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''Angshumaner Chhobi'' (2009) is the debut feature film of
Atanu Ghosh Atanu Ghosh Ghosh is a National-Award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, author and teacher. His Bengali film '' Mayurakshi'' (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. His film Shesh Pata, Angshumaner ...
and had its premiere at the 40th
International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excel ...
, Goa. It was selected in the Competitive Section of the festival in one of the two Indian entries.


Plot

The story is about 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.


Detailed storyline

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, humor 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. In this film-within-a-film, Soumitra Chatterjee has two roles. In the main story, he is a former matinee idol who has become a complete recluse and has cut himself away from the mainstream as much as from cinema. In the film that Angshuman is making, this actor, Pradyut Mukherjee is persuaded to enact the role of a 72-year-old painter suffering from dementia. The painter has an who looks after him.
Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards. Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Pa ...
plays the as the second role in the film-within-the-film. In the main story, she is Madhura, an actress who won the National Award for Best Actress in her first film. But when Angshuman approaches her, after a stint in commercial films of little merit but good money, Madhura is now a popular jatra artiste with little connection with films. Angshuman had visualized these two actors for the two main roles for his first film and he is unwilling to compromise. Tota Roychoudhury plays the enigmatic Neel, who had been passionate about dance and astronomy and gets curiously involved with Angshuman's film. The detection of crime also plays an important role in bringing out the psychological interactions in a celebrity's life. These are strikingly different from those of the common man. So the usual concept of crime and punishment does not hold true here. An alleged suicide becomes the talk of the town for its mysterious nature and is handed over to the CID, Crime Branch, for investigation. The person assigned to the case is Sourjya Roy, SP, CID, whose no-nonsense analytical skills suggest that it was not a suicide but homicide. Ananya Chatterjee plays the role of this different police officer.


Cast

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Indraneil Sengupta Indraniel Sengupta is an Indian actor and model who works in Hindi and Bengali films and television. Early Life Sengupta was born on 8 September 1974 in Assam, India, to a Bengali Hindu family. He completed his education from Scottish Churc ...
as Angshuman *
Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the histor ...
as Pradyut *
Indrani Halder Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Film Award, National Award, three Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Awards and two ...
as Madhura *
Tota Roy Chowdhury Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Bengali and Hindi cinema. He is also known for his versatile acting performances, fitness, martial arts and dance moves. His notable roles include Feluda in the Hoichoi web series ...
as Neel * Ananya Chatterjee as Sourya *
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ( is an Indian actor known for his work in theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty ...
as Bikanranjan *
Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt ...
as Rajiv *
Anjana Basu Anjana Basu is an Indian actress. She started her acting career with modelling, and gradually with a serial "Robir Aloy" which aired on Alpha Bangla (presently known as Zee Bangla), she came into the limelight. The year was 2003. In 2005, she w ...
as Sonali * Bhaskar Banerjee as Somnath *Soma Chakrabarty as Bindu *
Pijush Ganguly Pijush Ganguly (2 January 1965 – 25 October 2015) was a noted Bengali film, television and theater actor. In 2005 he received the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in ...
*Debesh Roy Chowdhury *Kaushik Sen


Singers and music

Rupam Islam Rupam Islam (born 25 January 1974) is an Indian singer-songwriter, music composer, and writer. He is the lead vocalist of the Bengali rock band Fossils. Outside of his rock music work, Islam has also contributed to several Bengali film pro ...
, Prateek Chowdhury, Subhomita Banerjee, Anwesha Datta Gupta, Sumana Chakraborty and Bhoomi provide vocals on the soundtrack. The film's soundtrack music was composed by Rocket Mondol.


Awards and festivals

Selected in Indian Panorama and Competitive Section of 40th International Film Festival of India, 2009. Selected in Competitive Section of 11th Dhaka International Film Festival, 2010. Winner of 2 Anandalok Awards. Winner of Aravindan Puraskaram for Best Debut Film 2009. Winner of Lankesh Chitra Prashasti for Best Debut Film 2009. BFJA Award for Most Promising Director of 2009. The film also won Best Supporting Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee) and Best Editor (Sujoy Dutta Roy) at the Asia Pacific Film Festival in Taipei, 2010 besides 14 other national and international awards for its cast and crew members.


References


External links

*http://www.angshumnerchhobi.blogspot.com

*http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/movie-reviews/Angshumaner-Chhobi/movie-review/4922977.cms *http://sakagaze.blogspot.com/2009/08/angshumaner-chhobi.html

{{Atanu Ghosh Films set in Kolkata 2009 films Bengali-language Indian films Films directed by Atanu Ghosh 2000s Bengali-language films