India’s T-Series, Reliance Entertainment and Match Cut Productions have teamed on Srijit Mukherji’s Hindi-language satire “Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.”
Inspired by true events, the film is about the adverse effects of urbanization, human-animal conflict and poverty, leading to a bizarre practice in a village located on the edge of a forest.
It stars Pankaj Tripathi (“Sacred Games”), Neeraj Kabi (“Paatal Lok”) and Sayani Gupta “(Four More Shots Please”).
Mukherji’s credits include Bengali-language films “Autograph” (2010), which was a Glasgow International Film Festival and Abu Dhabi International Film Festival selection, “Jaatishwar” (2014), “Chotushkone” (2015), “Rajkahini (2015) and “Ek Je Chilo Raja” (2019), which played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “Sherdil” will be his second Hindi film after the 2017’s “Begum Jaan,” the remake of “Rajkahini.”
Mukherji said: “I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practises in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next.
Inspired by true events, the film is about the adverse effects of urbanization, human-animal conflict and poverty, leading to a bizarre practice in a village located on the edge of a forest.
It stars Pankaj Tripathi (“Sacred Games”), Neeraj Kabi (“Paatal Lok”) and Sayani Gupta “(Four More Shots Please”).
Mukherji’s credits include Bengali-language films “Autograph” (2010), which was a Glasgow International Film Festival and Abu Dhabi International Film Festival selection, “Jaatishwar” (2014), “Chotushkone” (2015), “Rajkahini (2015) and “Ek Je Chilo Raja” (2019), which played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “Sherdil” will be his second Hindi film after the 2017’s “Begum Jaan,” the remake of “Rajkahini.”
Mukherji said: “I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practises in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next.
- 5/11/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Srijit Mukherji made the film “Jaatishwaar” (A Musical of Memories) to pay tribute to a cult song with the same name by Kabir Suman, one of the greatest songsmiths of modern Bengal. The story of “Jaatishwar” revolves around Hensman Anthony, a 19th century Bengali Kabiyal poet and singer of Portuguese origin, who is reincarnated as Kushal Hazra in modern day Bengal. The narration spreads over two centuries and depicts the evolution of Bengali modern music through the ages of Kirtan, Tappa, Bhatiali and other types of folk music, with an underlying love story. The film contains some brilliant performances from all the actors and some outstanding melodies by the maestro Kabir Suman. In 2014, the film was recognized with the maximum number (four) of awards in the National Film Awards of India.
Rohit Mehta is a Gujrati boy from Kolkata who falls in love with Bengali girl Maya, who is an...
Rohit Mehta is a Gujrati boy from Kolkata who falls in love with Bengali girl Maya, who is an...
- 4/6/2019
- by Sankha Ray
- AsianMoviePulse
The cab runs towards the airport. Himadri takes out an old photograph of his and his ex-wife and shows it to Uma sitting on the backseat. Uma says “sorry”! Himadri bursts into tears. And the director Srijit Mukherji plays his masterstroke with this scene, bringing out the aura of a movie where everyone tries to fulfill others’ wishes.
“Uma” runs as part of the 9th edition of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, that runs at 15 cinemas, across London, Birmingham and Manchester, from 21st June to 1st July, with 27 films, including features and short films, in competition. It is the largest South Asian film festival in Europe. Buy your tickets via this website, at respective cinema box offices: http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/
Srijit Mukherji is a passionate story teller. “Hemlock Society”, “Jaatishwar”, “Nirbaak”, “Chatushkone” , “Rajkahini” – in every movie Srijit has portrayed a different narrative with a powerful and distinct story line for his audience.
“Uma” runs as part of the 9th edition of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, that runs at 15 cinemas, across London, Birmingham and Manchester, from 21st June to 1st July, with 27 films, including features and short films, in competition. It is the largest South Asian film festival in Europe. Buy your tickets via this website, at respective cinema box offices: http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/
Srijit Mukherji is a passionate story teller. “Hemlock Society”, “Jaatishwar”, “Nirbaak”, “Chatushkone” , “Rajkahini” – in every movie Srijit has portrayed a different narrative with a powerful and distinct story line for his audience.
- 6/10/2018
- by Sankha Ray
- AsianMoviePulse
The potential Oscar contenders from India this year in the 'Best Foreign Language' category seem to have gone commercial with a vengeance. Last year, Anurag Kashyap created an ugly hungama over the selection Gyan Correa's Gujarati drama The Good Road instead of Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox. This year, the films that are up as contenders as India's official entry to the Oscars include two big Hindi blockbusters, the film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's 2 States. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raas Leela Ram Leela. Curiously, two of Hansal Mehta's films Shahid and Citylights are both contenders to represent us at the Oscars. Even more significantly, there are three Marathi films in the reckoning, namely Mahesh Limaye's Yellow, Nagraj Manjule's Fandry and Srihari Sathe's Ek Hazarchi Note. There is also the one Bengali film, the very powerful Jaatishwar, the bio-pic of the Portuguese poet Hensman Anthony...
