Chengiz (2023)
January 5, 2023Release Date
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Jeet
Chengiz / Producer
Ayush Das
Susmita Chatterjee
Shataf Figar
Omar Bhai
Rohit Roy
ACP Samir sinha
Biswarup Biswas
Ayesha Bhattacharya
Sohan Banerjee
DCDD Goutam Bose
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Release DateJanuary 5, 2023
Original Nameচেঙ্গিজ
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 29m
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Chengiz: The One Who Has No Boundaries, No Limits or simply Chengiz is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language period action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Rajesh Ganguly. Based on a story written by Neeraj Pandey about Calcutta underworld, the film is produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani and Amit Jumrani under the banners of Grassroot Entertainment and Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet in the titular role, as well as in dual role, alongside Susmita Chatterjee, Rohit Roy and Shataf Figar in another pivotal roles. The film shows the situation of Kolkata from mid 70s to late 90s following the journey of a child named Jaidev Singh who struggles with his life since his childhood and later becomes the dreaded drug lord named Chengiz in the Calcutta underworld.
The film was announced in March 2022, being the 55th film of Jeet as the leading actor. Principal photography commenced in April 2022 in Kolkata along with a sporadic schedule in Morocco and Thailand, while wrapped up in November 2022. The music of the film is composed by Aneek Dhar and Kaushik-Guddu, with cinematography and editing handled by Manas Ganguly and Malay Laha respectively. The action sequences of the film were designed by Stunt Silva, while the dance sequences were choreographed by Imran Sardhariya.
Chengiz was theatrically released in India on 21 April 2023 in Bengali, along with its dubbed version in Hindi to be the first Pan Indian Bengali film to be released simultaneously in Bengali and Hindi languages. It was a commercial success at the box office, running over for 210 days in theatres and emerged as the highest grossing Bengali film of 2023.