Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Bengali film at Toronto, London,Athens festival
Mumbai, Aug 24 (UNI) BAG Films and Media is all set to showcase their first Bengali film ''Ami Yasin Arr Amar Madhubala'' (The Voyeur) in Toronto, London and Athens film festival during September and October.
Produced by Anurradha Prasad, this is the fifth film of renowned director Buddhadeb Dasgupta to be screened in the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Uttara (the wrestlers 2000), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (tale of a naughty girl 2002), Swapner Din (chased by dreams 2004), Kaalpurush (memories in the mist 2005) are some of his earlier works screened at the festival and all of them have been honoured by their inclusion in ''The Masters of World Cinema'' section. Apart from TIFF the film has also been selected for Athens and 51st London Film Festival.
Scripted and directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta ''Ami Yasin Arr Amar Madhubala, stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Sameera Reddy and Amitav Bhattacharya. Mostly shot in urban India, the film tries to explore how simple acts of passion can change one's destiny in a politically charged up atmosphere.
''Ami Yasin Arr Amar Madhubala'' is the latest of the master's strokes. A stark, haunting yet seemingly light-hearted film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta, a film maker, whose trademarks are the pervasive humanism and visual poetry with an economy of expression. In all his films, the pulse of critical humanism animates the cinematic discourse. National and international accolades have regularly come his way, and his films are prized commodities at festivals globally.
Uttara (2000) bagged the 'Best Director' award at the Venice Film Festival. Last year, he made a major global distribution breakthrough with ''Mondo Meyer Upakhayam'' (2002).
Speaking about the film at a press meet here yesterday, BAG Films and Media MD Anurradha Prasad said, ''It is a great pleasure and honor for me and BAG Films and Media to be part of the TIFF, Athens and 51st London Film Festival. I always believed and was convinced about the subject of the film.'' ''We, as a Company (Producer of the film) and the team have given their best. I am sure the audience at international as well as national arena will like and appreciate the film. Trust me, we have much more to offer in coming years and with best wishes of the people we believe we will continue to do even better,'' she added.
According
to
Mr
Dasgupta,
''Our
world
has
become
obsessed
with
security,
and
ordinary
human
values
such
as
love
and
kindness
have
been
mechanized
and
are
reinterpreted
as
dangers
by
the
masters
of
our
advanced
technology.
But
do
the
web-cams
and
CCTV
that
are
constant
witnesses
to
our
lives
make
us
any
less
vulnerable
to
terrorists
than
we
are
to
ourselves?
Are
police
and
security
forces
really
our
protectors?
These
are
the
central
issues
of
this
seemingly
light-hearted
film.''
UNI