Kahaani (2012)

Director:

Sujoy Ghosh

Writers:

Sujoy Ghosh (screenplay)
Sujoy Ghosh (story)
(more)

Release Date:

8 March 2012 (Kuwait)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A mother of a story

Plot:

A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met her husband.

Plot Keywords:

Kolkata | Missing Husband | Pregnant Woman | Actress Shares First Name With Character | Terrorism

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Vidya Balan	...	Vidya Venkatesan-Bagchi
Parambrata Chatterjee	...	Inspector Satyaki Sinha aka Rana (as Parambrata Chattopadhyay)
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Bhaskaran
Saswata Chatterjee	...	Bob Biswas
Indraneil Sengupta	...	Arnab Bagchi / Milan Damji
Nawazuddin Siddiqui	...	Mr. Khan
Darshan Jariwala	...	Retd. Colonel Bajpai
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sk. Azad Ahmed	...	Drunk at Monalisa
Masood Akhtar	...	Rasik Tyagi
Mohd. Faiz Alam	...	Bob's Boss
Roshni Ali	...	Student
Anindya Banerjee	...	Bimal
Kamalika Banerjee	...	Receptionist
Dibyendu Bardhan	...	Police Inspector
Paresh Bhowmick	...	Drunk at Monalisa (as Paresh Bhowmik)
Pamela Singh Bhutoria	...	Sapna (as Pamela Singh Bhutori)
Colleen Blanche	...	Agnes D'Mello
Mita Chakraborty	...	Mrs. Bose
Mithun Chakraborty	...	IB Agent
Abir Chatterjee	...	Arup Basu
Kalyan Chatterjee	...	Ramesh Pal
Phalguni Chatterjee	...	Headmaster
Rumki Chatterjee	...	Old Woman At Metro
Vishal Chowdhury	...	Fat Man
Shaubhik Das	...	Drunk at Monalisa
Sourav Das	...	TV Veiwer
Nitya Ganguly	...	Monalisa Manager
Shankar Ghoshal	...	Milan's Neighbour (as Shankar Ghosal)
Taranjit Kaur	...	Mother at Metro Station
Bhaskar Majumdar	...	Mr. Bose
Kharaj Mukherjee	...	Inspector Chatterjee
Ritobroto Mukherjee	...	Bishnu
Santilal Mukherjee	...	R. Shridhar
Kunal Padhy	...	Dr. Ganguly (as Kunal Padhi)
Debdas Saha	...	Monalisa Manager's Friend
Debashish Sarkar	...	IB Agent
Riddhi Sen	...	Poltu
Arindam Sil	...	TV Veiwer
Nandadulal Tripathi	...	NDC Guard
Amit Vasudeva	...	IB Agent

Directed by
Sujoy Ghosh

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sujoy Ghosh		screenplay
Sujoy Ghosh		story
Advaita Kala		story
Suresh Nair		additional screenplay
Ritesh Shah		dialogue
Nikhil Vyas		additional screenplay

Produced by
Mohammed Attarwala	....	co-executive producer
Dhaval Gada	....	co-executive producer
Kushal Gada	....	producer
Sujoy Ghosh	....	producer
Suresh Nair	....	co-executive producer
Sameer Rajendran	....	co-executive producer
Sameer Rajendran	....	co-producer
Arindam Sil	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Vishal Dadlani
Shekhar Ravjiani

Cinematography by
Satyajit Pande

Film Editing by
Namrata Rao

Casting by
Roshmi Banerjee

Costume Design by
Suchismita Dasgupta
Sabyasachi Mukherji

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Soumyabrata Rakhsit	....	second assistant director
Jayanti Sen	....	second second assistant director
Abhishek Sengupta	....	associate director
Deepak Thomas	....	third assistant director
Zico	....	third assistant director

Sound Department
Sushant Amin	....	supervising sound editor
Alok De	....	sound re-recording mixer
Parminder Singh Jasdhol	....	film dubbing
Allwyn Rego	....	sound designer
Imran Shaikh	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Amarjyoti Borah	....	CG artist: Intermezzo Studios
Vagaram Choudhary	....	matte painting supervisor
Praveen Dsouza	....	senior visual effects artist: Intermezzo Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Ankit Jain	....	visual effects artist: Intermezzo Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Ketan Kale	....	visual effects artist
Sandeep Kamal	....	visual effects supervisor
Piyush Khandelwal	....	lead CG artist: Intermezzo Studios
Hemant Kulshrestha	....	compositor: Intermezzo Studios
Thou Mangang	....	texture lead artist
Vinay Matkari	....	compositor: Intermezzo Studios
Vikas Surajbali Nag	....	digital compositor: Intermezzo Studios
Rajiv Raghunathan	....	digital intermediate production head
Soochack Sukhadia	....	visual effects artist
Yash Vinod Talwar	....	visual effects producer: Intermezzo Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Rahul Vishwakarma	....	vfx/cg supervisor: Intermezzo Studios

