Hemanta

Hemanta
Film poster
Directed by	Anjan Dutt
Produced by	Shyam Sundar Dey, Pankaj Ludia
Starring	Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar,
Music by	Neel Dutt
Edited by	Arghyakamal Mitra
Production company	GreenTouch Entertainment, Lundia Group
Release date	12 Aug 2016
Running time	2 hrs 26 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Hemanta is a 2016 Bengali language drama thriller film directed by Anjan Dutt. It stars Parambrata Chatterjee in the role of the titular protagonist, with Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar, Gargi Roychowdhury, Saswata Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee in other pivotal roles. The film is a modern a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, amidst a massive Bengal production house.

Set amidst the backdrop of the entertainment world of Bengali cinema production, the film is about Hemanta Sen who goes off to the United States at a young age to study films. Trained as a filmmaker, he comes back to know that his father has died three years ago and also about his mother's relationship with his uncle.

Shamayita Chakraborty of The Times of India gave 3 stars and praised the performances of Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee and Sagnik Chatterjee while criticized the absence of the Ghost (Hamlet) in the story.