Badsha – The Don Explained

Badsha – The Don
Director:	Baba Yadav
Producer:	Himanshu Dhanuka Abdul Aziz
Screenplay:	Anshuman Pratyush & Prameet
Cinematography:	P. Shelvakumar
Editing:	Md. Kalam
Runtime:	146 minutes
Country:	India Bangladesh
Language:	Bengali
Budget:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Gross:	^[4]

Badsha – The Don is a 2016 Indian-Bangladeshi action comedy film directed by Baba Yadav. It was produced by Eskay Movies and Jaaz Multimedia.^[5] It is a remake of the 2010 Telugu movie Don Seenu starring Ravi Teja.^[6] The film stars Indian Bengali film actor Jeet and Bangladeshi television host and film actress Nusrat Faria. It is the third collaboration between Baba Yadav and Jeet after Boss: Born to Rule (2013) and Game (2014).

Except for the climax, the scenes of Mahesh Manjrekar were taken from the archival footage of the original version, which just led to a continuity error throughout the film. Released in July 2016, the film flopped at the box office in West Bengal but recovered it's budget from Bangladesh release.^[7]

Cast

Jeet as Badsha, a village boy of Jiagunj.
Nusrat Faria as Shreya, Tony's sister
Shraddha Das as Priya, Shreya's best friend and Johnny's sister
Ferdous Ahmed as Jayanta alias Johnny Bhai
Sushoma Sarkar as Badsha's sister
Rajatava Dutta as Tarun alias Tony Bhai
Mahesh Manjrekar as Shyam Bhai, underworld Don
Biswanath Basu as Mantu aka Monty, Badsha's friend
Raja Dutta as MLA's right hand
Pradip Dhar as Tony's henchman
Sumit Ganguly as Johnny's henchman

Plot

A story of a boy who always wanted to be a Don from childhood. He reaches to London, England, where he friends a girl named Shreya and he falls in love with her.

Production and development

The muhurat of Badsha was in February 2016 in Kolkata.^[8] Ashok Dhanuka said shooting was due to start in May.

Soundtrack

Badshah – The Don
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Suddho Roy & Akassh Sen
Released:	27 June 2016
Recorded:	2015–2016
Genre:	Feature film soundtrack
Language:	Bengali

The soundtrack was released on 27 June 2016.^[9] Track listing via Saavn.

Accolades

Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	References
Filmfare Awards East	Best Choreography	"Dhat Teri Ki"		^[10]
Tele Cine Awards	Best Actress (Bangladesh)	Nusrat Faria Mazhar		^[11]

Notes and References

News: Shakib's 'Shikari' rules box office . Samakal . 9 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160710151242/http://www.samakal.net/2016/07/09/7092 . 10 July 2016 . 16 July 2016.
News: Eid release 'Shikari' rules box office . dead . Prothom Alo . https://web.archive.org/web/20170716193138/http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/111357/Eid-release-%E2%80%98Shikari%E2%80%99-rules-box-office . 16 July 2017 . 16 July 2016.
News: Shikari – Tops in Eid Release . The Daily Star . 15 July 2016 . 16 July 2016.
Web site: bn:বাংলাদেশে সেরা ব্যবসা সফল যে ১০ চলচ্চিত্র . https://www.sunnews24x7.com/news/article/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0/14887 . 2023-05-17 . www.sunnews24x7.com . bn . 2023-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230517181559/https://www.sunnews24x7.com/news/article/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0/14887 . live .
News: Meet JEET's leading lady in BADSHAH – Nusraat Faria . India . 12 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601143640/http://cinekolkata.com/news_4.html . 1 June 2016 . dead .
News: Dev, Jeet not ready to ditch remakes? . The Times of India . 5 May 2016.
News: Mazumdar . Shreyanka . Ganguly . Ruman . 16 May 2017 . Here are the remake Rajas of Tollywood . . 2023-02-28 . 0971-8257.
Web site: The muhurat of Jeet's "Badshah" took place early morning on Friday at Kolkata . Cine Kolkata . 5 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601142919/http://cinekolkata.com/news_26.html . 1 June 2016 . dead .
Web site: Badshah – The Don by Akassh, Suddho Roy . 27 June 2016. Saavn . 25 June 2017.
News: Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards (East). Filmfare. 26 June 2017.
News: Razzak conferred with a lifetime achievement award in Kolkata. Dhaka Tribune. 26 June 2017.