Raavan () is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by MN Raj marking his directorial debut and produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banner of Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet in the titular role alongside, Lahoma Bhattacharya (in her debut), Tanusree Chakraborty, Shataf Figar, Kharaj Mukherjee and Biswanath Basu in the lead roles. The film is partially adapted from the Indian epic Ramayana.
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Savvy, The Red Kettle while the background score was by Anbu Selvan.The action sequences were designed by Ravi Varma, with dance choreographed by Imran Sardhariya.
Raavan was theatrically released on April 29, 2022 during the festive season of Eid.
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Plot
The plot revolves around several gruesome murders that took place in Kolkata, like that of the editor of a newspaper, a corrupt MLA involved in women trafficking and an industrialist, all of them credited to be involved in corruption. The format of these crimes are considered to be none other than serial killing, as all of them were done by a killer named Raavan. On the other hand, the assigned lady police officer Sumaiyaa Jahan investigates the case and suspects a Professor Ram Mukherjee to be the killer as he resembles Raavan.
Cast
Jeet as
Ram Mukherjee, A College Professor.
Raavan, A notorious killer
Lahoma Bhattacharya as Rai, Ram's student-turned-lover
Tanusree Chakraborty as ACP Sumaiya Jahan
Biswanath Basu as Inspector Chayan Pandey
Shataf Figar as Joint Commissioner Rajiv Sharma
Alok Jain as Gangster Om Damani
Rana Mitra as MLA Amar Chowdhury
Jack Bhattacharya as Sudhir Dutta, Chief Editor of Bhorer Kagaj
Kharaj Mukherjee as Vinod Ghoshal, college vice principal
Subhadra Mukherjee as Sushoma, Vinod's wife
Arindam Ganguly as Ram's father
Swagata Basu as Ram's mother
Rohit Mukherjee as Police Commissioner Subrata Sen
Bhavna Banerjee as Ena, Call girl
Somnath Kar as Khalid Aslam
Subhasish Ganguly as College Principle
Nanak Madnani as ACP Younus Khan
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya as ACP Dibyendu Sinha Roy
Production
Announcement
After Baazi (2021), Jeet's next film was reported to be another action-thriller directed by a debutant. The film was announced under the title 'Raavan' with a first look poster on Dussera.
Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by Savvy The Red Kettle with lyrics written by Prosen, Budhaditya Mukherjee and Ritam Sen.
Reception
Shamayita.Chakraborty of The Times of India reviewed the film and gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Such brutality is not often seen in the Bengali film spectrum. Raavan is for those who love action and have an appetite for violence. Jeet as Raavan will not let them down." Sangbad Pratidin and Ei Samay both rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5.