Comrade is a Bengali drama film directed by former Trinamul Congress student leader Shankudeb Panda.^[1] This film was released on 21 July 2017.^[2][3][4] The music is released by Amara Muzik.

Plot

The story based on the Singur - Nandigram violence which took place in the period of 2006 to 2007 in West Bengal. A peasants movement starts against land acquisition policy by the Government for industrialisation. The government stick on the point to acquire lands for a factory. Party workers confront with the farmers on the issue. Two women, Nandini and Radharani become the leader of the uprising. Nandini is gang-raped and murdered and Radharani commits suicide. Those horrific incidents make villagers to more united for their rights. Later Supreme Court of India orders to stop the land acquisition.^[5]

Cast

• Kharaj Mukherjee
• Ena Saha
• Moubani Sorcar
• Bhaswar Chattopadhyay
• Anindya Banerjee
• Prasun Gain
• Mainak Banerjee^[5]
• Rajarshi Sengupta

Production

The film is produced by Aatreyee Nirman Easel. Kharaj Mukherjee is playing a key role. The shooting is mainly done in various places of South and North Bengal, including Garhbeta, Singur and Kolkata. The music is composed by Surojit Chatterjee.

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