Angshumaner Chhobi
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Poster of Angshumaner Chhobi
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| Directed by | Atanu Ghosh |
| Produced by | T. Sarkar Productions |
| Written by | Atanu Ghosh |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee, Indrani Halder, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Ananya Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rudranil Ghosh, Anjana Basu, Bhaskar Banerjee, Pijush Ganguly, Soma Chakrabarty and Indraneil Sengupta |
| Music by | Rocket Mondol |
| Cinematography | Sandeep Sen |
| Edited by | Sujoy Dutta Roy |
| Distributed by | T. Sarkar Productions |
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125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Angshumaner Chhobi (2009) is the debut feature film of Atanu Ghosh and had its premiere at the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival, one of the two Indian entries.
A journey of four people, Pradyut, Madhura, Neel and Angshuman, through the making of a film. Legendary actor, Pradyut, had chosen a life of exile. Madhura, National Awardee for her debut film, now leads a frustrated existence. Neel, passionate about dance and astronomy, chances on something that changes his destiny. Angshuman, returns from Italy eight years after completing a course in film direction. He has an interesting script on the curious relationship between a septuagenarian celebrity painter and a young nurse. The project is a non-starter with constant setbacks. A crime occurs brings emotional crises to a peak. Despite all adversities, Angshuman is determined to see his dream project through.
Rupam Islam, Prateek Chowdhury, Subhomita Banerjee, Anwesha Datta Gupta, Sumana Chakrabarty and Bhoomi provide vocals on the soundtrack.
I was interested to explore a narrative that runs along three parallel tracks, telescoping into each other to span incidents happening around the same time. The main track is the one that centers on a filmmaker returning to Calcutta after eight years in Italy with the purpose of making his first feature film. The second track probes into the film-within-the-film, that includes the uphill climb the filmmaker goes through to get his principal cast together, then set them through the paces of their work, and so on. This track also explores the sensitive actor’s psyche – the process of being in and out of limelight or the eternal tussle faced by every creative person between his mind and his emotions. The third track, deals with the police investigation of the mysterious death of a successful businessman. Here the detection of crime plays an important role in bringing out the psychological interactions in a celebrity’s life, which are strikingly different from those of the common man.
Angshumaner Chhobi (a film by Angshuman) deals with the relentless efforts of Angshuman (played by Indraneil Sengupta), a young film director who comes back from Italy after eight years, having studied cinema there, to make his first film. He puts up a determined fight against all obstacles to complete his film. As he is struggling with his goal, the story passes through many mutations - emotional drama, humour and the detection of crime. Along the way, other issues come up. Among these are the eternal tussle faced by every creative person between his mind and his emotions, the psyche of being in and out of the limelight and the inevitable pangs of conscience and humanism faced by celebrities.
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