Two women, Nandini and Radharani become the leaders of the uprising. Nandini is gang-raped and murdered and Radharani commits suicide. Those horrific incidents make villagers more united for their rights. Later Supreme Court of India orders to stop the land acquisition.^[5]

Cast

• Kharaj Mukherjee
• Ena Saha
• Moubani Sorcar
• Bhaswar Chattopadhyay
• Anindya Banerjee
• Prasun Gain
• Mainak Banerjee^[5]
• Rajarshi Sengupta

Production

The film is produced by Aatreyee Nirman Easel. Kharaj Mukherjee is playing a key role. The shooting is mainly done in various places of South and North Bengal, including Garhbeta, Singur and Kolkata. The music is composed by Surojit Chatterjee.