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Jole Jongole
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Bengali	জলে জঙ্গলে
Directed by	Nitish Roy
Written by	Nitish Roy Debaditya Dutta
Produced by	Surajit Das Kallol Das Ranjan Bhattacharjee (Executive Producer)
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Jackie Shroff Ashish Vidyarthi Tinnu Anand
Cinematography	Badal Sarkar
Edited by	Rabiranjan Maitra
Music by	Jeet Gannguli
Production company	Princes Art Production
Release date	5 January 2018 (2018-01-05)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Jole Jongole is a 2018 Indian Bengali-language science fiction thriller film directed by Nitish Roy, who was the production designer for the Hollywood horror film Crocodile 2: Death Swamp.

The film stars Mithun Chakraborty as a 'mad' scientist who wants to bring back prehistoric creatures, perished millions of years ago from the earth as he is trying to expand the brain of crocodiles. Jackie Shroff stars as the antagonist who wants to take control of dangerous crocodiles for his own park.

A few scenes of the film were shot in Prayag Film City in West Midnapore, and shooting was completed by early 2012, but got stuck in development hell and was finally released on 6 January 2018.

Plot

The film is based on the experiment done by a mad scientist (Mithun) who comes up with a lovable crocodile. Like the dolphins, this crocodile was implanted with intelligence. At this point, an NRI (Jackie) eyes this project as he wants to build his own Jurassic Park and wants to gain control of this crocodile.

Cast

• Mithun Chakraborty
• Jackie Shroff
• Ashish Vidyarthi
• Tinnu Anand
• Dibyendu Bhattacharya
• Dijana Dejanovic
• Biswajit Chakraborty
• Mumtaz Sorcar
• Titas Bhowmick
• Pamela Singh Bhutoria
• Sayantani Guhathakurta
• Riju Biswas
• Sayak
• Rajdeep Gupta
• Anindya Chatterjee
• Dhruba Lal
• Mumaith Khan as item number ""

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Priyo Chatterjee; all music is composed by Jeet Gannguli

Remake

The film will be remade in Hindi as Gehra Paani with a higher budget than the Bengali version. For the Hindi version, the cast and location will remain same except Mithun Chakraborty, who will be replaced by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt. Both the versions are being made at a budget of ₹25 crore (US$3.0 million) and would be shot in the Sunderban.

Critical reception

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Release

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References

1. "Tolly's tryst with a croc". The Times of India. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
2. "No small wonder". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
3. "Fun unlimited at 'Jole Jongole' sets". The Times of India. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
4. "Film city in West Bengal to be ready this year". 27 March 2012.
5. "Hello, Rakhi". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
6. "After Kahaani". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 21 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
7. "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu to star in remake of ' Jole Jongole'". The Hindu. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
8. "Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha to star in Hindi remake of Bengali film". Indian Express. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
9. "Mithun to play scientist in 'Jole Jongole'". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

• Jole Jongole at IMDb
• Jole Jongole Website

• 2018 films
• Films scored by Jeet Gannguli
• Films shot in West Bengal
• Indian science fiction thriller films
• Films about crocodilians
• Bengali-language science fiction films
• Bengali-language Indian films
• 2010s Bengali-language films