 "Praktan" was released on Friday, 27 May 2016 in both the city of Kolkata as well as in all the other major towns and cities of West Bengal at the same time.The film screened in 90+ cinema theaters in the Greater Kolkata region alone.Besides Kolkata; "Praktan" was also released to the audience in more than 25 cinema theaters outside of West Bengal(throughout the country) and in 9 theaters in USA, covering almost all the major American cities with a large Bengali diaspora.