Cockpit (2017 film)

Cockpit is an Indian Bengali language drama film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures.[1] The film features Dev, Koel Mallick and Rukmini Maitra in the lead roles.[2][3] This is the second time Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and Dev are working as a director-actor duo, after the 2013 film Chander Pahar.[1][4][5]

Cockpit
Movie poster
Directed by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Produced by	Gurupada Adhikari & Dev
Written by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Starring	Dev Koel Mallick Rukmini Maitra Ziaul Roshan
Music by	Arindom Chatterjee
Edited by	Rabiranjan Maitra
Production company	Dev Entertainment Ventures
Distributed by	Piyali Films (India) Jaaz Multimedia (Bangladesh)
Release date	22 September 2017 (India) 8 December 2017 (Bangladesh)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Cockpit is a story inspired by true incidents. The story follows a flight that is going from Mumbai to Kolkata and gets hit from bad turbulent weather.[1][3] The film will follow as the pilot attempts to land the plane, even with damaged engines.[1]

Cast

• Dev as Captain Dibyendu Rakshit[6]
• Koel Mallick as Riya Dev Rakshit[7]
• Rukmini Maitra as Kirti Sachdev
• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Captain Dibakar Rakshit, Dibyendu's father
• Bulbuli Panja as Captain Dibakar Rakshit's wife/ Captain Dibyendu Rakshit's mother
• Ziaul Roshan as Neel Banerjee, Dibyendu's assistant
• Shataf Figar as Air Traffic Controller
• Paran Bandopadhyay as Mr. Dutta
• Priyanka Sarkar as Afreen Hamidi
• Raj Chakraborty as Shanu Ghoshal
• Anindya Chatterjee as Kitty's Father
• Saayoni Ghosh as Monica / Kitty's Mother
• Arshiya Mukherjee as Kitty
• Roja Paromita Dey as Justin, Kriti's friend and an Airhostess
• Ambarish Bhattacharya as a passenger in the plane
• Nader Chowdhury as a passenger in the plane
• Abhisekh Singh as Ushnish
• Nasimul Haque
• Sonali Roy
• Diya Mukherjee
• Padmanava Dasgupta as TV news reporter
• Debomay Mukherjee as plane Pessanger
• Krishna Kishore Mukhopadhyay as Monica's father-in-law

Production

The film is produced by Dev, his second production after his film Chaamp.[1] When describing his reason for starring and producing in the film, Dev said "I am trying to do films that are offbeat yet commercial – ones that are out of the box. I can vouch for the concept of Cockpit. It is something no one has dealt with in the past. I am sure the audience will love it.".

Filming

Shooting for the film has taken place in Bangkok, Pattaya, Mumbai and Kolkata. The post-production of the film has been taking place in Mumbai.[8]

Release and reception

The film released on 22 September 2017 on the holiday of Durga Puja.[9] In November 2017, it was announced by Bangladeshi film company Jaaz Multimedia that through an exchange of films with SVF Entertainment, Cockpit will release in Bangladesh.The release date of cockpit in Bangladesh is 8 December.[10]

Critical reception

The Times of India gave the film a 4/5 star rating, calling it a must-watch film.[11] In their review, The Times of India praised the film for exploring a new topic and leaving room for expanding the film into a franchise for other characters, which it described as a "rarity" in an industry full of remakes. While the performances of the main cast was praised, the review criticized Dev's delivery of his English dialogue, describing it as sometimes "barely understood". The heavy use of visual effects was also criticized for being unrealistic, but overall the film was praised in all other aspects from the acting to the music.[11]

Soundtrack

Cockpit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Arindom Chatterjee
Released	2017
Genre	Feature film Soundtrack
Label	Zee Music Bangla
Producer	Arindom Chatterjee
Arindom Chatterjee chronology
Bolo Dugga Maiki (2017) Cockpit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017) Dhaka Attack (2017)
Singles from Cockpit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Mithe Alo" Released: 23 August 2017 "Bhalobasa Jaak" Released: 5 September 2017 "Kolkatar Rasogolla" Released: 12 September 2017 "Khela Shesh" Released: 19 September 2017

