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{{short description|Indian Bengali horror film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Dracula Sir
| image = Dracula Sir.jpg
| caption = Release poster
| director = [[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
| producer = Shrikant Mohata Mahendra Soni
| writer = Debaloy Bhattacharya Kallol Lahiri
| starring = [[Anirban Bhattacharya]] [[Mimi Chakraborty]]
| music = Amit Chatterjee Ishan Mitra Saqi Durjoy
| cinematography = Indranath Marick
| editing = Sanglap Bhowmick
| studio = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2020|10|21|ref1=<ref name=":m1"/>}}
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| gross =
}}

'''''Dracula Sir''''' is a 2020 Indian [[Bengali language]], [[Film Noir]] [[psychological thriller]], [[Non-linear editing|non-linear]]<ref name=nonlinear /> structured film directed by [[Debaloy Bhattacharya]] and the film produced by Shrikant Mohata and Mahendra Soni under the banner of [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/anirban-on-playing-his-dracula-sir-act/articleshow/73289906.cms|title=Anirban Bhattacharya on his 'Dracula Sir' act|date=16 January 2020|website=Times of India|language=en|access-date=14 March 2020|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422172405/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/anirban-on-playing-his-dracula-sir-act/articleshow/73289906.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film starring by [[Anirban Bhattacharya]], [[Mimi Chakraborty]], Bidipta Chakraborty,Rudranil Ghosh,Samiul Alam,Kanchan Mullick,Supriyo Dutta follows the story of a school teacher with a protruding pair of [[canine teeth]], called "Dracula Sir".The film was based on a school teacher who was a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|Naxalite]] in his past life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/frist-look-poster-of-dracula-sir-starring-anirban-and-mimi-out-now-31584021153784.html|title=বাঙালি ড্রাকুলার গল্পে মিমি-অনির্বাণ জুটি,প্রকাশ্যে এল ড্রাকুলা স্যারের পোস্টার|trans-title=Mimi-Anirban pair in Bengali Dracula story, poster of El Dracula Sir in public|date=12 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020|language=bn|work=Hindustan Times|archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008060849/https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/frist-look-poster-of-dracula-sir-starring-anirban-and-mimi-out-now-31584021153784.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was released in theatres on 21 October 2020, coinciding with [[Durga Puja|Puja hoildays]].<ref name=":m1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz-details/T/13381/dracula-sir-s-first-song-raat-pohale-out-now-film-releasing-on-oct-21.html|title=Dracula Sir's first song Raat Pohale out now, film releasing on Oct 21|website=India Blooms|publication-date=7 October 2020|date=11 October 2020|access-date=11 October 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204175947/https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz-details/T/13381/dracula-sir-s-first-song-raat-pohale-out-now-film-releasing-on-oct-21.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/spotlight-on-some-of-the-durga-puja-films-releasing-in-theatres/cid/1793671|title=Spotlight on some of the Durga Puja films releasing in theatres|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=4 October 2020|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005175558/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/spotlight-on-some-of-the-durga-puja-films-releasing-in-theatres/cid/1793671|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was initially scheduled to release on 1 May 2020, but the film was postponed due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=ls1:toi>{{Cite news|last=Ganguly|first=Ruman|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/poster-of-dracula-sir-is-out/articleshow/74609081.cms|title=Poster of Dracula Sir is out|date=13 March 2020|access-date=14 March 2020|work=Times of India|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422172405/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/poster-of-dracula-sir-is-out/articleshow/74609081.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| author=Taran Adarsh|date=14 March 2020|number = 1238704155008462848 |title=#AnirbanBhattacharya and #MimiChakraborty... First look poster of #Bengali film #DraculaSir... Directed by Debaloy Bhattacharya... Produced by #SVF... 1 May 2020 release. https://t.co/WYkGy5Qzk5}}</ref> Upon release, ''Dracula Sir'' received positive to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392|title=ভাবনার শিহরণে আটকে ড্রাকুলা|first=মধুমন্তী পৈত|last=চৌধুরী|website=www.anandabazar.com|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104100655/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics praised the performances (Anirban Bhattacharya), the music, costume and makeup, but found the screenplay flawed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bengali-review/dracula-sir-is-incoherent-and-not-fun/|title=Dracula Sir Is Incoherent And Not Fun|first=Sankhayan|last=Ghosh|date=23 October 2020|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101034458/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bengali-review/dracula-sir-is-incoherent-and-not-fun/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Non-linear editing|non-linear]] structured film is based around the story of a revolutionary during the [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari]] revolution. It was a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPIML Liberation]] party based revolutionary movement around West Bengal which is still going on until 1970's.<ref name=nonlinear>{{Cite news|last=Chatterjee|first=Arindam|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/interview-a-dracula-sir-post-mortem-chat-with-director-debaloy-bhattacharya/cid/1796288|title=The film ends where the power of imagination takes over'|date=2 November 2020|access-date=4 November 2020|work=The Telegraph|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422172412/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/interview-a-dracula-sir-post-mortem-chat-with-director-debaloy-bhattacharya/cid/1796288|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
This non-linear structured story tells the events that happened in two eras. The story keeps jumping from the present era where Raktim ([[Anirban Bhattacharya]]) is a school teacher to the story of Amal (Anirban Bhattacharya), an extremist of the '70s, in the house of his ex-girlfriend Manjari ([[Mimi Chakraborty]]). Raktim Chowdhury is a temporary Bengali teacher in a school in Hooghly. The students wrote 'Dracula Sir' on the blackboard due to his two protruding teeth. Amal, A Naxalite Flees To Manjari. The film tales a reincarnation spin.

