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``TADANTO’’
Story ByGANDHARVA RAJA (Synopsis of film script)
Abhi and Nisha are growing up in Kolkata and studying in the same college. Abhi is the son of a grocery shop owner. Nisha has a very aristocrat background and belongs to Mullik family. Despite their social difference they have fallen in love with each other.
Years later, a police jeep with Inspector Dasgupta and a junior Constable arrives at Chowdhury residence at Bhadreshwar one night. Dr Dinesh Chowdhury, belonging to a very affluent jute mill owner’s family, has been murdered. Although there were a few members in his family, Dinesh was quite isolated and lived a lonely life. He was temperamentally volatile and arrogant and had a failed marriage.
Mona, an escort girl, was often Dinesh’s companion with whom he shared a turbulent relationship. He often called Mona at his riverside retreat and spent evenings with her. Mona used to look forward to Dinesh’s invitations and secretly nurtured a desire to be with him forever. Her boss Robi, the pimp was very possessive about her and did not at all like Mona’s infatuation for Dinesh. But he could not stop Mona from meeting Dinesh as she used to receive good money from Dinesh. Mona’s love for Dinesh took deep roots but Dinesh, although aware of it, could neither accept her love nor stop meeting her altogether.
Flash back. Nisha’s father Kashinath a resident of Shobha Bazaar, on becoming aware of Nisha’s love affair wants to marry off Nisha. He heads straight for Bhadreshwar to arrange Nisha’s marriage with Dr. Dinesh Chowdhury. Kashinath promises Dinesh his co-operation in all aspects and advises Dinesh to move to some posh locality in Kolkata. Mona and Abhi are shattered when they hear about this. Abhi goes to Kashinath to ask for Nisha’s hand in marriage. But he is turned down. Nisha is eventually married off to Dr Dinesh Chowdhury.
Nisha one day finds out about Dinesh’s earlier escort Mona. That night, Nisha secretly goes out to find Abhi at their home in Howrah. But Abhi with his parents had moved to their native village in Birbhum. After a few years, Abhi and Nisha accidentally meet at a party. Immediately the old chemistry becomes alive. But none speaks of their own marriages.
Mona, after years, receives a telephone call from Dinesh who invites her again to his river side retreat. She is overjoyed and ecstatic. But Robi, her boss and pimp, overhears the conversation and gets very disturbed. He tries to stop Mona from visiting Dinesh, but Mona is determined to visit Dinesh at his river side retreat. She arrives at Dinesh’s retreat but gradually finds out that as before, Dinesh doesn’t care about her feelings at all. He has just invited her for her service.
Back to the murder spot and present time. Police is interrogating the family members of Dr Dinesh Chowdhury but not finding any clue to the murder mystery. Inspector Dasgupta examines the dead body again and again.
After interrogating all the members of Dr Dinesh’s house, police inspector Dasgupta comes to know about the deceased’s unhappy married life. He also comes to know about how desperate Nisha was to get a divorce from Dinesh. As the investigation progresses a lot of clues appears. Eventually Nisha is interrogated by Inspector Dasgupta. Through interrogation he comes to know that Dr Dinesh always carried a gun. But he cannot find it anywhere even after a thorough search.
Further investigation leads the police inspector Mr Dasgupta to Robi and Mona. Through interrogation the Inspector comes to know about the love triangle between Robi and Mona and Dinesh. Inspectot Dasgupta gathers a lot of clues but none of them points to the person who committed the murder. He cannot find any strong evidence to pin down the murderer.
But the persistent police inspector does not give up on the case. He goes on with his investigation with perseverance and after a chain of thrilling incidents, he is able to find the evidence he was looking for. The veil of mystery is finally lifted by Inspector Dasgupta. Dinesh’s missing gun was found and eventually the culprit who committed the murder is brought to light.
END
``Two Bay Ventures’’ Production company
Two Bay Ventures is an entertainment company based in the USA with the primary purpose of producing quality entertainment products including quality Indian language films, and promote musical and other entertainments in various markets.“TADANTO” [The Investigation] is the first of a series of ventures proposed by Two Bay Ventures. A Bengali feature film, the thriller “Tadanta”, is expected to be released in 2015. This partnership firm is formed by Dr. Tapendu Basu, a reputed writer, and Mr. Sankar Basu, the President of Dolphin International, Inc., a ten years old consulting firm in the area of entertainment based in the USA.
