Raavan (2022 film)

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.

Plot
The plot revolves around several gruesome murders took place in Kolkata, like of the editor of a newspaper, a corrupt MLA involved in women trafficking and an indrustialist, 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 these 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 Professor Ram Mukherjee, Raavan
 * Lahoma Bhattacharya as Rai, Ram's student-turned-lover
 * Tanusree Chakraborty as ACP Sumaiyya Jahan
 * Biswanath Basu as Inspector Chayan Pandey
 * Shataf Figar as Joint Commissioner Rajiv Sharma
 * Alok Jain as Om Damani
 * Rana Mitra as MLA Amar Chowdhury
 * Jack Bhattacharya as Sudhir Dutta
 * Kharaj Mukherjee as Vinod Ghoshal, college vice principal
 * Somnath Kar as Khalid Aslam
 * Arindam Ganguly as Ram's father
 * Nanak Madnani

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 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.