==Cast==
* [[Anirban Bhattacharya]] as Amal, Raktim
* [[Mimi Chakraborty]] as Manjari
* [[Bidipta Chakraborty]] as Sobita<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/bidipta-roped-in-for-mimi-anirban-starrer-dracula-sir/articleshow/73240595.cms|title=Bidipta roped in for Mimi-Anirban starrer 'Dracula Sir'|date=14 January 2020|website=Times of India|language=en|access-date=14 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Rudranil Ghosh]] as Katu Mallick
* Samiul Alam as Nata
* [[Supriyo Dutta]] as Bhuban Babu (Katu)
* [[Kanchan Mullick]] as the psychiatrist
* [[Saayoni Ghosh]] in a special appearance

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Dracula Sir
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Amit - Ishan
| cover =
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| released = 12 October 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/dracula-sir-song-raat-pohale-explores-the-darkness-inside-a-troubled-soul/articleshow/78616928.cms |title='Dracula Sir' song 'Raat Pohale' explores the darkness inside a troubled soul |publisher=Times of India |date=12 October 2020 |access-date=12 October 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029204907/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/dracula-sir-song-raat-pohale-explores-the-darkness-inside-a-troubled-soul/articleshow/78616928.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
| recorded = 2020
| venue =
| studio = Bombay Studio
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = Bengali
| label = [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF]]
| producer =
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The soundtrack of the film is composed by Amit- Ishan, Saqi Banerjee and Durjoy while lyrics are written by Saqi, Ritam Sen and Debaloy Bhattacharya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hungama.com/album/dracula-sir/58451983/|title=Dracula Sir|via=www.hungama.com}}</ref>

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| total_length =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Raat Pohale
| extra1 = Ishan Mitra
| music1 = Amit- Ishan
| lyrics1 = [[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Abar Jonmo Nebo
| extra2 = Ishan Mitra
| music2 = Saqi Banerjee
| lyrics2 = Saqi Banerjee
| length2 = 5:14
| title3 = Priyotama
| extra3 = Anirban Bhattacharya
| music3 = Durjoy Choudhury
| lyrics3 = Ritam Sen
| length3 = 3:46
}}

