Dui Prithibi (English: Two Worlds) is a 2010 Bengali Buddy road drama movie directed by Raj Chakraborty and stars Jeet, Dev, Koel Mallick and Barkha Bisht Sengupta in the lead roles.
[5][4] The film marked the first time Bengali stars Jeet and Dev shared a screen.
A teacher, who supports orphan kids, helpless pregnant lady, an ex-militant Binoy, a prostitute and his own companion Shibu, they all aid in his journey to self-discovery.
One rainy night they got captured by the militants of the Naxalite leader, who wants to execute renegade Binoy.
For the first time a budget of ₹3.5 crore was commissioned for a Bengali film as this was the first road movie in the industry which was required to be shot on a large-scale and canvas.
Bollywood item-girl Barkha Bisht, famous for her "Ishq Barse" dance-number from the film "Raajneeti", was roped in for a song called 'Pyarelal' and was selected to play one of the two female leads.
But a leg-injury rendered him indisposed; resulting in another leading composer Indradeep Dasgupta performing the duties.
The film was shot in India and Italy (Apulia), at Alberobello, Santa Cesarea Terme and Fasano.
The first 2 songs of the following are by Samidh-Rishi, while the rest are by Jeet Gannguli: [6] Roshni Mukherjee, from The Times of India, gave it a rating of 4/5 stars.
[11] Sudipta Dey, from The Bengal Post, rated it as 'average' but mentioned the film 'has a strong social message' and 'Raj's expertise in weaving the story is undoubtedly good.'.
[14] Aditya Chakrabarty, from another web-portal, "Washington Bangla Radio" highlighted that Dev had delivered his best performance till then and Jeet and Koel also lived up to the hype.
"Dui Prithibi" completed an extraordinary run of 50 weeks at the distant rural theatres of 'Basanti' at Dantan and 'Haraparbati' at Jhatipahari.
They in turn returned the favour to 'SVF' by withdrawing "MJKUU" from city-halls within 5 weeks to make room for the next 'SVF' offering, "Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo".
Without this friendly gesture from the producers, "Dui Prithibi" could have been expected to continue its successful city-run for a longer period of time.
"Dui Prithibi" fell short of delivering a 'superhit/blockbuster'; but the collections were good enough to adjudge the film a 'hit' and a considerable success.
The results were calculated solely on the basis of audience votes sent through SMS and the channel's official website.
The satellite rights of "Dui Prithibi" were purchased by "Star Jalsha", a leading Bengali entertainment channel in West Bengal; in a combo-package of all ensuing films produced and distributed by its producers, "Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt.