Rajkumar (transl. Prince) is a 1964 Hindi film directed by K. Shankar. It stars Prithviraj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Sadhana, Pran, Om Prakash. The music is by Shankar-Jaikishan and the lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. The film became a huge box office hit.[1]
The Maharaja is eager to see his foreign-returned son, Bhanupratap, who will eventually take over the reign of the region. When he finally gets to see his son, he is shocked to see that the crown prince is in fact a "clown" prince. He openly shows his disgust and disappointment, and decides to continue to rule. Bhanupratap and his friend, Kapil, decide to dress incognito and mingle with the general public and find out if there is anyone conspiring to dethrone the king. What they find out will change their lives, and endanger the lives of their loved ones as well.
The antagonist Narpat, who is the brother of prince's stepmother kills the tribal king and incriminates Bhanupratap of the murder, compelling his daughter Princess Sangeeta to avenge her father's death. The Maharaja however, assures her that justice will be done the next day. Bhanupratap escapes the palace with the help of his friend and disguises himself as Bhagatram, while romancing the unaware princess. Finally, the Prince manages to get proof of his innocence to the Maharaja, but Narpat imprisons the king by binding him on his throne far away from public view and ask the princess to avenge her father's death by shooting the prince with a bow and arrow and accidentally also reveals that Bhanupratap was disguised as Bhagatram. Sangeeta though not happy to shoot the love of her life, lifts the bow to shoot the prince when all the prince's friends, nanny and well wishers attack Narpat's goons, thereby rescuing the Maharaja in the process. The Prince and Narpat had a fight at the end and he hands over Narpat to the princess. The princess shoots Narpat, the real murderer of her father. The Prince and the Princess get married and live happily ever after.
Rajkumar (transl. Prince) is a 1996 Indian Hindi historical fantasy film directed by Pankaj Parashar. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjay Mishra.[1] The film was a disaster at the box office.[2]
Rani Maa's husband is killed by the neighbouring kingdom's evil Prime Minister Man Singh. The Prime Minister absolves himself from this killing and blames it on the king, the father of Rajkumari Vishaka. Rani Maa swears to avenge the death against the Rajkumari. Man Singh also has a twin brother, Surjan Singh, who is not evil at all, albeit a little naive. Rani Maa is shocked and aghast when she finds out that her only son, Rajkumar is in love with Rajkumari. She sets out to oppose this marriage, while Rajkumar will leave no stone unturned to marry Rajkumari. The stage is set for mother and son to decide whether it is in their best interest to include someone in the family who has killed a husband and a father respectively.
India Today wrote, "The film meanders through witch lairs and palaces but accomplishes little. Madhuri Dixit's dances seem repetitive and even the director's occasional flashes of brilliance are not enough to prop up the threadbare script."[4]
Rajkumar[a] is a 2024 Bangladeshi romance drama film directed by Himel Ashraf and produced by Arshad Adnan under the banner of his Versatile Media. The film revolves around the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man's journey from Bangladesh to America featuring Shakib Khan along with Courtney Coffey (in her Bangladeshi debut) in the lead roles. It is the second collaboration between Shakib Khan, Himel Ashraf and Arshad Adnan trio after success of Priyotoma (2023).
The principal photography of the film was commenced on December 12, 2023, with filming taking place in Dhaka, Pabna, Kushtia, Manikganj, Tangail, Gazipur and Rangamati in Bangladesh, Chennai in India and also 18 day in New York, USA. The films cinematography by Sheikh Rajibul Islam with editing was by Simit Ray Antor and choreography handle by Adil Sheikh and Ashok Raja, with action directed by Rajesh Kannan. It's soundtrack composed by Akassh, Prince Mahmud, Emon Chowdhury, Sajid Sarker and Joel Van Dijk while background music by Emon Saha.
The film follows the journey of a determined young man from a rural village in Bangladesh to the bustling streets of the USA in search of his long-lost mother. Along the way, he navigates immigration hurdles, cultural differences, personal challenges, and unexpected encounters. The profound impact of his search leaves an indelible mark and shatters his life forever.
