Shah Jahan Regency Explained

Shah Jahan Regency
Director:	Srijit Mukherji
Based On:	Chowringhee by Mani Shankar Mukherjee
Music:	Indraadip Das Gupta
Cinematography:	Gairik Sarkar
Editing:	Pronoy Dasgupta
Studio:	SVF Entertainment Matchcut Productions Pvt.Ltd.
Distributor:	SVF Entertainment
Screenplay:	Srijit Mukherjee
Country:	India
Language:	Bengali

Shah Jahan Regency is an Indian Bengali drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji,^[1] under the banner of SVF Entertainment Pvt Ltd, starring Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Anjan Dutt, Mamata Shankar, Anirban Bhattacharya, Swastika Mukherjee, Rudranil Ghosh and Rittika Sen while Rituparna Sengupta and Babul Supriyo appear in Guest appearances.^[2] The movie, based on the popular novel Chowringhee by Mani Shankar Mukherjee, was released on 18 January 2019.^[1]

Plot

The movie is based on the well-known novel Chowringhee by popular Bengali author Mani Shankar Mukherjee (Sankar).^[3] The 1968 film Chowringhee is an iconic Bengali film, based on the namesake novel, and starring Supriya Devi, Uttam Kumar, Subhendu Chatterjee,Anjana Bhowmik, Utpal Dutt and Biswajit.

Cast

• Anjan Dutt as Makaranda Paul, owner of Shah Jahan Regency
• Mamata Shankar as Mrs Sarkar, mother of Arnab Sarkar
• Rudranil Ghosh as Barun Raha
• Abir Chatterjee as Samiran Bose
• Parambrata Chatterjee as Rudra Mukherjee
• Anirban Bhattacharya as Arnab Sarkar
• Swastika Mukherjee as Kamalini Guha, a Suite Hostess and escort of Mr. Agarwal
• Rittika Sen as Supreeta Mitra, an airhostess
• Rituparna Sengupta as Gayatri Chakraborti, in a Guest appearance
• Babul Supriyo as Mr. Agarwal, a rich businessman in a Guest appearance
• Kanchan Mullick as Dhananjoy 'Dheno' Chatterjee, maternal uncle of Arnab Sarkar
• Pallavi Chatterjee as Mrs. Mala Paul
• Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee as Nitya Banerjee aka Nitty-gritty
• Ushasie Chakraborty as Disha

Release

The official trailer of the film was launched by SVF on 20 December 2018.^[4]

Soundtrack

Shah Jahan Regency
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Anupam Roy and Prasen
Genre:	Featured Film Soundtrack
Released:	2 March 2019
Label:	SVF
Length:	34:38
Language:	Bengali
Chronology:	Anupam Roy
Prev Title:	Debi
Prev Year:	2018
Year:	2019
Next Title:	Konttho
Next Year:	2019

The soundtrack was composed by Anupam Roy and Prasen on lyrics of Anupam Roy, Dipangshu Acharya and Ritam Sen.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ‘Shah Jahan Regency’: Srijit Mukherji eyeing a Christmas release. The Times of India. 30 August 2018. 25 July 2018. 12 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181012205019/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/shah-jahan-regency-srijit-mukherji-eyeing-a-christmas-release/articleshow/65131717.cms. live.
2. News: The cast of Srijit Mukherji's Shah Jahan Regency revealed . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703100457/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/the-cast-of-srijit-mukherji-s-shah-jahan-regency-revealed-241823. dead. 3 July 2018. Chatterjee. Arindam. The Telegraph . 3 July 2018 . 30 August 2018.
3. Web site: Srijit Mukherji: ‘Shah Jahan Regency’ is a reinterpretation, not reincarnation of ‘Chowringhee’. The Times of India. 30 August 2018. 31 July 2018. 16 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180916015604/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/srijit-mukherji-shah-jahan-regency-is-a-reinterpretation-not-reincarnation-of-chowringhee/articleshow/65211155.cms. live.
4. Web site: Shah Jahan Regency - Official Trailer - Parambrata - Abir - Swastika - Anirban - Srijit - SVF. SVF. YouTube. 20 December 2018. 4 September 2019. 20 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190520004801/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOjEf0aOpM. live.