Ek Je Chhilo Raja is an Indian Bengali drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, under the banner of SVF Entertainment Pvt Ltd, starring Jisshu Sengupta in the titular role of Maharaja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury as well as the Bhawal sanyasi. The film also stars Bangladesh actress Jaya Ahsan, Aparna Sen, Anirban Bhattacharya, Anjan Dutt, Rudranil Ghosh and Sreenanda Shankar. The movie was released during Durga puja 2018. Most of the film was shot at Kathgola in Murshidabad. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali at India’s 66th National Film Awards.
Plot
The movie is based on the Bhawal case, an extended Indian court case about a possible impostor who claimed to be the prince of Bhawal, who was presumed dead a decade earlier.
Cast
Jisshu Sengupta as Raja Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury
Jaya Ahsan as Mrinmayee Debi
Anirban Bhattacharya as Satya Banerjee
Anjan Dutta as Lawyer Bhaskar Mukherjee
Aparna Sen as Lawyer Anupama Basu
Rudranil Ghosh as Doctor Ashwini Dasgupta
Rajnandini Paul as Chandravati Devi
Barun Chanda as The Judge
Alexx O’Nell as Rankin
Sreenanda Shankar as Kadambari (Baiji)
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