Ranokhetro

Ranokhetro (transl. Battleground) is a 1998 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by Monotosh Chakraborty.^[1] It stars Ranjit Mallick, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Satabdi Roy in the lead roles;^[2] while Kushal Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Aparajita Auddy, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Subhendu Chatterjee, Dulal Lahiri, Kaushik Banerjee, Sumanta Mukherjee and Lily Chakravarty play other pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Debojyoti Mishra,^[3] with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Rituparno Ghosh.^[4]

Ranokhetro
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Haranath Chakraborty
Screenplay by	Monotosh Chakraborty
Dialogues by	Monotosh Chakraborty
Story by	Monotosh Chakraborty
Produced by	Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni
Starring	Ranjit Mallick Prosenjit Chatterjee Satabdi Roy Kushal Chakraborty Aparajita Auddy Dipankar De Subhendu Chatterjee
Cinematography	P. Vijay B. Satish
Edited by	Swapan Guha
Music by	Debojyoti Mishra
Production company	Shree Venkatesh Films
Distributed by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Release date	25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Santu is murdered in the hands of a corrupt minister's drug-peddling son when he protests against the sale of drugs on the college campus. As the law enforcers turn a deaf ear to Raja's pleas, he decides to avenge his brother's death.

Cast

• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Raja Roy Chowdhury, an auto-rickshaw driver
• Ranjit Mallick as Prof. Sudeb Mitra / Pritam Singh, latter editor of Dainik Janabaani
• Satabdi Roy as Jhuma Bose, news reporter of Dainik Janabaani
• Deepankar De as MLA Satya Roy
• Tota Roy Chowdhury as Noni Roy, MLA's son and the leader of the drug peddlers at the college campus
• Dulal Lahiri as Sub inspector Jeevan Dutta
• Subhendu Chatterjee as Ashok Bose, former editor of Dainik Janabaani and Jhuma's father
• Kushal Chakraborty as Santosh Roy Chowdhury, alias Santu, Raja's younger brother
• Aparajita Auddy as Rita, Santu's love interest
• Kaushik Banerjee as Mintu, MLA's henchman
• Lily Chakraborty as Raja and Santu's Mother
• Subhasish Mukhopadhyay as Ajay alias Felu
• Tarun Kumar as Prof.
• Raju Thakkar as drug dealer Jung Bahadur

Soundtrack

Ranokhetro
Soundtrack album by Debojyoti Mishra
Released	25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
Recorded	1997–1998
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	20:58
Language	Bengali
Label	Shree Venkatesh Films
Debojyoti Mishra chronology
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) Ranokhetro (1998) Asukh (1999)

All lyrics are written by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Rituparno Ghosh; all music is composed by Debojyoti Mishra.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Goli Theke Raaj Pathey"	Rituparno Ghosh	Udit Narayan	4:29
2.	"Interview Din Interview"	Pulak Bandyopadhyay	Poroma, Pratik Chowdhury	3:14
3.	"Ektu Thama Ki Ektu Chawla"	Pulak Bandyopadhyay	Udit Narayan, Poroma	3:59
4.	"Kichhu Kichhu Raat Emon"	Pulak Bandyopadhyay	Kavita Krishnamurthy	4:19
5.	"Swapno Aamar Sob"	Pulak Bandyopadhyay	Poroma	4:03
6.	"Goli Theke Raaj Pathey (sad)"	Rituparno Ghosh	Pratik Chowdhury	0:54
Total length:				20:58

Awards

• Anandalok Award for Best Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee^[5]