90 Ghanta
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The Game –90 Ghanta(2008) is a Bengali film
Bengali cinema
Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...

 Directed by Sougata Roy Burman. Psycho-thriller The Game – 90 Ghanta, produced by Morpheus Media Ventures
Morpheus Media Ventures
Morpheus Media Ventures is a multi-level entertainment company from Calcutta, India. Its corporate offices are located in Mumbai. Morpheus started its film production channel in 2006 with a Bengali movie and followed by Arin Paul's 10:10 . They attempt to do 3-4 movies per year in this language. ...

 and directed by Sougata Roy Burman is one such offbeat movie.

Plot

This film has a strikingly different storyline. It tells the tale of George (Tota Roy Choudhury), Rishin (Jishu Sengupta
Jishu Sengupta
Jishu Sengupta , popularly known as Jisshu, is a popular Bengali film actor. Though, his real name is Biswaroop Sengupta, he is more famous as Jishu, his pet name. He is the son of Ujjwal Sengupta, also an actor of Bengali films. His mother, Mukta Sengupta, was a homemaker and a wedding planner...

) and his wife Mayuri (Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee is a Bengali actress at Tollywood. She is daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee's first stint with acting was the tele-serial Devdasi. She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi directed by Urmi Chakraborty...

). When George takes up a contract killing assignment from Rishin, he doesn't know his target and client are the same person. Rishin is a schizophrenic who wants himself dead. On realising this, George is torn between his professional ethics and a genuine concern for a fellow human being. Things get complicated when George comes to know Rishin's wife Mayuri is his ex-girlfriend. Mayuri tries to convince him against killing her husband. Meanwhile George and Rishin have also bonded over a common passion, music. The film explores the dynamics of this complex scenario.

Cast

  • Tota Roy Choudhury
  • Jishu Sengupta
    Jishu Sengupta
    Jishu Sengupta , popularly known as Jisshu, is a popular Bengali film actor. Though, his real name is Biswaroop Sengupta, he is more famous as Jishu, his pet name. He is the son of Ujjwal Sengupta, also an actor of Bengali films. His mother, Mukta Sengupta, was a homemaker and a wedding planner...

  • Swastika Mukherjee
    Swastika Mukherjee
    Swastika Mukherjee is a Bengali actress at Tollywood. She is daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee's first stint with acting was the tele-serial Devdasi. She made her film debut in 2003 with the film Hemanter Pakhi directed by Urmi Chakraborty...

  • Yana Gupta
    Yana Gupta
    Yana Gupta or Yaana is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai. Gupta is a citizen of the Czech Republic.-Personal life:...

  • Manjusree Ganguly

Critical reception

Shoma from Sifymovies said that 90 Hours is filled with chills and thrills. He went on to say that the film is "slickly made" with some outstanding performances. A different opinion from the telegraph noted that "90 Ghanta has a smart script but falls short of becoming dark, sinister and unsettling due to poor directorial skills."

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