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Shatru
Directed byAnjan Choudhury
Written byAnjan Choudhury
Screenplay byAnjan Choudhury
Story byAnjan Choudhury
Produced byRavindra Aggarwal
StarringRanjit Mallick
Manoj Mitra
Shakuntala Barua
Chiranjeet Chakraborty
Anup Kumar
Bikash Roy
Biplab Chatterjee
CinematographyBijoy Ghosh
Edited byBaidyanath Chatterjee
Music byDileep-Dileep
Distributed byChandimata Films Pvt Ltd.
Release date
  • 7 December 1984 (1984-12-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Shatru (transl. Enemy) is a 1984 Indian Bengali-language action crime film written and directed by Anjan Choudhury, in his directorial debut. Produced by Ravindra Aggarwal, the film was based on the corruption taking place in the fields of agricultural system in West Bengal during the 1980s, told through with fictional characters. It stars Ranjit Mallick, Master Tapu, Manoj Mitra and Shakuntala Barua in the leads, while Anup Kumar, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Biplab Chatterjee and Bikash Roy play another pivotal roles; with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Mahua Roy Chowdhury in special appearances. Plotted in a village named Haridebpur, where for creating an environment of terror, Nishikanta Saha, a notorius leader and his associates are decided to be nabbed down by Shubhankar Sanyal, the new OC in the police station.

Plot

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In Haridebpur, the norotious leader Nishikanta Saha (Manoj Mitra) and his associate Nihar Ranjan Chowdhury (Bikash Roy), the MLA are known to be respected personalities. On his arrival day, OC Shubhankar Sanyal (Ranjit Mallick) rescues a widow (Shakuntala Barua) from getting tortured in the hands of Nishikanta's men and recognises Nishikanta as a corrupt leader. Nishikanta plans with the MLA to bribe the O.C and bring him on their side. Nishikanta also complains to inspector Haradhan Banerjee (Anup Kumar) about the new man causing problems for them. Sub-inspector Alok (Chiranjeet Chakraborty) was aware of the probable danger that the O.C could face on his way back home and warned him. O.C found Nishikanta's follower Abdul (Biplab Chatterjee) following him. The next day O.C got a complaint against the MLA's son who had harrased a school master's grand daughter. Nishikanta planned to kill the O.C and sent Abdul for the porpose. But OC caught Abdul and locked him in the police station. Nishi tried to bribe the OC for releasing Abdul but failed. OC gradually came to know about Nishi's alcohol business. One day the OC captured Baapi (Prosenjit Chatterjee), the son of Mrinal Chakraborty, when he was teasing the college-going granddaughter (Mahua Roy Chowdhury) of the eminent teacher of Haridebpur. MLA threatend OC to release him but he did not give in to MLA's power. One night OC met Chottu (Master Tapu), who threw stones at him, and learnt about Chottu's resentment towards the police. OC asked Alok about Chottu's father, Paran's case. Alok explained the unnatural death of Paran. OC and Alok plan to capture Paran's murderer by releasing Abdul but failed as the news was leaked by Haradhan to Nishikanta. Abdul was killed and the OC was blamed as the murderer. Then with SP's cooperation, OC determind to prove himself innocent within 48 hours of suspension. Haradhan again tried to cheat the police but was caught by the OC. Before getting fired from his job Haradhan realised his sin and helped the OC to prove that Nishikanta was the real criminal responsible for Paran's murder. Nishi was arrested by the OC.

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Production

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Soundtrack

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All lyrics are written by Anjan Choudhury and Pulak Bandyopadhyay; all music is composed by Dileep-Dileep

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Shatru title music (instrumental)" Dileep-Dileep 2:10
2."Bol Bol Naa Tupi Kaake Porai"Anjan ChoudhuryDileep-DileepAmit Kumar4:36
3."Nawksha Koro Naa Raja"Pulak BandyopadhyayDileep-DileepHaimanti Shukla4:08
4."Bolo Naa Go Kaar Maa Tumi"Anjan ChoudhuryDileep-DileepAarti Mukherji3:52
Total length:14:46





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