Holud Pakhir Dana

Holud Pakhir Dana (English: The Yellow Wings) is a 2013 Bengali film, directed by Kanoj Das and produced by Bidu Das under the banner of Dapro Film Production. The film features actors Dibyendu Mukherjee and Rimjhim Gupta in the lead roles. Surojit Chatterjee composed the music for this film. It released on 12 April 2013.

Holud Pakhir Dana
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kanoj Das
Produced by	Bidu Das
Screenplay by	Subrata Bhadra
Story by	Bidu Das
Starring	Dibyendu Mukherjee Rimjhim Gupta Sabyasachi Chakraborty Anuradha Ray
Music by	Surojit Chatterjee
Cinematography	Kamal Nayak
Edited by	M. Sushmit
Production company	Dapro Film Production
Distributed by	Dapro Film Production
Release date	12 April 2013 (Kolkata)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Riju (Dibyendu Mukherjee) is a doctor who was severely harmed when he got hit by a car. The car belonged to Saheli (Rimjhim Gupta), who is also a doctor. Saheli then tried to nurse Riju so that he came back to his health. She kept Riju at her residence for a period and as days passed, they fell in love. When Riju returned home, he discovered that his mother (Anuradha Ray) had died. He then went to Mathurapur when a doctor called him from there to inform him that a lot of villagers were ill due to consumption of spurious liquor. On the other hand, one day, Saheli came to know that she had cancer and she went to the "Painless Life Centre" and stayed there. Riju tried to find out the whereabouts of Saheli one day since they had not been in touch for a very long time. He landed up at the Centre one day and took Saheli back home as he wanted her to be by his side during her last days. She died after a few days.[1]

Cast

Main cast

• Dibyendu Mukherjee as Riju
• Rimjhim Gupta as Saheli

Supporting cast

• Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Dr Anirban
• Sonia Kohli as Doctor
• Anuradha Ray as Riju's mother
• Kalyani Mondal as Saheli's mother
• Ramen Raychowdhury as a doctor
• Monu Mukhopadhyay as the servant in Riju's house
• Nimai Ghosh
• Bidyut Das
• Sangeeta Sanyal

Soundtrack

Holud Pakhir Dana
Soundtrack album to Holud Pakhir Dana by Surojit Chatterjee
Released	29 March 2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:12
Language	Bengali

The soundtrack of Holud Pakhir Dana has been composed by Surojit Chatterjee.[2] The music release took place on 29 March 2013 at the South City Mall auditorium in the presence of All India Trinamool Congress M.P. Arup Biswas.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aaj Meghla Din (Version 1)"	Surojit Chatterjee	2:48
2.	"Aaj Meghla Din (Version 2)"	Raghab Chatterjee	4:57
3.	"Aami Aami (Duet)"	Shaan, June Banerjee	4:28
4.	"Aami Aami (Female)"	June Banerjee	4:28
5.	"Aami Megher Kol Chaine"	Surojit Chatterjee, Nipabithi Ghosh	4:57
6.	"Holud Pakhir Danaye"	Shaan	4:03
7.	"Lagche Lagche Bhalo"	Uttam Sarkar	3:25
8.	"Aaj Meghla Din (Sad Version)"	Surojit Chatterjee	5:06
Total length:			34:12

Critical reception

Professional reviews
Review scores
Source	Rating
Gomolo

Holud Pakhir Dana received mostly negative remarks from reviewers. Gomolo users rated it 2 out of 5 stars. Aditya Chakrabarty of Gomolo said, "Films made by Kanoj Das have had much stronger lines and social messages in the past, but this film is an exception. This is one soppy tearjerker and neither the story nor the performances are strong to hold your attention."[4]

Controversy

"I haven't heard the Cactus song. The film is based on a story by Bidu Das. Every colour has a different emotional connect and yellow is no different. It's also my heroine's favourite colour in the film."

Director Kanoj Das about the controversy on the title [5]

Members of the Bengali band Cactus claimed that the title Holud Pakhir Dana was inspired from their popular number "Holud Pakhi" and complained that the film gave no credits to the band.

Band member Sidhu said, "It's undoubtedly inspired from our track. Tomorrow, someone might come up with a title like Bhebe Dekhechho Ki and not give credit to "Mohiner Ghoraguli". We are not asking for royalty, but credit where it's due. In between, a film called Sudhu Tumi Elena had released. Everyone knows we also have a song by that name."[5]

Drummer Baji said, ""Holud Pakhi" is not just popular amongst the younger generation. Even those who do not follow music, also know about the song."[5]

References

1. Chakrabarty, Aditya. "Holud Pakhir Dana synopsis". Gomolo. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
2. "Album: Holud Pakhir Dana". Dhingana. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
3. "Holud Pakhir Dana's Music Launch". Tollywood Dhamaka. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
4. Chakrabarty, Aditya. "Holud Pakhir Dana review". Gomolo. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
5. "Holud pakhi rakes up controversy". Times of India. Retrieved 28 May 2013.