| MLA Fatakeshto | |
| Director: | Swapan Saha |
| Screenplay: | N.K. Salil |
| Story: | N. K. Salil |
| Starring: | Mithun Chakraborty Koel Mallick Debashree Roy Soumitra Chatterjee Rajatava Dutta |
| Music: | Jeet Gannguli |
| Editing: | Suresh Urs |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Budget: | 2 crores |
| Gross: | 7.50 crores[1] |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
MLA Fatakeshto is a 2006 Indian Bengali language political action film directed by Swapan Saha and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty in the titular role alongside Koel Mallick in lead roles, with Debashree Roy, Rajatava Dutta, Soumitra Chatterjee, and Shantilal Mukherjee in other supporting roles. This film is famous for its screenplay and dialogues written by N.K Salil,songs composed by Jeet Gannguli and action sequences designed by Judo Ramu. It was declared to be an all time blockbuster at the box office, helped by the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It is an adaptation of the 2001 Hindi movie which itself was a remake of 1999 Tamil movie Mudhalvan.
The film received generally positive reviews upon its release.Critics were particularly appreciative of the political issues and portrayal in the film,catchy dialogues, Mithun Chakraborty, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta`s performance,music and the slick action sequences. MLA Fatakeshto emerged as the highest grossing Bengali film of 2006.It won Anandalok Awards for the best Villain. MLA Fatakeshto was followed by Minister Fatakeshto,which released in 2007.
It has gained fame for its dialogues such as "Saala "(Here by me you will be hit and in the creamation ground your body will be fit) and ''Fatakeshto khobor dekhe na,khobor pore na, khobor toiri kore''(Neither Fatakeshto watches news,nor reads,he makes news).[2] [3] [4] The film collected at the Box Office.
It is the tale of seven days of a small time goon who becomes an M.L.A.
| MLA Fatakeshto | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Jeet Gannguli |
| Released: | 2006 |
| Recorded: | 2005 |
| Studio: | Shree Venkatesh Films |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language: | Bengali |
| Label: | SVF |
| Prev Title: | Priyotoma |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Refugee |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Made at the budget of 2 crore, the film was released with 61 prints and collected over 7.50 crore in 75 days.[5]