Josh (2010 film)

Josh is a 2010 Indian Bengali language romantic action drama film directed by Ravi Kinagi. Jointly produced by Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films respectively, the film stars Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee, Tapas Paul, Puneet Issar, Laboni Sarkar, Supriyo Dutta, Anshuman Gupta, Sandhita Chatterjee and Haradhan Bandyopadhyay in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and Samidh-Rishi, while the background score was by S.P Venkatesh. It follows around Indra, a talented engineering student with a little carefree attitude, taking revenges after being witness of the violent murder of his best friend Rajib and his family excluding his sister Anuradha as they protested and fought against the land scams and torture done on the farmers by a landlord as well as a criminal named Rudra, in Prantik, near Bolpur.

The screenplay and dialogues were written by N.K Salil, with cinematography handled by Kumud Verma and editing by Rabiranjan Maitra. The action sequences were designed by Judo Ramu, while dance was choreographed by Duraiswamy Shankaraiyaa and Baba Yadav. It was an all-time blockbuster at the box office with a successful run consisting of 150 days in theatres. It received positive reviews from the critics and praise for the brilliant storyline and dialogues portraying the movements on behalf of saving the paddy lands, Jeet and Tapas Paul's outstanding performance, action sequences and Ravi Kinagi's direction.

Josh marks the 7th collaboration between Jeet and Ravi Kinagi. The song "Khunjechi toke raat berate", sung by Jeet Gannguli and "Keno Aajkal" sung by Nachiketa, both composed by Gannguli himself, became chartbuster upon its release.

Plot
Indradeep Chowdhury (Jeet), Trisha Ghoshal (Sandhita Chatterjee) and Rajib Chatterjee (Anshuman Gupta) are the thickest of friends studying in the Kharagpur Engineering College. When Indra comes to the city to visit Rajib, he notices Rajib's sister, Anuradha (Srabanti Chatterjee), and is attracted to her instantly. During the summer vacation,Rajib visits his home village at Prantik, Indra visits along with him. Anu, who returns from Singapore, is impressed by Indra, who continually impresses her, based on her tastes. He gets along well with Rajib's and Anu's family, in the meanwhile convinces them that he would make a prospective groom for Anu.

Anu's family, mainly her brother and cousin, are involved in regional gangs in their village. When Anu takes out Indra to the temple for a visit, without the knowledge of their brother (Tapas Paul), Anu is then attacked by Rudra's brother Nikhil (Bharat Kaul) gets hold of Anu and threatens to kill Anu. In a swift action of bravery and skill, Indra knocks down Rudra's brother.

After this incident, Anu's brother, gives Indra a talk about why things are so violent in the village. He explains how he is a master's degree holder from a prestigious university (Pune) and how his wife is also a master's degree holder in integrated mathematics. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the villages, the rivalry is deadly and fatal. He ultimately says, even though the villages are violent, he will remain a noble person, with high ideals.

After a few days, though, in the most ungrateful manner and a show of cowardice, the rival gang fights with fierce brutality, and the rival gang leader Rudra (Puneet Issar) murders Rajib's entire family, except Anu. Indra makes the promise to Anu's brother that he will take up the responsibility of Anu and that he will eventually marry her. In the process, he also becomes a rival of Rudra as he kills his younger brother Nikhil to protect Anu.

After the tragedy, Indra and Anu head back to Kolkata city to attend Indra's sister's marriage. The movie shows the jovial aspects of the marriage ceremonies. At the end of the marriage, an uncle of Indra insults Anu and tells her to leave him and bribes her money to leave. Indra turned furious to his uncle and promised that he would marry Anu, whatever may come. Just as Anu and Indra go out to eat, the original rival gang of Rudra returns and Indra, in a fit of deep rage and anger, beats all the rival gang members, chases them down a few miles. Realizing he left Anu behind, he goes back to find she is gone and then instantly becomes deeply dejected and despondent. This is when his father asks him to tell him what happened. The story he tells his father is the story that is written above. The rest of the film deals with how Indra saves Anu and takes revenge from the goons.

Cast

 * Jeet as Indradeep Chowdhury aka Indra
 * Srabanti Chatterjee as Anuradha Chatterjee aka Anu
 * Tapas Paul as Surya Narayan Chatterjee, Anu's elder brother, Agriculture Minister
 * Haradhan Bandopadhyay as Indra's grandfather
 * Laboni Sarkar as Surya Narayan's wife
 * Puneet Issar as Rudra, the main antagonist
 * Angshuman Gupta as Rajib Chatterjee, Anu's elder brother
 * Bharat Kaul as Nikhil, Rudra's younger brother
 * Supriyo Dutta as Surya Narayan's assistant
 * Joy Badlani
 * Sumit Ganguly as Gabbar Bhai
 * Debaparna Chakraborty as Indra's sister