Prataya Saha happy with the response to his latest ‘The Good Wife’

After garnering accolades for ‘Chitra’, a modern-day adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s one-act play Chitrangada, talented filmmaker and theatre director Prataya Saha is currently promoting his new venture ‘

The Good Wife

’. The short film has already earned him his maiden international laurels.

While Tagore’s Chitrangada follows a Manipuri warrior princess, ‘The Good Wife’ stars

Anshulika

, a veteran theatre personality, in the lead.

"The 17-minute short has been extensively shot in

Santiniketan

and Maniktala in Kolkata, and till now has bagged many awards like the Best Suspense Thriller award at Alternative Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, and Best film Audience Choice award at Chicago Southland International Film Festival, Chicago, the USA, among many others. Also, at Vipra International Film Festival in Kochi, the film won four awards. The story is about a housewife and what happens in an entire day. It’s also a thriller presented in a dramatised manner with undertones of patriarchy," revealed the talented filmmaker.

Next, Prataya will be making a film on the water crisis from the perspective of a child.