Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat (; ), also known by the initials KBBKBD, is a 2026 Indian Bengali-language epic biographical action thriller film directed by Pathikrit Basu. Produced by Pradip Kumar Nandy and Jeet under the banners of Nandy Movies and Jeetz Filmworks, the film is based on the life of Indian revolutionary Ananta Singh. Sharing its title with Singh's autobiography, it stars Jeet himself as the fictionalized version of the former, with Tota Roy Chowdhury in the lead roles. Kaushik Sen, Loknath Dey, Rajatava Dutta, Chandan Sen, Durbar Sharma, Sreya Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Dutta and Suprobhat Das play other pivotal roles.
Set in the post-independence era, the film follows the transformation of a revolutionary into the mastermind behind a string of daring robberies, waging a war against corruption. Aritra Banerjee and Arpan Gupta, the screenwriters of the film, conceptualised its story by reimagining the life of Singh, envisioning his participation in the Chittagong armoury raid against the British colonial rule in the 1930s, to a radical justice seeker and successful film producer in the 1960s. The film marks the third collaboration between Basu, Banerjee and Gupta after Dabaru and Shreeman v/s Shreemati. It began production in June 2025, and was officially announced in August 2025. Principal photography commenced in November 2025, and wrapped by in January 2026. Predominantly shot in Kolkata, its portions were shot in Mumbai and Jharkhand. The film's songs and background score were composed by Shantanu Moitra, with cinematography by Soumik Halder and editing by Moloy Laha.
KBBKBD was released in theatres worldwide on 14 August 2026, coinciding with the celebration of Independence day. The film received mostly positive reviews, with praise for its performances, storytelling, soundtrack, and technical aspects.
Cast Jeet as Ananta Lal Singh Tota Roy Chowdhury as Inspector Durga Prasad Roy Kaushik Sen as Bijoy Mukherjee, the Home Minister Loknath Dey as Surya Sen / Master Da Rajatava Dutta as public prosecutor Chandan Sen as Dulal Ray Durbar Sharma as Brajeswar "Brojo" Roy Debopriyo Mukherjee as SI Ashok Bose Debattama Saha as Fatima Suprobhat Das as DC Rathijit Neogy, an encounter specialist (based on Runu Guha Neogy) Sreya Bhattacharyya as Rupa Rajat Ganguly as judge Amitabha Bhattacharya as ACP Ranjan Ghoshal Abhijit Guha as director Amit Saha as Bhaba, director's assistant Nanak Madnani as Gulab Singh, Ananta's father Jammy Banerjee as Raghu Somnath Kar as Ananta's attendant Koushik Kar as Ambika Chakraborty Resad Ajim Bonnis Chakraborty as constable
Special appearances
Priyanka Sarkar as Godhuli Devi Anindya Bandyopadhyay as Subhas Chandra Bose Subhrajit Dutta as Kanu Banerjee (based on Bhanu Banerjee) Shankar Chakraborty as the government employee Kanchan Mullick as constable Srijla Guha as Ms. Shefali in the song "Naam Na Jaana"
Production
Development In October 2024, it was reported that Jeet would collaborate with Raihan Rafi for the former's 58 film, titled as Lion. An Indo-Bangladesh joint venture, the film was later revealed to be shelved due to high-production costs. The Times of India suggested Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee would direct Jeet in his next project, with their home banner Windows producing, while OTT Play noted that the director had not been finalised, naming Avijit Sen or Pathikrit Basu as potential choices. Later, Srijit Mukherji emerged as a possibility. However, in June 2025, Mukherji confirmed that he was not involved, narrowing the options to Basu. Reports soon suggested Basu was likely to direct, which would be a biopic of Indian revolutionary Ananta Singha. Produced by Pradip Kumar Nandy under the banner of Nandy Movies, the film was confirmed with the title Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat in May 2025, beoming Jeet's first appearance in a biographical film.
Basu, who already had worked with Jeet as director Ravi Kinnagi's assistant in their collaborations like 100% Love (2012), Awara (2012) and Deewana (2013), revealed that he eagerly wanted to collaborate with Jeet for a long time, and would materialize a drama-based script for him. He stated that he intended to showcase the negative shade of Jeet, similar to his earlier performance in Boss (2013) and Chengiz (2023).
Pre-production Critic and screenwriter Aritra Banerjee (who runs a YouTube channel named Aritra's Gyan) who frequently collaborated with Basu in his previous directorials Dabaru (2024), Shastri (2024) and Shreeman v/s Shreemati (2025), developed the script spanning over two years, starting from 2023, coming across Singha's autobiography Keu Bole Dakat Keu Bole Biplobi and the real-life stories surrounding him. After Jeet expressed interest, he revised the screenplay in late 2024 along with dialogue writer Arpan Gupta, with the first half alone taking six months to complete.
MD. Kalam, a longtime editor collaborator of Basu, exited due to scheduling conflicts, and was replaced by Moloy Laha. Prominent make-up artist Somnath Kundu designed the looks and character sketches for Jeet. Shantanu Moitra joined the crew as the music director in May 2025, marking his return to Bengali cinema. After Ram Lakshman and Anbariv declined to be roped as stunt directors, Stun Siva came on-board in August 2025. Soumik Halder was signed as its cinematographer in his first collaboration with both Jeet and Basu.
