Dhuusar
| Dhuusar | |
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 Official Poster | |
| Directed by | Snehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha |
| Written by | Soumi Saha |
| Produced by | Snehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha, Rahul Singh |
| Cinematography | Arkodeb Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Soumi Saha |
| Music by | Anjo John |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Hindi, Bengali |
Dhuusar (Grey) is a 2019 Hindi & Bengali-language drama film directed by Soumi Saha & Snehashish Mondal[1]. It premiered at the 20th Lucania Film Festival, Italy on 8 August, 2019[2][3] where it won the Best Screenplay and Best Actor[4] award for Saha who is the writer, co-director, co-producer, production designer, costume designer, actor and editor of the film[5]. It had its Indian premier in Mumbai on 29 September, 2019 at the 10th Jagran Film Festival[6][7] before travelling to several international film festivals including Winchester Film Festival, UK[8], South Europe International Film Festival, Spain[9], Queen Palm International Film Festival, USA[10] amongst others.
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.[11] The film is also a semi-autobiographical account of Saha's childhood and adolescence, depicting her relationship with a former lover and her mother.[12][13]
Plot
Dhuusar chronicles three distinct phases of Shila's life as he finds himself in the whirlwind of unfavourable situations and an obsession to escape from them. A mother, a jailer, a lover and his relationship with them as he journeys in search of the perfect liberation.[14]
Cast
- Vinay Pathak – Supt. Avinash Gautam
- Subrat Dutta – Prashanta Guha
- Ritwik Bhowmik – Shiladitya Guha
- Senjuti Mukherjee – Paromita Guha
- Arpita Banerjee – Shuto
- Soumi Saha – Purva Sharma
- Doab Mukherjee – Teen Shila
- Arya Mallick – Kid Shila
- Yashraj Jadhav - Kaka
References
- ^ Dhuusar, retrieved 2020-05-27
- ^ Lucania2013. "Selezione Ufficiale / Official selection 2019". 21th Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Lucania2013. "WINNERS 2019". 21th Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Soumi Saha". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "DHUUSAR - GREY". Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Sir by Rohena Gera premieres in India at the 10th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai this September, finally. Are you going?". filmtribe.in. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Official Selection 2019". 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Stephen. "29. Best Foreign Language Feature Film". Fusion International Film Festivals. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "2020 GOLD Winners Main Category". Queen Palm Film Fest. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ January 15, RUBEN BANERJEE; January 15, 1994 ISSUE DATE; July 2, 1994UPDATED; Ist, 2013 17:38. "Five teenagers enact a most grisly murder scene in Calcutta". India Today. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
{{cite web}}:|first4=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "What drives juvenile delinquency? This is the question at the heart of the film, Dhuusar- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Dhuusar - An Epic Biographical Journey Of A Juvenile Convict Brings Out The Best Of Humanity". VoxSpace. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ Dhuusar (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-05-27