Mrinal Mukherjee

Avijit, a director by profession, well-known for his thriller movies, decides to make a romantic film. Will he be able to make a successful romantic film?

The story is based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Set during the period of the naxalite movement in Bengal, Pratidwandi tells the story of Siddharta, an educated middle-class man caught within the turmoils of social unrest. Corruption and unemployment is rampant, and Siddhartha cannot align himself with either his revolutionary activist brother, or career-oriented sister.

Surya returns to his birthplace to take revenge on the person who murdered his father. His alliance are five loyal servants of his father, from whom four were convicted wrongfully and served the sentences of 14 years for murdering their master.