==Reception==
Madhumanti Pait Chowdhury reviewing for ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'', felt that backstory of Naxal movement was needed to establish characters and noticed that several scenes in the film and Dracula's costume were similar to [[Todd Phillips]]'s ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''. Chowdhury opined that stylization has been given importance by creating some scenes for the sake of cinematic beauty. Chowdhury praised Indranath Marik's cinematography and screenplay by Debalaya and Kallol Lahiri, as some aspects were beautifully woven. Chowdhury also praised the music of the film, acting of Anirban, Vidipta Chakraborty, Supriya Dutt, Kanchan Mallick and Rudranil Ghosh but felt that Anirban-Mimi chemistry needed to boost up. Chowdhury opined that the time-travel, the union of the real and the surreal has taken shape in the film divided into eight episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392|title=ভাবনার শিহরণে আটকে ড্রাকুলা|trans-title=Dracula stuck in a shiver of thought|first=Madhumanti Pait|last=Chowdhury|date=October 23, 2020|publisher=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104100655/https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/review-of-bengali-film-dracula-sir-1.1219392|url-status=live}}</ref>

Debolina Sen writing for ''[[Times of India]]'' gave three stars out of five and termed it as "A complex tale of life, love and rebirth." Agreeing with Chowdhury she praised the music, costume and makeup. She found screenplay engaging but not without flaws, but direction clear and to-the-point. She also felt that costume was similar to 2019 film ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''. She praised Anirban for portrayals of two different characters of Raktim and Amol from two different eras. Concluding the review she opined, "''Dracula Sir'' is a passionate piece of work that seems to lack in reason at times. But yes, it’s a film you shouldn’t give a miss."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/dracula-sir/movie-review/78952017.cms|title=Dracula Sir Movie Review: A complex tale of life, love and rebirth|first=Debolina|last=Sen|date=October 30, 2020|publisher=Times of India|language=en|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101022914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movie-reviews/dracula-sir/movie-review/78952017.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Sankhayan Ghosh writing for ''[[Film Companion]]'' opined that the film was neither a good story nor fun. He felt it was mildly irritating as shortcomings of the screenplay were glossed over with music video like passages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bengali-review/dracula-sir-is-incoherent-and-not-fun/|title=Dracula Sir Is Incoherent And Not Fun|first=Sankhayan|last=Ghosh|date=October 23, 2020|publisher=Times of India|language=en|access-date=4 November 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101034458/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bengali-review/dracula-sir-is-incoherent-and-not-fun/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Award and nomination==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient/ Nominee
! Result
! Ref.
|-
|rowspan=5|[[5th WBFJA Award|2021]]
|rowspan=5|[[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]]
| [[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''Dracula Sir''
| {{Nom}}
|rowspan=5|<ref name="award:dc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/1715059-wbjfa-award-function-to-be-held-on-oct-6|title=WBJFA award function to be held on Oct 6 {{!}} Entertainment |website=Devdiscourse|date= 2 September 2021|access-date= 7 November 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/wbjfa-award-function-to-be-held-on-oct-6/2152390 |title=WBJFA award function to be held on Oct 6 fest|work=PTI|date= 2 September 2021|access-date= 7 November 2021 |publisher= Outlook|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Debaloy Bhattacharya]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|[[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Anirban Bhattacharya]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress
|[[Bidipta Chakraborty]]
| {{won}}
|-
|West Bengal Film Journalists Journalists' Association Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer
|Ishan Mitra
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|11963736}}
* {{Official website|https://svf.in/movie/dracula-sir/}}

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[[Category:2020 films]]
[[Category:2020 psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Film productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]
[[Category:Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian psychological thriller films]]
[[Category:Dracula films]]
[[Category:Indian vampire films]]
[[Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films]]
[[Category:Bengali films]]
[[Category:Film noir]]
[[Category:Bengali-language nonlinear narrative films]]

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