Projapoti 2

About the film

Projapati 2 (Subtitled as Bhalobasha; Bengali pronunciation: [prɔd͡ʒapoti 2]; transl. Butterfly 2) is a 2025 Bengali-language culinary drama film directed by Avijit Sen. Produced by Dev and Atanu Raychaudhuri under the respective banners of Dev Entertainment Ventures and Bengal Talkies, Pranab Kumar Guha and Swastik Bibek Ruia served as its co-producers. A spiritual sequel to the 2022 blockbuster Projapati, the film stars Mithun Chakraborty and Dev in the lead roles, reuniting for the third time on-screen, alongside an ensemble cast of Anirban Chakrabarti, Jyotirmoyee Kundu (in her debut), Anumegha Kahali, Kharaj Mukherjee, Aparajita Auddy and Shakuntala Barua in other pivotal roles, with Idhika Paul in a special appearance. It revolves around a Bengali family's restaurant and home which become the backdrop for an emotional reunion as scattered generations return for a festival, forcing them to redefine their bonds and sense of belongings.

Initially titled as Protikkha, the film began its production in December 2024, marking Chakraborty's 359th and Dev's 48th film as actors. It was announced in January 2025, in the fourth collaboration between Sen and Dev, also pairing the latter with Paul for the third time. Principal photography commenced in July 2025 and wrapped by in October 2025. Predominantly shot in London and Edinburgh, portions were filmed in Kolkata. Music of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli, while Rathijit Bhattacharjee provided its score. Subhankar Bhar and Sujay Datta Ray handled its cinematography and editing respectively.

Plot

After certain death of his wife, Joy Chakraborty leaves India permanently and starts living in London as a chef with his only daughter Mimmim. His father Gour Chakraborty, a restaurant owner in Kolkata, wants his son to get remarried. He, along with his wife Ganga, daughter Babi and son-in-law Bishu try a lot to convince his son for remarriage. But Joy is happy with his daughter Mimmim and do not want to marry anyone else as he still loves his late wife.

During Durga Puja vacation, while Joy along with his daughter comee to India, though Video calling, Gour meets with Joy's colleague Madhu who is very close to Joy's daughter. Gour funded 5 million INR to Joy for opening Joy's own kitchen in London and also asked Joy to marry Madhu for the future of Mummum.

This 5 million INR Gour gained as an advance by selling his own beloved house to a local promoter which in turn caused his death. Following his father's death Joy decides to shift permanently again to India and renovates his father's restaurant for a fresh start as a symbol of Love of a child for his father.

Production

Following the success of Pradhan (2023), the box-office hit trio of Dev, director Avijit Sen and producer Atanu Raychaudhuri reportedly was to collaborate for the fourth time; Sen also expressed to make a Hindi film with Dev in the lead and Raychaudhuri as producer. In February 2024 however, it was revealed that Sen met Dev and narrated two scripts, one of which titled as Protikkha was reportedly nodded by the latter, who was "keen" to work on the film, however, would finalize it only after hearing the final script, which was still progressing writing. The same month, Anandabazar Patrika noted that Mithun Chakraborty would also star in the film, reuniting with Dev for the third time after Herogiri (2015) and Projapati (2022), also collaborating with Sen and Raychaudhuri secondly after working on the latter. In August 2024, Raychaudhuri confirmed the news.

Protikkha was to be Dev's 46th film as actor, which later would be actually Khadaan (2024) as the former was usually rumoured to have a release in the Christmas weekend of 2024 as each film in this trio had always been released that time since. Principal photography was expected to commence in London from 19 November 2024, which was postponed in October 2024 due to the extremely cold weather and delayed to July 2025. On its prolongation, Raychaudhuri revealed "A little more time must be needed to dedicate to develop the film's screenplay. We are not willing to make a film by writing just haphazardly to bring two superstars."

The film had its official announcement on 2 January 2025 as Projapati 2, a spiritual successor to the 2022 film, changing its title from Protikkha.

Music

Jeet Gannguli composed the soundtrack of the film; it marks his eighth and twentieth collaborations with Chakraborty and Dev respectively, after working with the former on Yuddho (2005), MLA Fatakeshto (2006), Minister Fatakeshto (2007), Tiger (2007), Herogiri (2015), Jole Jongole (2018) and Shontaan (2024), and with the latter on I Love You (2007), Premer Kahini (2008), Mon Mane Na (2008), Challenge (2009), Paran Jai Jaliya Re (2009), Dujone (2009), Bolo Na Tumi Aamar (2010), Dui Prithibi (2010), Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo (2010), Paglu (2011), Romeo (2011), Paglu 2 (2012), Challenge 2 (2012), Rangbaaz (2013), Herogiri (2015), Love Express (2016), Chaamp (2017), Kidnap (2019) and Tonic. Rathijit Bhattacharjee provided its background score, in his fifth collaboration with Dev after Projapati, Pradhan, Khadaan and Raghu Dakat.

The soundtrack of Projapati 2 preceded with five singles composed by Gannguli: "Love You Papa" was the first to be released on 14 November 2023. It was followed by the second single "Projapati Song" on 24 November, "Hasli Keno Bol" on 6 December, "Maa Esheche" on 16 December and "Aaj Theme Jaak" released on 25 December 2025, whereas Prasen and Priyo Chattopadhyay penned the lyrics; "Joy Panta", an instrumental theme from the original score was composed by Bhattacharjee.

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