``Gandharva Raja’’ Writer
Dr.Tapendu K. Basu writes poetry and fiction under the pseudonym GandharvaRaja. The thriller Tadantois based on Gandharva Raja’s novel ‘The Nisha Trilogy’.Born in India, presently a practicing Nephrologist living in Baltimore, USA,GandharvaRaja, has spun a riveting drama using his intimate knowledge of human emotions – id and ego driven by love and jealousy.After a course in Creative Writing at Union Institute, he found acclaim with his Twentieth Century Retelling of Epic Mahabharata.GandharvaRaja’s other books include August 29: How Kabir H. Jain Became a Deity and Hoofbeats: a Poetic History of the United States. He was recently interviewed by WYPR on his novel, August 29: How Kabir H. Jain Became a Deity. A member of the Academy of American Poets, and President of the Maryland Writers’ Association, Baltimore Chapter, in Tadantohe tells a love story/murder mysteryset in Kolkata and the suburbs. The author has created colorful characters and a plot with surprising twists which will keep the audience captivated to the very last scene.He is also one of the production partners of this film.
``Sankar Basu’’ Production Partner
Mr. Sankar Basuthe president of Dolphin International, Inc. 16818 Briardale Road, Rockville, MD20855, USAis a committed person in the field of Entertainment.After completing the degree program in Hotel management from India, and the acting course in Pune Film Institute, he came to U.S.A. in 1968. Completed MBA in Marketing from University of Maryland, USA. Mr. Basu worked with INS International Inc., an Entertainment company and Everest Pictures where he was line producer, incharge of marketing of all productions by these companies. Both were based in Los Angeles, California. He ran a partnership distribution company of foreign films in the North America “Creative films International” in ‘70s. Where He distributed all films of Satyajit Ray up to SHATRANJ KE KHILARI in the North & South American region. Prior to joining INS International and Everest Pictures, Mr.Basu was the Senior Director with the International Film Festival Authority in India (1984-1996).Produced several TV Serials in Bengali and Hindi language. To name a few: “Jodi AmonHoto”, “KakajiKahen”, “Darpan”, etc. Mostly Directed by Basu Chatterjee. Mr. SankarBasu has produced two feature films in Hindi language from U.S.While in India with Govt. of India, Mr. Basu was involved with “Doordarshan” in the department of film programming, policy planning and satellite broadcasting regulations, National Film Development Corporation(NFDC)/Pune Film Institute/Film Archive & Children Film Society.Presently involvedin production of a Bengali feature film in India and a Diaspora film in English in the USA.
``Ratan Mukherjee’’ Production Associate
Ratan Mukherjeehas been in Bollywood since 1970 and involved in artist management, events, film production and movie marketing all over. He was Associated in a Super successful Bengali movie “TROYEE” Starring, Mithun Chakraborty, Debasree Roy, and a Hindi/Bengali double version movie titled ‘JeevanYudh’ staring; Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Pradha. He has been the director of cinematography & craftsmanship in several Hindi movies namely: BalikaBadhu(Hindi), ‘Devta’ (Hindi) starring Sanjeev Kumar, ShabanaAzmi, Dany and ‘Ghar’ (Hindi)starringRekha.Besides he has solely produced Hindi movie with super star Aamir Khan titled “Isi kaNaamZindagi” that remake of a national & international award winner’s Bengali film namely “BancharamerBagan”. He was also aassociated in marketing of English/Hindi movie titled ‘15 Park Avenue’ (2006) by director Aparna Senand 2009 award winning Hindi movie title ‘Yatra’ staring: Rekha&Nana; Patekar,directed by Goutam Ghosh. Now here he is in TADANTO.
``Kalyan Chatterjee’’ Lead Actor
Kalyan has been around cinema and acting since last fifty two years. Not many in the world can boast of such experience. Starting from Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha, Ajay Kar to Aparna Sen and Sujoy Ghosh, he has worked with the whole lot. And whenever he is on screen, he just shines. In TADANTO it's no exception. He plays his part with such lucidity that every second he is present on screen is a pleasure to watch. His acting and dialogue modulation in TADANTO is a treat for every viewer.Kalyan is simply superb.
``Biswajit Chakraborty’’ Lead Actor
Biswajit’s illustrious career spreads over almost fifty years. After films in Calcutta Biswajit relocated to Bombay to act in Hindi films. He was paired with so many notable actresses such as Asha Parekh and WaheedaRehmaan! In between acting in Bollywood movies, Biswajit has returned to Calcutta to act in Bengali films as well. Notable ones among them include Chowringhee (1968) and GarhNasimpur with Uttam Kumar. Apart from being an actor, Biswajit is also a singer what many people don’t know about. But the amount of ease he acts with and the traditional grandeur he presents in his characters is a class of its own. Very few come close to Biswajit when it’s a question of good acting.
