Network (2019 film)

Network is an Indian Bengali language thriller film, starring Saswata Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rini Ghosh, Bhaskar Banerjee, Indrajit Mazumder, Saptarshi Roy, Kartikey Tripathi, Eshani Ghosh, Saayoni Ghosh and Anindya Chatterjee, Darshana Banik. The film is the debut feature of director Saptaswa Basu who has co-written the screenplay with Rini Ghosh. This is the first Bengali feature film to feature a song of the RnB genre which is composed and sung by Raz Dee. The promotional track of this film is sung by Shaan and composed by Dabbu. The other songs are composed by Chirantan Banerjee and Aviraj Sen.

Network
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Saptaswa Basu
Produced by	Priti Basu Saptaswa Basu
Screenplay by	Rini Ghosh Saptaswa Basu
Starring	Saswata Chatterjee Sabyasachi Chakraborty Rini Ghosh Bhaskar Banerjee Indrajit Mazumder Saptarshi Roy Saayoni Ghosh Anindya Chatterjee Darshana Banik Rana Basu Thakur
Music by	Dabbu Raz Dee Chirantan Banerjee Aviraj Sen
Cinematography	Prosenjit Chowdhury (DOP) Ankit Sengupta (additional cinematography)
Edited by	Anirban Maity Saptaswa Basu (co-editor)
Production company	Neo Studios
Release date	28 June 2019
Country	India
Language	Bengali
Budget	₹15 million (US$210,000)

The film was theatrically released on 28 June 2019.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

Abhijit Ganguly (played by Saswata Chatterjee) is a media professional who has long lost his fame. After his daughter's death he has turned into a walking shadow, who is recognized by no one. When he gets to know about his terminal disease which will allow him to live only for one more year, he decides to put in all his own resources to make a new film and make a comeback to regain his lost fame. He teams up with a group of talented actors and production management team including Raj and Shreya, who become very trusted to him. However, he gets betrayed by these very associates and is left ruined. He creates a reality TV show named "Their Life", a unique show which deals with celebrity lifestyle. Through this show, he starts to take revenge on the persons who betrayed him one by one in each episode.[5]

Cast

• Saswata Chatterjee as Abhijit Ganguly
• Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Arindam Chakraborty
• Rini Ghosh as Shreya
• Indrajit Mazumder as Raj
• Kartikey Tripathi as Subho
• Bhaskar Banerjee as Subrata
• Eshani Ghosh as Puja
• Saayoni Ghosh as Priyanka (special appearance)
• Saptarshi Roy as Arjun Chatterjee
• Akshay Kapoor as Mr. Agarwal
• Anindya Chatterjee as Joy (special appearance)
• Darshana Banik as Prerna (special appearance)
• Rana Basu Thakur as Mr. Bose

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Filming

The film commenced its principal photography in mid 2017 and was wrapped up in early 2018. It was completed in three schedules including a song schedule, with intervals in between, to give time for rough edits and re-shoot decisions. A separate schedule was planned to shoot the climax sequence. The film has been shot in Kolkata, Bakrahat, Tajpur sea beach, Purple Movie town, Moon city studios and Raichak on Ganges. A few stock shots for the TV show sequence were shot in Andaman, Goa and Bangkok.[13][14]

Soundtrack

Network
Soundtrack album by Dabbu, Raz Dee, Chirantan Banerjee and Aviraj Sen
Released	2019
Recorded	2018
Studio	Amara Muzik Bengali
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Singles from Network
"Tokey Chhara (তোকে ছাড়া)" Released: 1 Oct 2018 "Deewana Bole Dake Amay" Released: 13 Feb 2019

All music is composed by Dabbu, Raz Dee, Chirantan Banerjee and Aviraj Sen.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer	Length
1.	"Tokey Chhara (তোকে ছাড়া)"	Abhishek Bagchi, Raz Dee	Raz Dee	Raz Dee	3:04
2.	"Deewana Bole Dake Amay"	Satrujit Dasgupta	Dabbu	Shaan, Jayeeta Roy	4:22

References

1. "Network : First Look Launch". Tollytrip. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
2. Bangaliana, Sholoana. "Upcoming Bengali Film Network Announced – Sholoanabangaliana Portal". sholoanabangaliana.in. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
3. "শাশ্বত চ্যাটার্জী'র এই "নেটওয়ার্ক" বেশ স্ট্রং!". Gulgal. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
4. "'Network'". Times of India. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
5. "Plot summary".
6. "The Times Group". epaperbeta.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
7. সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "'নেটওয়ার্ক'-এ প্রতিশোধ নেবেন শাশ্বত?". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
8. "দর্শকরদের সাথে আরও নেটওয়ার্ক স্ট্রং করছেন শাশ্বত'রা !". 17 July 2017.
9. "ইন্ডাস্ট্রির জালে জড়িয়ে পড়েছে এই দুই নবাগত !". Gulgul. 22 February 2018.
10. "Network - Saswata and Sabyasachi together in Saptaswa's - 'Network'!". Tollytrip. 21 July 2017.
11. ""NETWORK" Presents Yet Another Genre to Indian Music..!". Tollytrip. 23 November 2017.
12. "হালকা সাজে, আলতো শীতে জমে যাক এই সরস্বতী পুজো!". Gulgul. 22 January 2018.
13. "NETWORK filmimg coverage Part 1".
14. "NETWORK filming coverage Part 2".

External links

• Network at IMDb