Stunts
Shyam Kaushal	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Siddharth Diwan	....	additional cinematographer

Casting Department
Manjira Dey	....	assistant casting director
Utsarjana Mutsuddi	....	assistant casting director
Amit Kumar Roy	....	assistant casting director
Avik Roy	....	assistant casting director

Editorial Department
Datatraya Ghodke	....	assistant editor
Rohit Karkera	....	digital intermediate conformist
Shilpan Vyas Tinu	....	post-production consultant

Music Department
Amitabh Bachchan	....	playback singer
Clinton Cerejo	....	background score
Clinton Cerejo	....	lyricist
Vishal Dadlani	....	lyricist
Vishal Dadlani	....	playback singer
Anvita Dutt	....	lyricist
Shreya Ghoshal	....	playback singer
Kay Kay	....	playback singer
Vishwesh Krishnamurthy	....	playback singer
Mikey McCleary	....	arrangement
Shekhar Ravjiani	....	playback singer
Simaab Sen	....	producer: background music
Sukhwinder Singh	....	playback singer
Sandeep Srivastava	....	lyricist
Usha Uthup	....	playback singer

Other crew
Amira Bhargava	....	assistant post-production
Amira Bhargava	....	post production assistant
Shyam Kaushal	....	action director
Soma Roy	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Amitabh Bachchan	....	thank you (as Mr. Amitabh Bachchan)
Mamata Banerjee	....	thank you (as Ms. Mamata Banerjee)
Gautam Mohan Chakraborty	....	thank you (as Mr. Gautam Mohan Chakraborty)
Prasenjit Chatterjee	....	thank you (as Mr. Prosenjit Chatterjee)
Sovan Chattopadhyay	....	thank you (as Mr. Sovan Chattopadhyay)
Aditya Chopra	....	thank you (as Mr. Aditya Chopra)
Raja Narayan Deb	....	special thanks (as Mr. Raja Narayan Deb)
Nimai Ghosh	....	special thanks (as Mr. Nemai Ghosh)
Protyush Ghosh	....	thank you (as Mr. Protyush Ghosh)
Ramlal Nandy	....	special thanks (as Mr. Ram Lal Nandi)
Rishma Pai	....	thank you (as Dr. Rishma Pai)
Arun Roy	....	special thanks (as Mr. Arun Roy)
Panchu Roy	....	special thanks (as Mr. Pachu Roy)
Parag Roy	....	special thanks (as Mr. Parag Roy)
Purnendu Roy	....	special thanks (as Dr. Purnandu Roy)
Supratim Sarkar	....	special thanks (as Mr. Supratim Sarkar)
Javed Shamim	....	special thanks (as Mr. Javed Samim)

Production Companies

• Boundscript
• Pen Movies

Distributors

• Viacom18 Motion Pictures (2012) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Intermezzo Studios

Other Companies

• Light n Light  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Story" - International (English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | Bengali

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Company:

Boundscript

Trivia:

The climactic Durga Puja sequence was shot at the Ballygunge Cultural Club pandal on Dussehra.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The ex IB Officer is introduced as Capt Bajpayee but later he is addressed as Colonel.

Movie Connections:

References Taking Lives (2004)

Soundtrack:

Ekla Cholo Re

Kahaani Is An Enthralling Watch :D

Who would expect that someone who directed 'Home Delivery' could create magic. Sujoy Ghosh's 'Kahaani' is a mouth watering treat for any movie lover. Right from the very beginning till the end the tight narrative keeps the viewer on his toes without any hiccups whatsoever. Starring Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi(Bidya Bagchi) as a wife who is in search of his husband Arnab Bagchi and in its course arrives in Kolkata all the way from London even though she is pregnant. The story follows her search at the same time playing with your mind with many twists and turns. After a long time have I seen a film in which every actor has given a peach of a performance and thus requires a special mention. From Parambrata Chatterjee who plays the role of inspector Rana who helps Vidya find her husband to Office Khan played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui to even Saaswata Chatterjeeas who plays the serial killer Bob every one is brilliant. I am really looking forward to more actors from the Bangla film industry to shine in Bollywood. The script is tight with loop holes you don't even bother worrying about and to add to that the haunting background score that gives you the true feeling of a thriller. Though it awkwardly seems a bit longer than its 2 hour running time I still won't mind watching it again. And yes Vidya Balan our very own Meryl Streep is almost certain to get another filmfare and national award. Of course the year has just started but i might just be disappointed if she doesn't get it. Ha! really satisfied with Kahaani.

7.5/10 for Kahaani and another 0.5 for the collective acting performances of the cast. Audience which included a lot of family and friends - 3.5/5