Prior to the start of film production, Jeet attended several workshops in mid-August 2025, in order to train physically and intensively for his role in the film. He reharsed in Lathi Khela, which reportedly had an importance in the storyline. Coinciding with the Independence day, the makers released a promotional video from the sets of KBBKBD on 15 August 2025, showcasing the look-test, workshops for the action sequences attended by Jeet, and the music direction. Pre-production and casting began in the same month, and filming was expected to begin in October 2025. A muhurat puja was held on 22 October 2025 at Jeetz Filmworks' office in Kolkata with the film's cast and crew. A motion poster was released on 27 October 2025, as its first glimpse.
Veteran actor Biswajeet Chatterjee recalled his first meeting with Singh at the actor's then-residence at Ballygunge during the height of his success with the film Maya Mriga (1960), to be approached for the latter's production Dhup Chhaya (1962). He also expressed immense joy and nostalgia upon seeing Jeet portraying Singh, and also voiced strong support for the film, emphasizing Singh’s true identity as a dedicated patriot and visionary producer.
Casting On 26 July 2025, Jeet and Rituparna Sengupta spotted attending the inauguration ceremony of Nandy Movies' new office, whereas the latter also came to join it marking the success of the production house's then-recently released film Madam Sengupta; however, rumors began to circulate about their reunion as an on-screen pair in KBBKBD—22 years after their collaboration in Aakrosh (2004).
Abir Chatterjee was initially cast as Inspector Durga Roy, who got replaced by Tota Roy Chowdhury as the former declined to repeat playing police characters following Bohurupi (2024) and Raktabeej 2 (2025). Tota described the character as "the archnemesis of Ananta Singha," clarifying it wasn't the antagonist. For his role, he addressed Bikash Roy as his inspiration for dialogue throwing. Basu also mentioned it to be "dream come true" to present both Jeet and Tota in full-fledged action avatar.
Rajatava Dutta was featured in the muhurat puja, thereby confirming his inclusion in second collaboration with Basu after Shastri. He would mark his eighth reunion with Jeet 2 years after Boomerang (2024). Kaushik Sen was reported to collaborate with Basu after Dabaru and Shastri, also allying with Jeet for the second time after Boss 2 (2017). Debopriyo Mukherjee joined the film in a prominent role, which was later revealed to be of a police officer.
Regarding his role in the film, Jeet commented that Ananta Singh was a revolutionary for some people, while a dacoit for others. However, he was a man driven by his sense for justice. He remarked that for properly playing his role, Jeet had to understand Singh's mindset, feelings and vulnerabilities. He said that he played Singh's role to represent him to the audience and have them decide what to label him as. Jeet called KBBKBD to be one of the most challenging films of his career, being mentally and physically demanding. He stated Pathikrit Basu's vision and determination to have given him motivation to continue his character in the film. He praised the audience response to the teaser release on August 3, 2026. He further said that the theme was conflict and vision of the revolutionaries. Filming Principal photography was to commence on 5 October 2025 at General Post Office, which got stalled because of the state administration's denial for the shoot on the account of the Durga Puja Carnival 2025 at Red Road on that day. However, it began with the first schedule on 25 October 2026 in Kolkata. It is the third Indian film and the first Bengali film to be shot on Arri Alexa LF and Arri Signature Prime lens. Basu reportedly completed some portions in 8 days, which were supposed to take 10 days. In this schedule, Jeet's entry sequence was filmed at a massive set which was built prior to the filming's commencement, in September, under the supervision of Tanmay Chakraborty, the art director. Usually reluctant to shoot at night, Jeet agreed to shoot this particular scene at 2:00 AM. This schedule was wrapped by in 7 November 2025.
The second schedule took place in Jharkhand in mid-November 2025, in which Debattama joined the team. The team planned to film two sequences for five days at Massanjore Dam in this schedule, including two days of set work on 14–15 November, and three days of filming on 17–18 November 2025, while because of the restrictions by the officials, it was allowed to be shot for four days. where Loknath and Chandan had filmed their most portions with Jeet.
Themes and influences Aritra Banerjee, a movie critic turned screenwriter, averred his desire to evoke the Jeet of the 2000s and 2010s—a period he characterized as the "zenith of the Jeet epoch". He lauded Kranti (2006) as one of his favourite films, citing it as a reference for the sequences depicting Ananta’s allegorical pattern of larcenies, which were punctuated by the cryptic missive "Kranti Phirchhe" (). Apart from it, the significance of describing Singh as a lion-like figure, referencing it from Dibakar Sinha, the character played by Jeet in Shotru (2011). He also recalled a scene where the police were hanging Singh upside down as a felicitation to Jeet's entry sequence in Fighter (2011). According to Basu, the tight close-up sequences in the film were inspired from the scenes were framed in the emotional scenes in Ghatak (2006). Dipanwita Mukherjee of Anandabazar Patrika argues that KBBKBD pays homage to several Jeet films, especially discussed how Wanted (2010), Fighter and Boss (2013) influenced the film's larger-than-life sequences.