Annadata (2002 film)

Annadaata (English: My Father) is a 2002 Bengali action drama film directed by Ravi Kinagi and produced by Kusum Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Sreelekha Mitra in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Babul Bose. The film was a remake of 1990 Hindi film Swarg which was a loosely based on 1967 film Mehrban which itself was a remake of the 1960 Tamil movie Padikkadha Medhai which in turn was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog based on the novel of same name by Ashapoorna Devi. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee in role of Shankar which was played by Govinda as Krishna in Swarg whereas Abdur Razzak played the role of Rajesh Khanna.

Cast

 * Prasenjit Chatterjee as Shankar
 * Sreelekha Mitra as Barsha
 * Abdur Razzak as Amar Chowdhury
 * Anuradha Ray as Shanti Dev
 * Dulal Lahiri as Rudraprasad Sen
 * Bharat Kaul as Vikram
 * Rajesh Sharma as Film Director
 * Siddhanta Mahapatra as Special appearance in an item song named "Dhekhi joto soundoro"

Production
Initially Rituparna Sengupta was offered to play the role of Barsha. After she refused, Mouli Ganguly and then Rachna Banerjee were considered for the role. After both of them eschewed the role, it went to Sreelekha Mitra.

Soundtrack
The music of the film has been composed by Babul Bose.