Ram Kamal Mukherjee wraps up Season’s Greetings shoot in Kolkata

It’s finally a wrap up for director Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second film ‘A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings’ after shooting the last few sequences in Kolkata with the protagonists Celina Jaitly, Lillette Dubey and Azhar Khan. Season’s Greetings is being produced under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and SS 1 Entertainment. The story has been penned by Ranjib Mazumdar, while screenplay and dialogues are by Chandrodoy Pal. The short Hindi feature film will explore the complex nature of a mother-daughter relationship.

While elaborating on his film, director Ram Kamal Mukherjee revealed how he convinced Celina and Lillette to accept the roles in Dubai. “I guess this is first short film where cast has been finalised not in Bollywood but in Dubai! When I was in Dubai to promote my first short film

Cakewalk

I met Lillette ma’am. First I thought she would say ‘no’ but when she heard the script she happily agreed to do the role of a mother. I am really grateful to her for saying yes to the role. In fact I met Celina also in Dubai during the same trip and we bonded over films. That’s when I discussed about the film. It was really funny that I was chatting with Celina about my project and ‘Cakewalk’ and I was casually talking about Seasons Greetings. I was so surprised when she expressed her interest to play the role of Romita and yes the rest is history as others say,” revealed an excited Ram Kamal.

Meanwhile, Lillette Dubey shared how she still holds a strong connection with late Rituparno Ghosh. “I have met Rituparno couple of times, he was such a nice human being and very talented director. Though I have not worked with him but I have worked with Aparna Sen, one of his closest associates and a very good friend. I think Ram Kamal is a director who is very sure about his shots. I generally don’t say this, but whenever I like a film or a director, I say that it was like a ‘play’. The last time I gave this compliment to Mira Nair, and now Ram Kamal,” said Lillette.

To celebrate Celina Jaitly's upcoming birthday on November 24, the producers had also organized a special birthday cake for the Bollywood diva.