The director of the film Himel Ashraf has also written the story and screenplay of Rajkumar. He wrote the story of the film during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the United States in 2020. He said that the story came to his mind when he went to United States in 2018, although he did not write it at that time. Then in 2020, when New York was on lockdown due to COVID-19, he spent the whole time writing this story. Shakib Khan spent nine months in the United States in 2021. Then the whole time he stayed with the story of Rajkumar cinema.[6] The director of photography in the film is Rajibul Islam Rajib, who previously worked in Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's No Bed of Roses (2017). Emon Chowdhury is also working as a music director.[7] Quoting sources close to the film, Samakal confirmed that the film has been made with a budget more than 8 crore.[1]
On November 14, 2017, at the 16th Channel i Music Awards held in New York City, USA, the protagonist of the film Shakib Khan announced a new film from his own production company SK Films. He said that it will be directed by Himel Ashraf. Although the name of the film was not finalized at that time. Shakib Khan said, we have planned to made a big film here (USA) for our Bangladeshi cinema industry with domestic and foreign technicians, artists. And had it not been for covid, it would have been shot for so long and released here.[8][9][10] On the announcement of the film, director Himel Ashraf told Channel i Online, the story and screenplay of this new movie is mine. 70% of the movie will be shot in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Hollywood sometime next year (2022). The rest of the shooting will be in Bangladesh.[11] Then on March 28, 2022, the film's Maharat was held in World's Fair Marina, Queens, New York on the occasion of Shakib Khan's 43rd birthday. The film's name and the actress' name were announced in Maharat. The film is titled Rajkumar were taken and American actress Courtney Coffey has been announced as the lead actress of the film.[12] The film will be co-produced by Shakib Khan with Zakaria Masood and Kazi Riton, will be produced under Shakib Khan's SK Films banner, confirmed at the event. Shakib Khan said in the event that not only Bangladesh, "Rajkumar" will be released in different countries of the world including USA, London, Middle East, Canada, India.[13] Prothom Alo quoting the director Himel Ashraf's source, said that the filming of Rajkumar will be begin in July 2022.[14] The film's protagonist Shakib Khan was supposed to come to Dhaka on April 25, 2022 to participate in the filming, but in the end he did not come.[15] Later he came to Bangladesh on 17th August on the year.[16] After the massive success of Priyotoma (2023), produced by Arshad Adnan, in an interview with Channel i Online, director Himel Ashraf confirmed that Arshad Adnan will also produce Rajkumar.[17][18] Later, Courtney Coffey came to Dhaka on December 9, 2023 to participate in the filming.[19] Then on December 10, they participated in a photoshoot during Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin's 74th birthday event.[20][21]
86 actresses expressed interest to be the lead actress of Rajkumar. Initially 40 actresses were called for auditions based on their profiles. Among them, out of the 40 people in the primary selection, 10 actresses are kept through auditions. Among those 10 actresses, the top three are selected of them.[22] Director Himel Ashraf said, according to the demand of the story, an American actress has been taken, who can speak a little Bengali. Courtney Coffey was contacted by a casting agency in New York while looking for the lead actress of the film. Later, acting, look, dance were checked in accordance with the story and finally the brown-eyed blonde Courtney Coffey was finalized as the heroine of Rajkumar.[23] Courtney Coffey said at the event of Maharat of this film, "I am grateful to be associated with this work. The movie is going to be a very beautiful story." She is learning Bengali language for the film, which she also confirmed by her Facebook post.[24][25] In this regard the director said that Courtney Coffey cannot speak fluent in Bengali language. But what is in the script, she has mastered it well. Her seriousness is impressive.[26] Veteran actor Tariq Anam Khan played the role of Shakib Khan's father in the film. The extent of Tariq Anam Khan's character in the film is about 15 minutes, which he confirmed in a press conference.[27][28] Famous actress Mahiya Mahi was rumored to play Shakib Khan's mother in the film,[29][30] which was later confirmed by The Daily Star.[31] She participated in the final lot at Sajek Valley in Rangamati.[32]
The film's shooting began on December 12, 2023 with Shakib Khan and Courtney Coffey at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Dhaka.[33][34][35] According to director, Shakib Khan, Courtney Coffey, Ejajul Islam and Arfan Mridha Shiblu participated in the first day of filming.[4] The director confirmed with Jago News 24 that they will shoot in Dhaka for four days. Then filming will be in Pabna for 12 days. Next year will shoot in USA.[36] It has been reported that Rajkumar is being made based on the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man moving from Bangladesh to America.[34] After filming of two small lots in Gazipur and Manikganj of Dhaka till December 14, actress Courtney Coffey returned to the United States on December 15.[37] Then on December 18, the work of the second lot of the film started in Pabna.[38] Director Himel Ashraf confirmed that the filming of the second lot will continue for 9 consecutive days in Pabna.[39][40] In early January, Channel i reported that 30 percent shooting of the film has already been completed in the country. And by the end of this month, the remaining 70 percent will be shot at different locations in the US.[7]
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