---
title: 'Zulfiqar (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Srijit Mukherji'
released: '2016-10-07'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zulfiqar-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5232308/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zulfiqar (2016)

2016 · 139 min · Crime · India

Original title: জুলফিকার

## Synopsis

Zulfiqar is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language epic gangster action crime film written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare’s two tragedies—Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast of Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Ankush Hazra, Kaushik Sen, Nusrat Jahan, Rahul Banerjee and Paoli Dam in the leads. The film revolves around Zulfiqar Ahmed, a powerful figure in the Kolkata underworld whose rise to dominance triggers betrayal and eventual assassination by his trusted associates.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Srijit Mukherji](https://cinepixo.com/people/srijit-mukherji)
- **Screenplay:** [Srijit Mukherji](https://cinepixo.com/people/srijit-mukherji)
- **Editor:** [Srijit Mukherji](https://cinepixo.com/people/srijit-mukherji)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anupam Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/anupam-roy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Soumik Haldar](https://cinepixo.com/people/soumik-haldar)

## Cast

- [Ankush Hazra](https://cinepixo.com/people/ankush-hazra)
- [Prosenjit Chatterjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/prosenjit-chatterjee)
- [June Malia](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-malia)
- [Nussrat Jahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nussrat-jahan)
- [Kanchan Mullick](https://cinepixo.com/people/kanchan-mullick)
- [Deepak Adhikari](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepak-adhikari)
- [Rahul Banerjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-banerjee)
- [Neel Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/neel-mukherjee)
- [Kaushik Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaushik-sen)
- [Paoli Dam](https://cinepixo.com/people/paoli-dam)
- [Kyra Dutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyra-dutt)
- [Jisshu Sengupta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jisshu-sengupta)

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