Purushottam (film)

Purushottam
Directed byProsenjit Chatterjee
Written byProsenjit Chatterjee
Asit Basu
Screenplay byAsit Basu
Story by
Produced byProsenjit Chatterjee
Bijay Pashi
Starring
CinematographyV. Prabhakar
Edited byJoy Banerjee
Babul Bakshy
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Prosenjit Films
Distributed byAmen Movies Pvt Ltd.
Release date
  • 6 November 1992 (1992-11-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Purushottam (English: The best among men) is a 1992 Indian Bengali-language action crime film produced, written and directed by Prosenjit Chatterjee, in his directorial debut. It stars Chatterjee in the titular role, alongside Debashree Roy in the lead role. The film also has Subhendu Chatterjee, Kali Banerjee, Deepankar Dey, Uttam Mohanty and Hara Patnaik in supporting roles. The soundtrack and background score of the film were composed by R. D. Burman.

Prosenjit Chatterjee plays the protagonist, Deepak a.k.a. Badshah, while Debashree Roy plays Namita. Prosenjit Chatterjee often mentions the film as one of those memorable films of his career.