Dui Prithibi (2010 film)

Dui Prithibi (Bengali pronunciation: [dui ˈpɾit̪ʰibi]; transl. Two Worlds) is a 2010 Bengali-language road drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films.The film is a remake of 2008 Telugu movie Gamyam. It stars Jeet, Dev, Koel Mallick and Barkha Bisht in lead roles. The film revolves around a rich man who acknowledges the means of life, setting out on a journey to the rural Bengal with a bike, and befriends with a thief.

Announced in November 2009, the film marks Chakraborty's collaborations for the first time with both Jeet and Koel, and with Dev for the second time; it is also Jeet and Koel's tenth film as a lead pair. Principal Photography commenced in March 2010 and wrapped by in August 2010. Majorly shot in Kolkata, Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum, Bardhaman and Paschim Medinipur, portions were filmed in Italy, Australia and Switzerland. The soundtrack of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli and Samidh-Rishi, while Indraadip Dasgupta provided its score. Somak Mukherjee and Sirsha Ray handled its cinematography, with editing by Rabiranjan Maitra.

Dui Prithibi was theatrically released on 14 October 2010, on the occasion of Durga Puja. Opening to huge critical and commercial response, the film ran for over 50 weekes in theatres, emerging as the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2010. Eventually attaining a cult status for the only collaboration between Jeet and Dev, the two acting giants of Bengali cinema. The film's dialogue and certain characters became extremely popular, contributing to numerous cultural memes and becoming part of Bengal's daily vernacular.