Mithun Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar reunite for Bengali film Projapoti after 46 years

 Mithun Chakraborty and Mamata Shankar, the celebrated pair from Mrinal Sen’s Mriyaga (1976), are set to work together in Avijit Sen’s upcoming family drama ‘Projapoti’. The film is based on a tale of a father and his son. Dev is also in the film.

Mithun Chakraborty has already said that one of the main reasons he is doing this film is because of his affection for Dev. The veteran actor now only agrees to be part of the films whose stories touch his heart and he believes the story of ‘Prajapoti’ will attract cine lovers.

Sharing his thoughts on working with Mamata Shankar after so many years Mithun revealed that he doesn’t have any idea why any filmmaker didn’t think of casting them together in all these years. But he feels now the time has arrived and there’s always a right time for telling every story.

An excited Mamata Shankar, too, shared that she is feeling a bit nervous ahead of the shoot. Although she didn’t reveal any details about her character in the film the veteran actress said that she will have an important contribution to the father and son’s bonding. Mamata Shankar further added that she actually feels the adrenaline rush of a first-timer again.

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Abir and Tanusree in film Flat No 609

Abir Chatterjee and Tanusree Chakraborty will be seen together in a thriller movie - Flat No 609, directed by Arindam Bhattacharya.

Plot of the film Flat No 609 is based on a newly married couple who are searching for flat at Rajarhat. The couple came in contact with a house broker and finally got a flat on rent but number of strange conditions are applied on them. Sometimes they have to close a certain door of the flat, sometimes the maid refused to come in work after noon time. The neighbors are also strange types. 

Abir Chatterjee is playing the role of an IT professional in film Flat No 609. Sohini is Abir's wife in the film. The other actors are Soumitra Chatterjee, Mamata Shankar, Kharaj Mukherjee, Rudranil Ghosh and others. 

Earlier Sohini Sarkar was supposed to do the lead female role but due to unknown reasons, she is out and Tanusree is the lead actress in the film.

The film will be released on 31 August 2018.

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Bengali film Machher Jhol - story cast and crew of the movie

Pratim D Gupta's new film Machher Jhol is based on mother-son bond. Veteran actress Mamata Shankar, Ritwik Chakraborty and Paoli Dam are playing the lead characters in the movie.

Story of the film Machher Jhol

Film Machher Jhol is a tale of two generations, but not necessarily about the contrast in food habits. Film Machher Jhol is more about the change in ideologies and how the old and the new look at life differently. This is a film based on a story of coming back and finding the root.

Ritwik Chakraborty plays the role of a Paris based chef who returns to Kolkata after 13 years due to his mother's illness. The man still has a fondness for the fish curry made by his mother. Paoli Dam plays the ex-girlfriend of Ritwik in the film and Arjun Chakraborty is in the role of a young newspaper journalist. There's romance, there's heartbreak, there's drama. And of course, there's a lot of food in the film.

Cast and Crew of film Machher Jhol

Cast:

Ritwick Chakraborty
Paoli Dam
Mamata Shankar
Arjun Chakraborty

Crew

Directir: Pratim D Gupta
Music Director: Anupam Roy

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