Yuddho

Yuddho
Official poster
Directed by	Rabi Kinagi
Screenplay by	N.K. Salil Ravi Kinagi (story) [1]
Produced by	Shree Venkatesh Films
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Debashree Roy Jeet Koel Mallick Kaushik Banerjee Bharat Kaul Rajatava Dutta
Cinematography	K V RAMANNA
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Release date	29 July 2005 (2005-07-29)[2]
Running time	166 mins
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Budget	₹ 1.5 crore[3]
Box office	₹ 3.5 crore[4]

Yuddho (or Juddho; English: War) is a 2005 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Ravi Kinnagi. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet, two biggest superstars of Bengal for the first time together, along with Debashree Roy, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles, while Bharat Kaul, Kaushik Banerjee, Sumit Ganguly, Sanjib Dasgupta and N. K. Salil play another pivotal roles.^[5] The story revolves around a police officer who is falsely accused of murdering his wife and imprisoned as he has been investigating a rape case that involves the younger brother of a powerful MLA. The officer then manages to evade the prison and get his revenge.

The screenplay and dialogue of the film were written by N. K. Salil. The music of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli, with the action sequences by Judo Ramu.^[1] It was an all-time blockbuster at the box office with a long run consisting of 180 days in the theatres and also became the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2005.^[4]

Massively, Yuddho got positive reviews from the critics and audiences. Choreography of the car and bike chasing sequences was praised by the critics, with performances by the entire cast particularly the electrifying chemistry among Mithun Chakraborty, Jeet and Rajatava Dutta. After the broadcast of Sangeet Bangla, all the songs of the film aired on it and became chartbusters breaking all records during its release.

DSP Agnishwar Ray (Mithun Chakraborty), a stone hearted and honest police officer who is very loyal to his duty, is called the 'Baap (father) of all the criminals'. According to his theory, he always gives a every criminal a chance of redemption. On any additional meetings, the criminal goes to hospital or morgue. His aggressive approach keeps him being transferred to other stations. His 25th transfer is to Uttarpara police station. His wife, Sandhya Roy (Debashree Roy), is pleased with their relationship and does not attribute an angry nature to Agnishwar'sbehavior.

In the Keyatola area of Uttarpara, there lives a good-hearted local vagabond gangster named Surya Sinha (Jeet). Other goons and the police avoid him intensely. Agnishwar confronts Surya at the police station about being agoon and Surya warns Agnishwar that if he enters Keyatola there will be trouble. Agnishwar is in Keyatola and they fight but he cannot be arrested because Agnishwar must go to his ill wife.

Meena, the daughter of the reputed teacher of the locality Master Moshai, has been brutally gang-raped, and left to die, after attending with friend Barsha (Koel Mallick) a college function. Ranjit Saha (Bharat Kaul), the younger brother of the local MLA named Joy Chand Saha (Rajatava Dutta), abducts Meena and Barsha, the latter escapes. Surya learns of the assault by Ranjit on Meena and attacks Ranjit at his home. Ranjit's bodyguards call the police and Surya is detained.

Agnishwar learns from Surya why Ranjit was attacked. Ranjit is arrested and Barsha agrees to give evidence in court. MLA Saha seeks revenge by having the henchman Kallu (Sumit Ganguly) kill Agnishwar's pregnant wife Sandhya while marketing. Kallu attacks her, but the attempt to kill her is thwarted when Surya sees Sandhya attacked. Agnishwar is thankful to Surya and comes to learn that Surya wants to be a police officer but for the circumstances that made him a goon.

The MLA gets Agnishwar put in prison and his wife Sandhya murdered. Agnishwar starts his revenge; he slowly kills all the persons responsible for putting him behind bars and the attempted killing of his wife, ending with the death of the MLA and himself at the hands of Surya, who has by now become a police officer.

• Mithun Chakraborty as DSP Agnishwar Roy
• Jeet as Surya Sinha, A local gangster from Keyatola turned Sub-inspector
• Debashree Roy as Sandhya Roy
• Koel Mullick as Barsha Sinha
• Rajatava Dutta as Joy Chand Saha, MLA of Uttarpara
• Kaushik Banerjee as Deepak Ghoshal, Agnishwar Roy's junior in the department
• Bharat Kaul as Ranjit Saha, Joy Chanda Saha's younger brother
• Sumit Ganguly as Kaalu, Joy Chand Saha's henchman
• N.K. Salil as constable Haripada
• Ashok Mukherjee as DG Uttam Dutta
• Sanjib Dasgupta as DSP Pradhan
• Mrityun Hazra as Ratan Basak

Initially, the role of Mrs. Sandhya Roy was offered to Rachna Banerjee and then to Rituparna Sengupta. After both of them refused to play the role, it was offered to Debashree Roy.^[6]