``Debshankar Halder’’ Lead Actor
Sangeet Natak Academy Award winner Debshankar is one of the titans in the world of modern Bengali theatre. He has been working for a long time in different Bengali theatre groups like Nandikar,Rangapat, Sudrak, Gandhar, Bratyajon, Lake Town Sreebhumi Sansriti, Blank Verse, to name a few.He has also made his presence felt in the world of films in a big way. All the films he has appeared in like ALIKH SHOOKH, MUKTADHARA, ARUNDHATI, MAYAMRIDANGA, ACCIDENT, etc. are exceptional and he has played his part with scintillating brilliance. TADANTO also is not an exception.
``Gautam Halder’’ Lead Actor
Gautam Halder is a stalwart of Bengali stage and performed in plays like 'SeshSakkhatkar', 'Football', 'PheriwalarMrityu', 'MeghnadbadhKabyo' and 'Borda'. Among many of his successful direction, 'SojonBadyiarGhaat' must be named. 'MeghnadbadhKabya' is a completely different genre of theatre where GoutamHalder's solo performance is based on music, poetry, movements and dance. Then he started another group named 'NayeNatua' and staged 'MeghnadbadhKabyo', 'Borda' and 'Jaal'(written by ShirshenduMukhopadhyay) for it. He makes a blast of an appearance in the world of films through this movie. He is a scene stealer in every way. As long as he is on the screen, the viewer just won’t be able to take his eyes off him. He sure knows how to play his part. He sure knows how to install life in his character.
``Kaushik Sen’’ Lead Actor
Kaushik Sen is a familiar face who has been around since the age of five. There has not been a single film in which he has acted that did not draw critical applause. He has even worked with directors like Mrinal Sen.He won the prestigious BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his performance in the MrinalSen directed film Aamar Bhuvan.Films like SAJARUR KANTA, KADAMBARI, BYOMKESH FIREY ELO, AJANA HAWA, etc. are a few of his recent films where he has played the hero and the villain with equal ease. He has been brilliant in all the roles. He is equally as brilliant in TADANTO.
``Rituparna Sengupta’’ Lead Actress
Rituparna needs no introduction again. She is sparkling as always. Be it the character of a queen or a working maid, she is simply excellent in what she does. Having garnered the National Film Award in 1998 for her work in Dahan, she is known for portraying very bold and sensuous characters.Here she has done it again. She plays the part of a love deprived escort girl in TADANTO and makes it flesh and blood like never before. Her characterization of Mona is one of her best works. Ritu’s Mona will never fade away from viewer’s mind.
``Rahul’’ Lead Actor
Rahul, is an actor par excellence. He made his first stage appearance at the age of three with his father’s (Biswanath Banerjee) theatre troupe Bijoygarh Atmaprakash. Since then, he has acted in almost numerous stage shows, and several films. His balanced underplay is his USP and makes him so immensely popular. Any role offered to him always receives justice to the fullest and becomes alive in a vibrant way. He plays his role in this film with remarkable poise and makes the character so unbelievably realistic.
``Priyanka’’ Lead Actress
Since Priyanka made her debut in 2008 in a Raj Chakroborty’s film CHIRODINI TUMI JE AMAR, she never looked back. Whether in television or in feature films, her grace and lucid acting kept the viewers charmed more and more. She has this remarkable capacity of making the most common character an uncommon one with her acting skills. She is present in TADANTO glowing with all her charisma as she plays the role of Nisha,as graceful and as elegant as ever.
``Badsha Maitro’’ Lead Actor
Badshah started his acting career in television and became popular in no time with his potent screen presence and personality. It is his unique style and panache mixed with a rare smoothnessin dialogue delivery that makes him stand out. Opposite to the current trend of frivolous and shallow characterization of heroes in films,Badshah is an actor who has that rare ability of portraying the character he plays giving it a serious shed and sublime gravity. There has been no exception in TADANTO.
