Tollywood is thriving on nostalgia amidst the nationwide lockdown and here’s a happy throwback from 2018 when
Srijit Mukherji’s family drama ‘
Uma
’ enjoyed its grand theatrical release. The film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 2018 receiving rave reviews from the audience and critics alike. ‘Uma’ became more special as this was the first time real-life father-daughter duo Jisshu Sengupta and Sara shared the screen for the first time.
Featuring Jisshu Sengupta,
Sara Sengupta,
Anjan Dutt,
Srabanti Chatterjee and
Sayantika Banerjee in the lead, 'Uma' is inspired by the story of Canadian boy Evan Leversage, who died of cancer in 2015. Leversage came to be known as 'The Boy Who Moved Christmas' when his hometown celebrated Christmas, two months in advance, to make sure the little boy could see the festival before death. Sara played a young girl suffering from a terminal disease and has only a few days left while Jisshu acted as her father.
Srijit’s film was also screened at Evan’s hometown St George in Canada.
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