Zulfiqar (2016)

A modern Zulfiqar day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare’s tragedies – Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. Zulfiqar Ahmed (Prosenjit Chatterjee) is a Godfather figure and the most prominent member of Syndicate – a powerful organization which oversees most of the happenings in the heart of the city. Basheer Khan (Kaushik Sen), a member of Syndicate is a nationalist, a gangster and the best friend of Zulfiqar, who does not support terrorism. Tony Braganza(Parambrata Chatterjee) is the brain of The Syndicate who oversees the financial things of the organization, and Markaz Ali (Dev) is the brawn. Zulfiqar 2016 full Movie

If need be, Tony can shoot a bullet, but he is a man of the papers. Tony and Markaz have grown up together and they are inseparable (despite the fact Markaz is totally a mute man and that Markaz and Tony quarrel on several occasions). Though Zulfiqar is married to Karishma Ahmed (Paoli Dam) a shy and pale-hearted woman, he continues an extramarital affair with Rani Talapatra (Nusrat Jahan), a money-lender, and the owner of the “Blue Nile Bar”, who in turns loves Markaz and vice versa.

Kashinath Kundu (Jisshu Sengupta), another gangster is the wily and scheming guy of The Syndicate, who has an ambition for power. The Syndicate also have some corrupt government officials as members, like Customs officer Kaushik Sinha (Sujan Mukhopadhyay) (who has taken so much bribes that he forgot that which house item he brought with his salary last time!), Port Trust officer Tribhuban Gupta (Srijato), and Police Inspector Laltu Das (Rahul Banerjee) (the narrator the story). Zulfiqar is more equal than the others who carries his aura lightly, but even in this group of equals, his opinion on matters of business and policy weigh a bit more.

Not everyone likes this including Kashinath Kundu who fuels Basheer’s growing individuality and makes him believe that Zulfiqar was the one who gave shelter to Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who came to West Bengal some days earlier by showing him some fake photographs and documents.