Soumitra Chattopadhyay biopic is finally releasing in April

With Soumitra Chattopadhyay’s passing, the emotions of team ‘Abhijaan’ are bittersweet no doubt. Be it Jisshu Sengupta who is playing a young

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in the film or Parambrata Chattopadhyay who is directing biopic, everyone has said it’s an emotional roller coaster ride for them. The much-awaited biopic is finally releasing in theatres. After much delay, the Soumitra biopic is set to hit the big screens on April 15, celebrating the auspicious occasion of Bengali New Year.

In the film, Soumitra Chattopadhyay who passed away in 2020 will be seen in his elderly age while Jisshu Sengupta will essay the role of a younger Soumitra. Apart from Jisshu, Paoli Dam will be seen as Suchitra Sen, critically acclaimed filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee will essay Satyajit Ray. Sohini Sarkar will play Madhabi Mukhopadhyay. Rudranil Ghosh will take on the role of legendary Rabi Ghosh.

The trailer of the film has already received quite a lot of praise on social media, especially after Soumitra Chattopadhyay’s demise everyone is eagerly waiting to see the biopic on the big screen.

“The starting point was this offer from my co-producers and this doctor who is a resident of New Jersey who has been in charge of translating Soumitra jethu’s prose works into English, so they came up with the idea that something like this might be thought of... and they shared the thought with me. And once they did, I took a good two-three month to decide whether this can actually make for an exciting proposition. And slowly I reached the conclusion that yes, Soumitra Chattapadhyay’s life can be viewed, can be seen from a certain perspective, not just as a film actor that everybody in Bengal knows,” Parambrata had earlier told ETimes while speaking about the biopic.