Arundhati (2014 film)

Arundhati is a 2014 Bengali horror thriller film directed by Sujit Mondal and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The film features actress Koel Mallick in the lead role as a warrior queen.The film is the remake of the 2009 Telugu film, Arundhati. The film received negative reviews critics and was declared as a box office flop.

Koel Mallick will be seen as a warrior queen for the first time in this film. Regarding her role, she said, Till the time you dont experiment or take risks, you dont know to what level you can go. Playing these largerthanlife characters isnt easy, specially because I have never done it. I needed to first believe in the subject. I believe in reincarnation and life after death. After saying yes, I had to really work very hard on getting Arundhatis body language right.Filming of Arundhati started onOctober 2013. Mallick was reported to have a very busy schedule during the filming of Arundhati. She had to learn horseriding and swordfighting for portraying her character in this film. Her horseriding classes were taken by expert Vikram Rathore, at the Kolkata Maidan during the early hours of the day. Shooting locations include Bolpur and Kolkata. Her swordfighting sequences are based on Kalaripayattu. ........

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