Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey. He also said that Abhishek and his mother Jaya Bhaduri had loved the script when he went to offer the role to Abhishek. Soundtrack Reception The album was met with critical acclaim. Kartik of Milliblog praised the album, calling it a "classy opening to Shankar Ehsaan Loy’s 2012 account". Music Aloud remarked that the soundtrack was the 'best of SEL in a long time'. DunkDaft quoted about the music as 'A sheer delightful soundtrack for the period film'. Khalid Mohamed praised the score as "evocative", while Shabna Ansari of NDTV deemed it "soulful". Promotion A special screening of Chittagong was done in Mumbai on 3 October 2012 at Cinemax Versova, a western Mumbai suburb. Several Bollywood biggies including Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Resul Pookutty and Anil Kapoor turned up to support the filmmaker. Critical reception The film was released worldwide on 12 October 2012. It garnered mostly positive reviews from critics. Srijna Mitra Das of Times of India gave it 3.5 stars. "Like a Chittagong orchid, the movie takes time to blossom - but when it does, it's beautiful. And pleases a certain master" said ToI. Rediff Movies called Chittagong honest and gave it 3 stars: "Chittagong is an important film despite its shortcomings," writes Raja Sen of rediff. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 3.5 stars. Aniruddha Guha of DNA gave it 3.5 stars. "Chittagong is the kind of film that will leave you with a heavy heart, and moved. Give it a shot." said DNA. MOZVO, social movie rating site, gave Chittagong 3.5 out of 5 making it a 'Recommended' movie. Shubra Gupta of the Indian Express gave 3.5 stars. Jim Luce of Huffington Post wrote "The film Chittagong is a brilliant, poignant action-drama, made more so by the fact that it is true." Accolades References External links 2010s Hindi-language films 2012 war drama films 2012 films Films set in the Indian independence movement Indian war drama films Indian films based on actual events Films set in 1930 Films shot in Kolkata Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners Indian avant-garde and experimental films Hindi-language films based on actual events 2010s avant-garde and experimental films 2012 drama films