Zulfiqar (film)

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Zulfiqar (Bengali pronunciation: [zʊl.fɪˈqar]) is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language epic gangster action crime film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s two tragedies—Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast of Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Ankush Hazra, Kaushik Sen, Nusrat Jahan, Rahul Banerjee and Paoli Dam in the leads. The film revolves around Zulfiqar Ahmed, a powerful figure in the Kolkata underworld whose rise to dominance triggers betrayal and eventual assassination by his trusted associates. The soundtrack and background score of the film were composed by Anupam Roy and Indraadip Dasgupta respectively. The cinematography of this film was by Soumik Halder, while the editing was done by Mukherji himself and Anindya Chattopadhyay. The action...

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