``Other Characters’’
All the character actors like Sayantani, Rashmita Ghoshal, Piyali Dasgupta, Arun Saha, Tapati Munshi, Debaditya Dutta, Ranjan Bhattacharya, Priyanka Bhattacharya, Soumya Kanti, Gautam Sarkar, Sraboni Saha, Sharmi Chakroborty, Rik Maity, Milon Kundu, Dibyendu Patra, Romeo Das, Sharmistha Chakroborty, Shibani Bhattacharya, Krishna Kanjilal, Suchandra Banerjee, Srirup Mitra, Subhojit Ganguly, Indrani Mukherjee, Ashmita Ghosh and whoever has acted has simply scintillated in the respective scenes.
``Nitish Roy’’ Director
Nitish Roy having made his mark as a production designer working in Bollywood for more than thirty five years, started directing films and TV serials parallely. Starting with EK POSHLA BRISHTI, followed by TOBU MONE REKHO, JAMAI NO:1 and HEARTBEAT (HINDI) GOSINE BAGANER BHOOT,JOLE JONGALE, MAHAKASH KANDO, he has made seven feature films and TADANTO is the eighth of the lot. All his films have been entertainment oriented and of varied taste. They have been colourful visually and emotionally. GOSAINBAGANER BHOOT happens to be an all-time favourite of the Bengali film viewers without a doubt.Amongst his recent ones are JOLE JONGOLE and MAHAKAASHKANDO awaiting release. TADANTO is the eighth one in the line.Stars he has worked with previously are Soumitra Chatterjee, Mithun, Jackie Shroof,Anup Kumar, Ravi Ghosh, RanjitMallik, Sandha Roy, Debashree Roy, Proshenjit, Tapas Pal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Victor Banerjee, BasantaChaudhury, Anup Kumar,Dipankar De, Kharaj Mukherjee, Kanchan Mullik, Bratya Basu, Biplab Chattopadhyay, Tinoo Anand,Aruna Irani, Neena Gupta, Debashri Roy, Pooja Batra and so many others from all over the country. He has this unusual streak of creativity in him which makes him generate several layers in a single film text which tickles the taste-buds of every film lover in the most pleasant way. TADANTO is no exception where he has worked out the script also.
As a Production Designer
Having designed almost two hundred films in various languages from all across the world, Nitish Roy needs no introduction as a production designer. All his volume of work and list of National and International level awards speak for it. It is not just Hindi films of Bollywood or Bengali films of Tollywood he has worked in, but big banner Hollywood films like GLADIATOR also have been touched by his magic wand of production designing! He has made it happen in Indian films for the first time that sets would also become characters in the scenes. Having worked with maestros of cinema from across the world like Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Roger Christian, etc., the experience he has gathered is the real jewel in the crown. In TADANTO one will find every word spoken about him to be true.
``Badal Sarkar’’ Director of Photography
Badal is one from that rare clan of technicians who have learned the trade from the grass root. He is equally as comfortable in films and TV as he is equally comfortable in analogue and digital medium. He can do everything himself and that includes operating the camera. His sense of illumination is superb and is no less than the reputed stalwarts. His sense of lenses is superb. His sense of depth of field is mesmerizing. His camerawork helps establish a collateral narrative along with the storyline which superbly complements the content of the film and promotes it to the next level. Like so many other contemporary Bengali films,his camerawork in TADANTO is to be seen to be believed.
``Debaditya Datta’’ Dialogue and Screenplay Writer
Debaditya has been writing stories, scriptsand dialogue for telefilms (ALOUKIK SERIES in ETV, etc.) and feature films since 1999. GOSAIN BAGANER BHOOT being the first feature film scripted by him to have released followed by JOLE JONGOLE (awaiting release), MAHAKAASHKANDO (awaiting release), SHESH ONKER KHELA (awaiting release) and TADANTO. Having worked as Nitish Roy's art direction and production assistant for more than sixteen years, Nitish's narrative biography ART IN ART DIRECTION was also one of Debaditya’sliterary efforts that was published by Deep Prakashana. LIFTOFF is a thriller in Bengali also written by him and published in 2000 by Anando Publishers.
``Amit Chatterjee’’ Art Director
Amit is one of the best that there is. His love of art reflects on every wall of every set he erects. Onevery prop he places. The movies he has worked in are the likes of RAMDHANU, ALIK SHUKH, C/O SIR, KIDNAPPER, ABHIMAAN, STHANIYO SANBAD etc. none of which has failed to gather applause. And Amit's work was noticed by all. And in TADANTO he has unquestionably put up his best being inspired by his idol Nitish.
