Chittagong all set for International Film Festivals
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Sampurn Wire
Chittagong,
the
film
directed
by
Bedabrato
Pain,
is
set
in
the
1930"s
Chittagong
riots
and
has
some
very
proficient
actors
on
its
helm
which
has
made
the
film
a
great
watch.
The
director,
better
known
as
Bedo
is
all
set
to
take
it
to
the
international
arena
with
big
international
festivals
like
Cannes,
Venice,Toronto,
Berlin
already
in
his
wish
list
to
screen
his
film
in
the
coming
year.
The
movie
which
has
been
held
up
due
to
two
major
setbacks
in
the
past
like
one
being
the
director"s
son"s
untimely
accidental
death
and
another
being
other
major
block
busters
based
on
the
same
theme
released,
made
him
postpone
his
project
a
great
deal.
The
movie
is
already
garnering
a
lot
of
interest
from
top
film
makers
like
Vishal
Bhardwaj
and
Anurag
Kashyap,
which
means
it
will
receive
great
publicity
and
openings
too.
Reports
suggest
that
Manoj
Bajpayee
has
a
pivotal
role
in
the
film
and
has
done
a
great
job.
Shonali
Bose,
the
director
of
Amu
has
co-
produced
the
film.
The
two
protagonists
played
by
Manoj
Bajpayee
and
Barry
John
have
a
very
competent
child
debutant
actor
Vijay
Varma,
who
has
played
the
role
of
Jhunku
Roy
extremely
convincingly.
The
other
great
names
attached
to
the
credits
of
the
film
are
Resul
Pookutty
for
sound
of
the
Oscar
winner
Slumdog
millionaire
fame
who
also
won
an
Oscar
for
his
background
score
in
the
movie,
Shankar
Ehsaan
Loy
the
great
trio
for
music
and
Prasoon
Joshi
of
3
Idiots
fame
for
lyrics.
The
story
revolves
around
the
boy
named
Roy
who
was
outcast
by
his
peers
and
thus
began
his
struggle
to
find
out
the
truth
about
his
roots.
The
story
also
has
the
boy
participating
in
a
whole
load
of
other
freedom
struggles.
It
ends
with
true
anecdotes
of
the
nonagenarian
who
says
it
as
it
was
during
those
days
of
struggle.