Posto (film)
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| Directed by | Nandita Roy Shiboprosad Mukherjee |
| Written by | Nandita Roy |
| Produced by | Windows Production House |
| Starring | Soumitra Chatterjee Lily Chakravarty Jisshu Sengupta Mimi Chakraborty Paran Bandopadhyay |
| Distributed by | Windows Production House Eros International |
Release date | 12 May 2017 [1][2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Box office | ₹8 crore (US$960,000)[3][4] ( collection worldwide ) |
Posto (Here, a name for the child character of film. Meaning: Poppy Seeds) is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy.[5][6] The film features Jisshu Sengupta and Mimi Chakraborty. The film was released on 12 May 2017 in 100 theatres across West Bengal, India and oversea (USA, Canada, Japan, Dubai, United Kingdom, Netherlands) on the same day. The film received critical acclaim as it portrayed the relationships in a very subtle way. The storyline is similar to the English film Kramer Vs. Kramer.
Plot
Arko, affectionately called Posto, (Arghya Basu Roy) is a little boy raised by his grandparents Dinen Lahiri (Soumitra Chatterjee) & Gouri Lahiri (Lily Chakraboty) in Santiniketan. His parents Arnab Lahiri (Jisshu Sengupta) & Sushmita Lahiri (Mimi Chakraborty) both are settled in Kolkata. They only visits their lovely son once in the weekend. The eternal clash between grandparents and parents has been started when the parents want to take away their child as the father gets an offer to start a restaurant business in foreign. The relationship between the parents of Posto and his grandparents drags the kid into courtroom. Viewers can see very nice portrayal of the characters played by thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Paran Bandopadhyay. Sohini and Mimi too aptly played their respective roles.
Cast
- Soumitra Chatterjee as Dinen Lahiri
- Jisshu Sengupta as Arnab Lahiri
- Lily Chakraborty as Gouri Lahiri
- Mimi Chakraborty as Sushmita Lahiri, Arnab's wife
- Paran Bandopadhyay as Alok, The lawyer and friend of Dinen Lahiri
- Argha Basu Roy as Arko / Posto
- Sohini Sengupta
- Siddartha Chatterjee
- Babul Supriyo
- Koneenica Banerjee
- Aparajita Ghosh Das
Box office
On the first day, the movie collection 2 million rupees (₹ 21 lakh). In the first four days, the film's earnings were 10 million (₹1 crore (US$120,000).[4] In 1st 2 weeks, the collection breached 35 million (₹3.5 crores).[7] After 17 days, the box office collection crossed ₹4.5 crores.[8] After the 1st 3 weeks, the movie had done a business of ₹ 5 crores.[9] At the end of 4 weeks, the movie had done a business of ₹ 5.5 crore from the state of West Bengal alone[10] and a worldwide business of ₹ 8 crores.
References
- ^ "Posto to release in the US, Canada, Dubai, Tokyo and London!".
- ^ Acharya, Anindita (11 Nov 2016). "Shiboprosad and Nandita's next Bengali film is on parenting". Hindusthan Times. Retrieved 20 Apr 2017.
- ^ "Posto does business of 5.5 crores in West Bengal in 4 weeks".
- ^ a b "Posto creates history, makes 1 crore in 4 days".
- ^ "Guess who: This director forwarded anti-Posto messages". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
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