``Anindita Nath Purkait’’ Costume Designer
Ms. Anindita Nath Purkait a Textile & Fashion Designer, done her Masters in Textile Designing from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata (University of Calcutta) in 2007. She has working experience in various organizations dealing in fashion & textile designing like Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. She has participated in a number of exhibitions of textile and fashion designing, attended seminar& workshops and had several project works to her credit like Dark Ride Complete Costume Beautification for Ramoji Film City in 2013.She is presently working as a Textile Designer for Tantuja (A West Bengal Govt. undertaking) from 2013 till date. She has worked wonders in TADANTO with her retro concept and designing of the costumes of 80’s.
``Rocket Mondal’’ Music Director
Veteran music director Rocket has been working since last so many years and so many hits he has given that it looks ridiculous trying to make a list of his works and awards. There is not a single superstar in the music industry whom he has not worked with. Be it the background music, be it songs, be it the remix – he is equally at ease in every branch of music making. And with Nitish, it’s possibly his n’th partnership. Here in TADANTO he has simply outshined himself with the songs he has composed and tunes he has made. He has thrown a feast for the lovers of music.
``Moumita Das’’ Executive Producer
Moumita Das (1981 born) received gold medal in photography and cinematography from Govt. of West Bengal. An Associate Director and Executive Producer who has worked for some of the hit Bengali movies of recent time , such as Muktodhara, GnosaiBaganerBhut, Aliksukh , Accident. Worked as director and production head for several television projects for last 13 years. An advertisement filmmaker.
``Neela Mondol’’ Production Accounts Supervisor
Neela has been a sincere companion and personal secretary to Nitish. She has been handling production accounts of mega budget Hindi films in Bollywood since last fifteen years. She has no match in keeping the accounts in order.
``Kaushik Bandopadhyay’’ Lyricist
Kaushik, born 1977, has been a film and TV professional for a long time who has dug every aspect of film making with the enthusiasm and exuberance of a little child looking for his toy. Be it direction, be it script, be it camera and be it sound, his enthusiasm has never ebbed. Writing songs has not been an exception.His lyrics in the song KANDBONA KICHUTEYEE is simply sparkling heart wrenching. And the lyrics of the theme song of the film, TADANTO HOBE TADANTO will run in your veins once you hear it. He has also helped the director as his chief assistant while shooting and helped workout the script along with visualization.A mechanical engineer turned lyricist, screenwriter and media crew. A man with a pen in his hand and ready to face his destiny driven by passion. Associated with some of the best directors of today's Bengali cinema. Working for regional Bengali as well as national television channels for last 15 years as Conceptualizer and Director and created some of the greatest hits. A regular and popular writer for Bengali periodicals and web portals. Received Jury's selection Award as best director from Chennai International Short Film Festival in 2013.
``Singers’’
The songs are one of the assets of TADANTO. Superstar Jojo has just blasted her way through the title song TADANTO HOBE TADANTO once again. What power and what a voice she has! One will never forget this song. Oliva's rendering of the remix JE JON PREMER BHAAB was in one word awesome. She makes one fall in love again with this old folk number by the great Lalan Fakir. She became a known face since she made her mark in the music reality show SA RE GA MA. Abhijit Jhuppa with his number KANDBONA KICHUTEYEE is just unforgettable. What pathos and passion has he churned out from those sensitive lyrics.Son of Late ArunKr. Bose who was a music director himself & a famous one too, doing music from the age of 8. Played with famous Bengali bands like Chandrabindoo, Fossils, etc. Associated with Bengali band Bhoomi as keyboardist & vocalist from 1999 to 2004.Presently working with Deengabangla band as vocalist & keyboardist.
``Arpita Pal Bose’’ Dance Choreographer
Arpita is a student of Thankumani Kutty of Kalamandalam and Mr. & Mrs. Venkit of Uma Kalamandalam, she mastered in Bhartnatyam in the year 1997. She started learning dance from the age of three. She got scholarship from Nehru Children Museum to visit Australia, America & Germany for dance workshop in the year 1998.She was the opening dancer of Dance Bangla Dance of the first session. She did choreography for Dance Bangla Dance Juniors, Misfit of Doordarsan for many years. She was the winner of Nacho ToDekhi at ETVBangla.She has done around 500 shows and she is doing dance, fashion & dashion choreography for various events. Arpitahas truly mesmerized with the choreography of JE JON PREMER BHAAB. She didn't have to try too hard to make everybody dance to the tune.
``Direction Assistants Team’’
The assistant direction team led by Chief AD Kaushik consisted of 1st AD veteran Rajesh, a regular of Nitish's unit and 2nd AD energetic Papai, also a regular in the unit. It was this team that provided all the support to Nitish every moment as long as he was shooting and even when he was not.
