Paayel Sarkar replaces Anamika Chakraborty in 'Jotugriha’

Actress Anamika Chakraborty was supposed to play one of the leads in Saptaswa Basu’s next film ‘Jotugriha’ opposite Bonny Sengupta. Now, in the latest development, Paayel Sarkar has replaced Anamika for the female lead.

According to industry sources, Anamika had to step back from the film due to her date issues. Saptaswa had planned to start the shoot this month but the actress had prior commitments, so she had to leave the film. Saptaswa Basu whose last film ‘Pratidwandi’, a crime thriller, saw Saswata Chatterjee and Rudranil Ghosh opposite each other is back with ‘Jotugriha’, a horror-thriller.

The title of the film might give you an immediate reference to

Mahabharata

but the director insists this film has no connection to the story of the epic. “Thematically I wanted to refer to a house or foundation that’s unstable, highly combustible and catches fire easily. What happens to the characters in that house metaphorically creates a greater part of the story. So we decided to justify the title with this interesting word,” says Saptaswa.

Without divulging much about the storyline the director gives a sneak peek into the film’s plot. “A city guy takes up a job as a manager in a hotel in a town up in the hills. Soon he faces a mysterious energy surrounding a seemingly haunted mansion where he meets a local girl. The story continues with engaging twists and turns which uncovers some buried secrets from the past,” shares the director adding that he wants to create a sense of doom and horror in the minds of the viewers.

Interestingly, Parambrata Chattopadhyay is set to play a 70-year-old priest named Joseph in the film. This will surely excite any Bengali cine lover since this is the first time Parambrata will be seen in such an elderly character. Piyali Chatterjee is also making her debut in this thriller.