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{{Infobox film
| name = Awara
| image = Awara (2012) poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Rabi Kinagi|Ravi Kinnagi]]
| story = [[Akula Siva]]
| producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| starring = [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]<br />[[Sayantika Banerjee]]<br />[[Mukul Dev]]<br />[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
| cinematography = Mohan Verma
| editing = Mohammad Kalam
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| screenplay = [[N.K. Salil]]
| studio = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| released = {{Film date|2012|07|13|df=yes}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Awara''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language [[Action comedy|action comedy film]] co-written and directed by [[Ravi Kinagi|Ravi Kinnagi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Awara (2012) - Movie {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in meerut - BookMyShow|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/meerut/movies/awara-/ET00010363|access-date=2021-10-23|website=in.bookmyshow.com}}</ref> Produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]] under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films]], the screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by [[N. K. Salil]]. It stars [[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]], [[Sayantika Banerjee]], [[Mukul Dev]] (in his debut in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]]) and [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] in lead roles, while [[Kharaj Mukherjee]], [[Biswajit Chakraborty]], [[Biswanath Basu]], [[Supriyo Dutta]], Tulika Basu, [[Kamalika Banerjee]] and [[Arun Bannerjee|Arun Banerjee]] play another pivotal roles, with Subhasish Mukherjee in a guest appearance. It is a remake of the Telugu Movie ''[[Krishna (2008 film)|Krishna]].'' The film is placed [[List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films|List of highest-grossing Bengali films]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Awara - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/previews/awara/articleshow/13699156.cms|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The Times of India|date=June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Jeet's the new awara - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/jeets-the-new-awara/articleshow/13517075.cms|access-date=2021-10-23|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film is about Surya Narayan ([[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]) who was once a software engineer but quits his job to give it to his poor friend and is unemployed in the city of [[Cooch Behar]]. Poulomi ([[Sayantika Banerjee]]) is a girl from [[Kolkata]] who studies in college and comes to [[Cooch Behar]] for her vacation to stay with her elder brother Madan Mohan ([[Kharaj Mukherjee]]) and his wife. Surya falls in love with Poulomi at first sight in Ransh Mela and starts chasing her to win her heart and enters the upper portion of their house as tenants with his elder brother, Upendra Narayan ([[Biswajit Chakraborty]]) and sister in law (Tulika Basu). In this process Surya will clash with local rowdy Shanatan Panja ([[Tamal Roychowdhury]]). Mistaking him to be one tapori, Poulomi hates him first but later on she realizes his true nature . She returns to [[Kolkata]] and lives with her older brother ([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]), a former builder and now a very powerful rowdy who is very possessive and protective of his sister. Surya follows Poulomi to [[Kolkata]] and works his way into their house with the help of Madan Mohan and finally both of them confess their love. There, Surya knows the past of Poulomi and how she is being chased by the notorious and cruel Tony Bharadwaj ([[Mukul Dev]]) assisted by his uncle ([[Supriyo Dutta]]) for marriage. Surya fights Tony, Poulomi's older brother kills Tony, and Surya marries Poulomi.

==Cast==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! ACTOR !! ROLE
|-
|[[Jeet (actor)|Jeet]]
|Surya Narayan/Surya
|-
|[[Sayantika Banerjee|Sayantika]]
|Poulomi
|-
|[[Mukul Dev]]
|Tony Bharadwaj, who controls all the local MLAs and ministers
|-
|[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
|Indrajit
|-
|[[Kharaj Mukherjee]]
|Madan Mohan
|-
|[[Kamalika Banerjee]]
|Madan Mohan's wife
|-
|[[Supriyo Dutta]]
| Gunodhar Chakraborty, Tony's uncle
|-
|[[Biswajit Chakraborty]]
|
|-
|Tulika Bose
|Surya's sister-in-law (Upendra's wife)
|-
|[[Biswanath Basu]]
|Surya's friend
|-
|[[Tamal Roy Chowdhury]]
|Sanatan Panja
|-
|[[Subhasish Mukhopadhyay|Subhasish Mukherjee]]
|The man who gives rooms for rent to Surya and Poulami
|-
|[[Mousumi Das]]
|Prashanta's daughter
|-
|[[Rintu Dey]]
|Bubai; Upendra's son and Surya's Nephew
|-
|[[Rajat Ganguly]]
|Prashanta, Chairman of the Municipal Corporation
|-
|[[Arun Banerjee]]
|Advocate Dulal Bhowmik
|}

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Awara
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Jeet Gannguli]], Dev Sen
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 13 July 2012
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = Bengali
| label = [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]]
| producer = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Awara
| type = Soundtrack
| single1 = Awara (title track)
| single1date = 12 Jun 2012
| single2 = Porle Mone
| single2date = 22 Jun 2012
| single3 = Moner Radio
| single3date = 27 Jun 2012
| single4 = Phool Koli
| single4date = 3 Jul 2012
| single5 = Sarunsa
| single5date = 22 August 2012
| single6 = Ebar Beshi Hobe Na
| single6date = 5 September 2012
| single7 = Moner Radio (female)
| single7date = 15 November 2012
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Jaaneman (2012 film)|Jaaneman]]
| prev_year = 2012
| title = Awara
| year = 2012
| next_title = [[Paglu 2]]
| next_year = 2012
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Dev Sen
| type = Soundtrack
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Awara
| year = 2012
| next_title = [[Deewana (2013 film)|Deewana]]
| next_year = 2013
}}
}}
<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-01-11 |title=Language was no barrier for Shilpa Rao |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/language-was-no-barrier-for-shilpa-rao/articleshow/13006855.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831151903/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/language-was-no-barrier-for-shilpa-rao/articleshow/13006855.cms |archive-date=2025-08-31 |access-date=2025-08-31 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |quote=Shilpa Rao to lend her voice in ''Awara'', under Jeet Gannguli's supervision.}}</ref>{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music = [[Jeet Gannguli]], Dev Sen
| title1 = Porle Mone
| lyrics1 =
| music1 = Jeet Gannguli
| extra1 = Jeet Gannguli
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = Moner Radio
| lyrics2 =
| music2 = Jeet Gannguli
| extra2 = Jeet Gannguli, [[Shilpa Rao]]
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = Phool Koli
| lyrics3 =
| music3 = Dev Sen
| extra3 = Prasenjit Mallick, Dev Sen
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Awara (Title Track)
| lyrics4 =
| music4 = Dev Sen
| extra4 = Prasenjit Mallick, Megha Bhardwaj
| length4 = 4:08
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2794316}}
{{Shree Venkatesh Films}}
{{Rabi Kinagi}}

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[[Category:2012 action comedy films]]
[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category: Bengali remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:2012 Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language action comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Jeet Gannguli]]
[[Category:Films scored by Dev Sen]]

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