Samraat: The King Is Here
Samraat: The King Is Here is a 2016 Bangladeshi Bengali-language action crime thriller film directed by Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raz and produced by Tiger Media Limited in association with Orkee Production and CINEMAWALA. Shakib Khan played the titular role, a leader of Bangladeshi organised crime syndicate operating from Malaysia, with Apu Biswas, Indraneil Sengupta and Misha Sawdagor in lead roles. The film narrates the fall of two notorious underworld mafia leaders.
The film marked the 72nd film of Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas as a duo. The first look teaser of the film was released on 6 August 2015, and the official trailer was released on 27 June 2016. It was released in Bangladesh on 7 July 2016.
Cast
- Shakib Khan as Samraat; the leader of a Bangladeshi organised crime syndicate operating from Malaysia.
- Apu Biswas as Ruhi; a doctor
- Indraneil Sengupta as Raja; an undercover police officer
- Misha Sawdagor as Musa
- Kabila as Kabila
- Shimul Khan as Rocket
- Subrata as police commissioner
- DJ Sohel as Jahangir Khan
- Emon as Rabbi
Production
The team began filming on 1 July 2015 at the BFDC in Dhaka, where the title song featuring Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas was shot in a set up by art director Samurai Maruf and choreographer Shibram Sarma. The team then set up base in Aftab Nagar & Uttara for a 14-day stint, with Indian actor Indraneil Sengupta, Misha Sawdagor and hundreds of extras and technicians gathered.A second schedule continued throughout 14 August 2015 at Coke Studio in Dhaka, where a romantic song featuring Indraneil Sengupta and Apu Biswas was shot, after which it was reported that the film was 60 percent complete. By December 2015, it was reported that the film's shooting was completed, and from December the post production was started.