| Sangabora | |
| Native Name: | সঙ্গাবোরা |
| Director: | Bulan Bhattacharjee |
| Producer: | Prashantbhai Haradhan Kundu |
| Screenplay: | Sushanta Bhattacharjee |
| Music: | Raja Narayan Deb |
| Cinematography: | Sunirmal Majumdar |
| Editing: | Tapas Chakraborty |
| Studio: | Shiv Shakti Creation |
| Distributor: | A Raa Info and Entertainments |
| Runtime: | 142 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Bengali |
Sangabora is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language adventure film written and directed by Bulan Bhattacharjee. Starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Samadarshi Dutta and Bidita Bag, the film explores the adventures of a college-goer and his team as they find a mysterious stone which turns out to be a treasure map.
Sangabora premiered at Priya Cinema, Kolkata and opened in limited release on 25 March 2016.
Following puzzling events involving the disappearance of two documentary filmmakers; Arka, a college-goer, comes across a village where an ancient stone was recently discovered. He finds a primeval inscription on the stone and decides to investigate further with the aid of his maternal uncle and Barsha, a linguist. After a strange turn of events which connects the stone to the missing filmmakers; they set out for a mission to find them, leading them to a remote village named Gorang. They soon realize that they are being hunted by a gang who were after the stone, since it was nothing but a treasure map.
Made with a limited budget Sangabora was filmed at Gujarat, Kolkata, Mumbai and Visakhapatnam for over 32 days and was completed by October 2015.
A logo of the film was released on 18 February 2016, at the Kolkata Press Club.[1] [2] The poster was launched on 9 March 2016, at The Peerless Inn, Kolkata.[3] The film had its theatrical release on 25 March 2016.[4]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Anusree Gupta of NEWSMEN wrote– "Sangabora promised a mix of adventure and mystery: it had a strong plot and talented actors, but the execution has been very poor." Applauding Kharaj Mukherjee's acting, Gupta stated that ill-timed shots and forced romance sequences pulled the quality down.[5] Chitra Home Chowdhury of Dekh News found Soumitra Chatterjee's performance "powerful" and wrote that the film was "beautifully picturized".[6]
The soundtrack album for Sangabora was composed by Raja Narayan Deb, which includes three original songs and a theme song. Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali, Neeti Mohan, Timir Biswas, Kaushik Chakraborty and Arko Mukherjee contributed to the vocals.[4]