Prosenjit says, ‘With this film, I wanted a commercial breakthrough while keeping it meaningful. I never imagined it would become a cult classic, but I believed it could change the language of Bengali cinema — and it did. It allowed me to stay true to myself. Today, audiences remember Arun Chatterjee, not just Prosenjit Chatterjee. They remember a larger-than-life character with a real, human heart and that’s what makes him iconic’
Recalling his first narration to Prosenjit, Srijit says, “I remember, I went to meet Bumba da at a studio where he was shooting for Houseful. He said he was busy on that day but I insisted that I would wait. To which he said, “You have to wait three hours and I agreed. But after one and half hours, he came and took me in his car to his Ballygunge residence and the rest is history!”
Srijit’s work and shot framing blew me away
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