It will be an exciting box office outing for Tollywood as several films will battle it out for supremacy. Let’s take a look at which are the Bengali films releasing/re-releasing this
Durga Puja. While most of them will hit the theatres on October 21, there are some which will release in early weeks.
‘Dracula Sir
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Starring
Anirban Bhattacharya and
Mimi Chakraborty in the lead, ‘Dracula Sir’ is the story of a primary school teacher who develops a pair of canine teeth earning the nickname, Dracula Sir. As destiny pushes him towards becoming the vampire he has always been referred to, he has a story to tell from 1971 that makes his journey a tale of finding love and revenge.
‘Rawkto Rawhoshyo’
Starring
Koel Mallick as Swarnaja, a radio jockey, this film directed by Soukarya Ghosal traces the contours of a mother-child relationship, using an array of complex situations. It also has Santilal Mukherjee, Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Lily Chakraborty and Chandan Roy Sanyal in pivotal roles.
‘Love Story’
Directed by Rajiv Kumar, it’s a romantic drama in which Bonny Sengupta will be seen as Ankit while Rittika Sen plays Ranjha.
‘SOS Kolkata’
Anshuman Pratyush’s second directorial ‘SOS Kolkata’ sees Yash sharing the screen with Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. The film, produced by Jarek Entertainment, tries to show characters fighting uncertainties just like people are struggling to survive this pandemic. The story is about a suspected terrorist attack, where Yash and Nusrat play anti-terrorism officers. Mimi plays Yash’s wife. Producer Ena Saha plays a bubbly girl, Angel. As the story progresses, her brave personality is revealed to the audiences.
‘Guldasta’
Srirupa, Renu and Dolly - their interpersonal relationships, their hardships, their agonies, and ecstasies are what the story of ‘Guldasta’ is all about. Deceptive as it may come across, the Arjunn Dutta directed film and its central characters come with various layers of sensitivity and pretence. But the beauty lies in their vulnerability and that there is always hope. The cast includes
Arpita Chatterjee,Swastika Mukherjee, Debjani Chatterjee, Anuradha Mukherjee, Anubhav Kanjilal and Abhijit Guha.
‘The Parcel’
Indrasis Acharya’s ‘ The Parcel’, which released on March 6 and after only a few days run in theatres suffered the COVID-19 strike will be re-released this Puja. The thriller starring stars
Saswata Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Sreela Majumder, Ambarish Bhattacharya and Daminee Basu among others in pivotal roles has a non-explicit, realistic and open-ended script. It shows human reactions to certain situations without the reasons being told.
‘Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti’
‘Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti’ had received an overwhelming response since its release in theatre on March 6 but then the coronavirus crisis stalled everything and the cinema halls still remain closed. However, just like ‘the Parcel’, this one is also re-releasing in theatres this Durga Puja. Starring Ritabhari Chakraborty and Soham Majumder in the lead, the film questions why a woman can’t get into the kitchen or thakur ghor when she is having her periods. There are so many age-old myths we are following in this patriarchal society and the film opens the discussion among the audience centering on those beliefs.
‘Dudh Pither Gachh’
Director Ujjwal Basu’s dream project, his long-awaited film ‘Dudh Pither Gachh’ featuring Daminee Beni Basu, Kaushik Roy and Harshil Das was supposed to release on April 3 but it got postponed due to the pandemic. Now, it’s set for a Durga Puja release. The film speaks about belief. Gour, who is only seven, believes that the way fruits and vegetables grow out of seeds, pithey too can grow if you plant and water it. He plants a pithey and waters it every day and, to his surprise, sees a sapling one day. And he dreams of a god land where there are loads of pithey trees. This too is his belief and one day, he boards a train that he thinks will take him to the god land! This is not a fantasy film, but a realistic film, which shows how we all live with our beliefs irrespective of whether they get shattered or fulfilled in the course of the journey called life
‘Ebhabei Golpo Hok’ Young filmmaker Rohan Sen is making his directorial debut with ‘Ebhabei Golpo Hok’ which sees Joy Sengupta and Rupanjana Mitra in the lead along with Bibriti Chatterjee, Shantilal Mukherjee and Ananda S Choudhuri in pivotal roles. Joy Sengupta will be seen as a director who is trying to move out of his comfort zone while making a love story. Thriller used to be his preferred genre once. Since he himself is in a crisis, making a romantic film seems extremely difficult. However, he thinks of a story and starts telling his assistant the story. Suddenly the filmmaker sees a novel by a writer which has the same storyline. What happens next forms the crux of the film.
‘Saheber Cutlet’
The musical food film directed by
Anjan Dutt stars Arjun Chakrabarty in the lead. Although Cutlet was initially a continental food, it turned out to be a Bengali dish with time. ‘Saheber Cutlet’ follows the journey of a chef, who has some expertise on continental cuisine. However, he loses his job because of his temper issue. And then he finds out making the street snacks like Singara also requires a tremendous amount of skill and talent.
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