Dhuusar

Dhuusar
Official Poster
Directed bySnehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha
Written bySoumi Saha
Produced bySnehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha, Rahul Singh
CinematographyArkodeb Mukherjee
Edited bySoumi Saha
Music byAnjo John
Running time
72 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi, Bengali

Dhuusar (lit. 'Grey') is a 2020 Indian drama film directed by Soumi Saha and Snehashish Mondal, which features Ritwik Bhowmik in the lead role.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

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Dhuusar is inspired by a real-life incident of Sajal Barui, who was a convicted criminal of Kolkata, India, for the murder of his family at the age of 16.[4] The film is also a semi-autobiographical account of Saha's childhood and adolescence, depicting her relationship with a former lover and her mother.[5][6]

Cast

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  • Arya Mallick – Kid Shila
    • Doab Mukherjee – Teen Shila
  • Vinay Pathak – Supt. Avinash Gautam
  • Subrat Dutta – Prashanta Guha
  • Ritwik Bhowmik – Shiladitya Guha
  • Senjuti Mukherjee [7] – Paromita Guha
  • Arpita Banerjee – Shuto
  • Soumi Saha – Purva Sharma
  • Yashraj Jadhav - Kaka

Production

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Soumi Saha is the writer, co-director, co-producer, production designer, costume designer, actor and editor of the film.[8]

Release and awards

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Dhuusar premiered at the 20th Lucania Film Festival, Italy, where it won the Best Screenplay and Best Actor award for Saha.[8][9]

It had its Indian premiere in Mumbai, at the 10th Jagran Film Festival[10][11][12] before travelling to several international film festivals including Winchester Film Festival, United Kingdom;[13] Barcelona International Film Festival, Spain; South Europe International Film Festival, Spain;[14] and the Queen Palm International Film Festival, United States, where it won the Gold award for Best Feature & Best Editor (Saha), Silver award for Best Actor (Ritwik Bhowmik), Bronze award for Best Producer, and an Honorable Mention for Best Costume Design.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to make digital debut with 'Bandish Bandits', a musical romance". The Hindu. 13 July 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Bandish Bandits trailer: When musical opposites attract". The Indian Express. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Amazon Prime announces new Indian original series Bandish Bandits, featuring soundtrack by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy". Hindustan Times. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ Banerjee, Ruben (15 January 1994). "Five teenagers enact a most grisly murder scene in Calcutta". India Today. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ "What drives juvenile delinquency? This is the question at the heart of the film, Dhuusar". Firstpost. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Dhuusar - An Epic Biographical Journey Of A Juvenile Convict Brings Out The Best Of Humanity". VoxSpace. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. ^ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, স্রবন্তী. "সেঁজুতির মুম্বই যাত্রা". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Selezione Ufficiale / Official selection 2019". 21st Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Winners 2019". 21st Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Dhuusar - Grey". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Sir by Rohena Gera premieres in India at the 10th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai this September, finally. Are you going?". filmtribe.in. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  12. ^ "The 10th Jagran Film Festival concludes in Mumbai on a high note". mid-day. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Selection 2019". 2 October 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  14. ^ Stephen. "29. Best Foreign Language Feature Film". Fusion International Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  15. ^ "2020 Gold Winners Main Category". Queen Palm Film Fest. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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