``STUDIO 15’’ VFX Team
VFX has always been the forte of Nitish Roy and has always been very pertinent in his films and TADANTO is not an exception. Starting from the beginning scroll till the last frame the VFX team of STUDIO15 has blended there magic like sugar in milk. The team led by Avishek &Malabika; consists of Subrata, Sourav, Jayanta, Supriya and Rajat are the wizards who have made the magic in TADANTO directed by Nitish himself.
``Production Team’’
Last but not the least, the rest of the production team who made the film happen, worked round the clock like machine. Production managers Ashoo, Gobindo and Shuman, make-up designer Azad, hairdresser Shyamali, costume continuity director Biswajit, shooting still photographer Tapan Nandi, Production runner Ganesh, driver Shital, production help Chhatu, Pranob and the rest the camera team, the lighting team, the sound team and so many others worked so hard that no complement is enough. Kudos to the whole team TADANTO.
``Studio Art ’’ Line Production company
Studio Art was formed two years back with the aim and purpose of aiding the creation of feature films as line producer. With its office in Kolkata and a team of professionals who have experiences in this field ranging from 5 to 30 years, Studio Art works as an agency with the production houses in the creation of films. The maiden venture of Studio Art is the Bengali feature film 'Tadanto' which is produced by US based production house 'Two Bay Ventures'.
Tadonto is a story of burning love, unfulfilled desires and cruel twists in life. Originally written as 'Nisha Trilogy' by writer Gandharva Raja, the story is made consice and adapted for big screen audience by myself and Script writer Debaditya Dutta. The story revolves around four characters: Abhi, Nisha, Mona and Dinesh. It is set in 1980's Kolkata when life as we see it now was quite different. There was no computers and smart phones, no emails and sms, no Facebook and Twitter. It was a time of Door Darshan and landlines, post cards and 'addas' at tea shops. The 60s and 70s were riddled with political turbulence and Unemployment, whch affected the society and shaped it's psyche. Socialist and communist ideas flourished in the young minds of college students, which perhaps gave them hope for a better future. Those who weren't actively involved, were also affected, at a subconscious level. During this time we also saw three wars being fought: Indo-Pakistan, Indo-China and Bangladesh. Ours being a Border state, it was afected quite a lot, especially in the Bangladesh War. The industrial growth in Kolkata had come to a halt due to the political turbulence of the 60's and 70's. The jute industry had dwindled to its death. The stream of refugees from Bangladesh poured in to an economy which was already struggling. This disturbance, frustration and lack of direction gave way to a lot of dark and shady activities – flesh trade being one of them. The 80's was less turbulent but showed almost no hope. But the damage was already done and signs of recovery was almost invisible. Unemployment was still a malady, which resulted in a frustrated youth force. Owners of jute mills who once had good business were into something else. And those who could not diversify, were left with no occupation at all. Frustrated as they were, they took to drinking. The devil set up its workshop easily in these idle minds. The peace and harmony in their families often shattered to pieces. The story reminds us about a bygone era which some of us had lived through and which the newer generation has no idea about. I have tried to portray this through the characters in the story. Mona is an educated girl who had chosen to be a call girl. She is very ambitious and hopes that someday she will meet her prince charming and come out of it. Her prince charming is Dr. Dinesh, from a jute refinery business family who has seen his ancestral business plunge to death. He has a failed marriage and a broken home, and has taken to drinking. Mona is his occasional entertainment and rejuvenation at his riverside retreat. Abhi and Nisha are young college goers belonging to very contrasting socio-economic backgrounds. But they overcame their mental barriers and deeply fell in love with each other. Their dream was to marry each other and be together for life. But their families, who are quite aware of their respective positions in the society, thought differently. Especially the family of Nisha, who comes from a very affluent family of North Kolkata. These characters weave a very interesting fabric of the plot in which a murder takes place. Police inspector Dasgupta is assigned to investigate the case. He becomes very involved with the case but as he went deep into it, the truth eluded him more and more. He took the case as a personal challenge and became hell bent in solving it. He is a character who not only uses his brain to solve a case, but if need be, bends a few rules and makes his hands dirty to get to the truth.For me making this film was a journey to a period of time in which I lived in Kolkata. It was a very nostalgic experience for me and a challenge one too. I have thoroughly enjoyed directing this film and I hope the audience will enjoy watching it just as much.
Email- studioartproduction@hotmail.com
Website: www.tadanto.com