Nobel Chor (2011): Cast & Plot
Nobel Chor is a 2011 comedy thriller directed by Suman Ghosh, starring Mithun Chakraborty as Bhanu Kumar Hudati, Saswata Chatterjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. It runs 1 hour 45 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 45m (105 min)
- Director
- Suman Ghosh
- Original language
- Bengali
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Nobel Chor About?
The premise of Nobel Chor without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
After the Nobel Medal awarded to Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore was stolen in 2004 and never recovered, the film imagines its possible fate. It follows a poor farmer who becomes entangled with the missing honor, using his story to examine loss, poverty and the lasting impact of Tagore’s legacy.
Nobel Chor Cast & Characters
Mithun Chakraborty leads the cast as Bhanu Kumar Hudati, with Saswata Chatterjee as Hori "Jeet" and Soumitra Chatterjee as Mastermoshai. Directed by Suman Ghosh; 19 actors are credited in all.
- Director Suman Ghosh
- Mithun Chakraborty as Bhanu Kumar Hudati
- Saswata Chatterjee as Hori "Jeet"
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Mastermoshai
- Harsh Chhaya as Raj
Also Starring in Nobel Chor
· 15 more- Roopa Ganguly Diya
- Soma Chakraborty Bhanu's Wife
- Kaushik Ganguly Merchant of memorabilia
- Biswajit Chakraborty Mr. Jhunjhunwala
- Arindam Sil Police officer
- Abhijit Guha
- Sudipta Chakraborty
- Tamal Ray Chowdhury
- Manoj Mitra
- Sujoy Ghosh
- Dwijen Banerjee
- Sankar Debnath
- Padmanabha Dasgupta
- Kausik Ghosh
- Gautam Dey
More from Suman Ghosh
More films directed by Suman Ghosh: Puratawn, Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen, Kabuliwala and The Scavenger of Dreams.
Nobel Chor Plot Summary
What happens in Nobel Chor from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Nobel Chor reimagines a real-world headline as a human-scaled journey through modern India. Set against the 2004 theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Medal from Shantiniketan in Bengal, the film opens with the dramatic burst of national outrage, followed by a long, unresolved chase that ends with the case being closed in 2010 by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The story uses this backdrop not as a procedural thriller, but as a canvas to explore how a nation grapples with memory, loss, and change. The medal’s mystery mirrors a larger question: what happens when a country’s treasures collide with the pressures of a fast-changing world?
Full summary
The whole story of Nobel Chor, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Nobel Chor?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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What prestigious item was stolen, setting the events of the film into motion?
Nobel Chor Also Known As
Also known as “नोबेल चोर”.
- Also known as
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- नोबेल चोर
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Nobel Chor FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Nobel Chor, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Nobel Chor?
Nobel Chor runs 1 hour 45 minutes (105 minutes).
When was Nobel Chor released?
Nobel Chor was released on July 28, 2011.
Who directed Nobel Chor?
Nobel Chor was directed by Suman Ghosh.
More films by Suman Ghosh Who is in the cast of Nobel Chor?
Nobel Chor stars Mithun Chakraborty as Bhanu Kumar Hudati, Saswata Chatterjee as Hori "Jeet" and Soumitra Chatterjee as Mastermoshai, among 19 credited actors.
Does Nobel Chor have a post-credit scene?
No. Nobel Chor has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Nobel Chor in?
The original language of Nobel Chor is Bengali.
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