Atanu Bose’s much-anticipated
Uttam Kumar biopic ‘
Achena Uttam
’ is finally set for its theatrical release on June 24.
Saswata Chatterjee who will be seen as the matinee idol is eagerly waiting to see how the audience responds to the biopic.
Recently a biopic on
Soumitra Chattopadhyay, titled ‘Abhijaan’, got released and director Parambrata Chattopadhyay had to face criticism for misrepresentation of facts from the late actor’s life. So it will be interesting to see how Atanu’s film scores since any work related to
Uttam
Kumar will be high on emotion.
‘Achena Uttam’, with an ensemble cast, aims to shed light beyond Uttam Kumar’s public persona and film journey. The film will see
Rituparna Sengupta as Suchitra Sen,
Ditipriya Roy as Sabitri Chatterjee and Priyanshu Chatterjee as
Satyajit Ray.
The biopic will also feature debutant Tirtharaj Basu in Uttam Kumar’s younger age while actress
Srabanti Chatterjee will play his wife Gouri Devi.
“Playing difficult characters is definitely challenging but playing the Mahanayak is not only difficult, but one can’t also prepare himself for such roles as no preparation is enough for these kinds of roles,” Saswata had earlier shared.
For the unversed, Saswata Chatterjee had also portrayed a character inspired by the legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, in Kamaleswar Mukherjee’s ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ in 2013. Recalling that experience of playing a character based on
Ritwik Ghatak Saswata added, “It was one of the toughest roles. This time also it will be difficult, but I am confident people will get to see an unknown Mahanayak.”
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