68th National Film Awards: Subhrajit Mitra's 'Avijatrik' wins Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography awards

Subhrajit Mitra's critically acclaimed period film 'Avijatik' has bagged the Best Bengali Feature Film award at the 68th National Film Awards. The film's DOP Supratim Bhol also won the Best Cinematography award. The winners of the 68th National Awards were announced on Friday afternoon in New Delhi.
‘Avijatrik’ is a film with soulful music and rich legacy. With ‘Avijatrik’ (The Wanderlust of Apu), the enduring and endearing character of ‘Apu’ returns to silver screen after six decades! It is the sequel to the classic ‘Apu Trilogy’, directed by Satyajit Ray.The plot takes off from where ‘The Apu Trilogy’ ended in 1959 with ‘Apur Sansar’. The story revolves around a sublime bond between a father (Apu) and his 6-year-old son (Kajol).
The film has an ensemble of experienced cast and crew, and was shot at 68 locations to retain the rich aesthetic flavour that compliments its backdrop of 1940’s India. Besides Arjun Chakrabarty(as Apu), Ditipriya Roy, Arpita Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Master Ayushmaan Mukherjee, Sreelekha Mitra, Biswanath Basu, Tanushree Shankar, Barun Chanda and Sohag Sen in key roles.