Chengiz

Chengiz
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajesh Ganguly
Written byNeeraj Pandey
Rajesh Ganguly
Screenplay byRajesh Ganguly
Based onCalcutta Underworld
Produced byJeet
Gopal Madnani
Amit Jumrani
Starring
CinematographyManas Ganguly
Edited byMalay Laha
Music byKaushik Guddu
Aneek Dhar
Beatz MA
Production
companies
Grassroot Entertainment
Jeetz Filmworks
Distributed byJeetz Filmworks (Bengali)
AA Films (Hindi)
Release date
  • 21 April 2023 (2023-04-21)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Chengiz (/tʃɛŋɡɪz/; also marketed as Chengiz: The One Who Has No Boundaries, No Limits, is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language period action-crime thriller film co-written and directed by Rajesh Ganguly. Based on a story written by Neeraj Pandey about Calcutta underworld, the film was produced by Jeet, Gopal Madnani, and Amit Jumrani under the banners of Grassroot Entertainment and Jeetz Filmworks. It stars Jeet in the titular role, as well as in dual role, alongside Susmita Chatterjee, Rohit Roy and Shataf Figar in another pivotal roles. The film shows the situation of Kolkata from mid 70s to late 90s following the journey of a child named Jaidev Singh who struggles with his life since his childhood and later becomes the dreaded drug lord named Chengiz in the Calcutta underworld.

The film was announced in March 2022, being the 55th film of Jeet as the leading actor. Principal photography commenced in April 2022 in Kolkata, with additional shoots in Morocco and Thailand, and concluded in November 2022. The film's music was composed by Aneek Dhar and Kaushik-Guddu, with cinematography and editing handled by Manas Ganguly and Malay Laha respectively. The action sequences of the film were designed by Stunt Silva, while the dance sequences were choreographed by Imran Sardhariya.

Chengiz was theatrically released in India on 21 April 2023 in both Bengali and Hindi, becoming the first pan-Indian Bengali film to be released simultaneously in these two languages. It was a commercial success at the box office, running over for 210 days in theatres and emerged as the highest grossing Bengali film of 2023.