The soundtrack for the film has been composed by Arindom Chatterjee. The soundtrack contains four songs, including some sung by popular singers Atif Aslam and Arijit Singh. The first single, titled "Mithe Alo", has been sung by Atif Aslam[12] and was released on 23 August 2017. The second single from the album, "Bhalobasa Jaak", is sung by Arijit Singh and Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury and was released on 5 September.[13] "Kolkatar Rasogolla" was released as a single on 12 September.[14] "Khela Shesh" was released as the final single on 19 September.[15] On 15 September the soundtrack was officially released mid-air on a special flight, a first for a Tollywood soundtrack.[16]

All music is composed by Arindom Chatterjee.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mithe Alo"	Anindya Chottopadhay	Atif Aslam and Nikhita Gandhi	04:57
2.	"Bhalobasa Jaak"	Prasen (Prasenjit Mukherjee)	Arijit Singh and Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury	04:14
3.	"Kolkatar Rasogolla" (Originally composed by Bappi Lahiri)	Pulak Bandyopadhyay	Kavita Krishnamurthy and Stylebhai	4:28
4.	"Khela Shesh"	Kaushik Ganguly	Arijit Singh	4:52
5.	"Khela Shesh (Reprise)"	Kaushik Ganguly	Arijit Singh	4:10
Total length:				18:31

World television premiere

The film premiered on television on 14 January 2018 in Zee Bangla and Zee Bangla Cinema.

Accolades

The film was nominated for multiple awards at the 2018 Filmfare Awards East.[17][18]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Award	Result	Notes	Ref.
2018	Kamaleswar Mukherjee	Best Director	Filmfare Award	Nominated	Filmfare Awards East	[17]
2018	Rukmini Maitra	Best Actress	Filmfare Award	Nominated	Filmfare Awards East	[17]
2018	Arijit Singh	Best Singer (Male)	Filmfare Award	Nominated	Filmfare Awards east for the film Cockpit
2018	Rukmini Maitra	Best Debut (Female)	Filmfare Award	Won	Filmfare Awards East Also for the film Chaamp	[18]

References

1. "Dev's Second home production Cockpit". sholoanabengaliana.in. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
2. "Cockpit's concept is something I can vouch for: Dev". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
3. "Dev, Koel & Rukmini fly sky-high for Cockpit". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
4. Cockpit Movie Review {4/5}: Critic Review of Cockpit by Times of India, retrieved 15 July 2019
5. Dev's film titled Cockpit, retrieved 15 July 2019
6. BanglaNews24.com. "যেমন হলো দেবের 'ককপিট'". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "ককপিটের শুটিং নিয়ে যা বললেন কোয়েল". rongginn | Latest Online News Paper in bd. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
8. "Here's when Cockpit trailer will release". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
9. Ghosh, Devarsi. "Seven Bengali films in a single week: The no-win game of Durga puja releases". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
10. "আসছে মিম-ফেরদৌস-রোশান, যাচ্ছে শাকিব-শুভ–ফারিয়ার ছবি". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
11. "Cockpit Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
12. Staff, Images (19 August 2017). "Atif Aslam's next song is going to be in Bengali". Images. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
13. Bhalobasa Jaak (From "Cockpit") – Single by Arijit Singh on Apple Music, 5 September 2017, retrieved 12 September 2017
14. "Kolkatar Rasogolla (From "Cockpit") – Single by Kavita Krishnamurthy on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
15. "Khela Shesh (From "Cockpit") – Single by Arijit Singh on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
16. ""Cockpit" music launch with Dev, Rukmini maitra and Sourav Ganguly. – Koel Mallick". Koel Mallick. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
17. "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
18. "All winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". Filmfare. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links

• Cockpit at IMDb