- 8/30/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Not many know this but Sushmita Sen speaks fluent Bengali with her parents, and has been pining to do a Bengali film for a very long time. She did a Bengali film, Mahesh Manjrekar's It Was Raining That Night in 2005, a remake of the director's Astitwa, which never got released. More recently Sushmita was all set to star in Rupali Chatterjee's Jodi Emon Hoto. That project is now as good as shelved. Finally the Bengali project that Sushmita has been craving to do has materialized. One of Bangla cinema's top directors Srijit Mukherjee who started his career with the hugely successful Bangla film Autograph and then went on to make other milestones like Hemlock Society and Jaatishwar, has signed Sushmita for his next film. Shedding light on the project Srijit says, "It's a film called Nirbaak (speechless). It compresses together four love stories connected by the theme of silence.
- 6/18/2014
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Kolkata, April 16: Praise and congratulations poured in on social networking sites for the cast and crew of Bengali movie "Jaatishwar" that bagged four National Awards Wednesday.
The Srijit Mukherji-directed film, with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, clinched awards for Make-up (Vikram Gaikwad), Music (Kabir Suman), Singer (Rupankar Bagchi) and Costume (Sabarni Das).
Prosenjit took to Twitter to express his happiness.
He said: "Hpy2got d news dat national awrd gvn2 Sumanda4music director, rupankar4singer, vikram gayekwad fr makeup n saborni fr costume."
Mukherji lauded the.
The Srijit Mukherji-directed film, with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, clinched awards for Make-up (Vikram Gaikwad), Music (Kabir Suman), Singer (Rupankar Bagchi) and Costume (Sabarni Das).
Prosenjit took to Twitter to express his happiness.
He said: "Hpy2got d news dat national awrd gvn2 Sumanda4music director, rupankar4singer, vikram gayekwad fr makeup n saborni fr costume."
Mukherji lauded the.
- 4/16/2014
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, April 16: Euphoric after receiving the National Award for scoring the music of Bengali film "Jaatishwar", music composer Kabir Suman Wednesday dedicated the honour to the people of West Bengal.
The Srijit Mukherji directed film with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, won four awards including best makeup, best music, best singer and best costume designer.
"I feel euphoric receiving the award. The award belongs to the people of Bengal," Suman told the media here.
Acknowledging the contribution of the film's director Srijit Mukherji and singer Rupankar for his success, Suman said: "I.
The Srijit Mukherji directed film with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, won four awards including best makeup, best music, best singer and best costume designer.
"I feel euphoric receiving the award. The award belongs to the people of Bengal," Suman told the media here.
Acknowledging the contribution of the film's director Srijit Mukherji and singer Rupankar for his success, Suman said: "I.
- 4/16/2014
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, April 16: It's celebration time for the Bengali film industry with "Jaatishwar" bagging as many as four National Awards in the 61st edition of the coveted honours.
The Srijit Mukherji-directed film, with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, clinched the awards including best make-up (Vikram Gaikwad), best music (Kabir Suman), best singer (Rupankar Bagchi) and best costume designer (Sabarni Das).
Director Pradipta Bhattacharyya's "Bakita Byaktigoto" was selected for the Best Bengali Film award while "Heyro Party", a Bengali animation flick by Deepak Gawade has been adjudged the best film on family.
The Srijit Mukherji-directed film, with Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead, clinched the awards including best make-up (Vikram Gaikwad), best music (Kabir Suman), best singer (Rupankar Bagchi) and best costume designer (Sabarni Das).
Director Pradipta Bhattacharyya's "Bakita Byaktigoto" was selected for the Best Bengali Film award while "Heyro Party", a Bengali animation flick by Deepak Gawade has been adjudged the best film on family.
- 4/16/2014
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, April 16: Rupankar and Bela Shende have been adjudged the best male and female playback singer, respectively, for the 61st National Film Awards announced here Wednesday.
Rupankar's rendition of "E tumi kemom tumi" for Bengali film "Jaatishwar" and Shende's song "Khura khura" from the Marathi movie "Tuhya Dharma Koncha" have been lauded by the jury.
In the best music direction category, Kabir Suman has won for the songs in "Jaatishwar", and Shantanu Moitra's work in Telugu film "Na Bangaaru Talli" has been adjudged the best as far as the background score is concerned.
Na. Muthukumar's lyrics for "Ananda.
Rupankar's rendition of "E tumi kemom tumi" for Bengali film "Jaatishwar" and Shende's song "Khura khura" from the Marathi movie "Tuhya Dharma Koncha" have been lauded by the jury.
In the best music direction category, Kabir Suman has won for the songs in "Jaatishwar", and Shantanu Moitra's work in Telugu film "Na Bangaaru Talli" has been adjudged the best as far as the background score is concerned.
Na. Muthukumar's lyrics for "Ananda.
- 4/16/2014
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Jan 17: Bengali cinestar Prosenjit Chatterjee's "Jaatishwar", which released Friday, was screened in the capital for President Pranab Mukherjee.
The screening was held Wednesday evening at Rashtrapati Bhavan Art Theater Basement.
Prosenjit had met Mukherjee at an awards function in Chennai and got talking about his film "Jaatishwar", based on "Antony Firingee", a cult Bengali film released in 1967 with the then superstar Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in the lead.
This made Mukherjee excited about "Jaatishwar", a musical drama.
"Pranab Babu showed keen interest to watch 'Jaatishwar'. He has always been a great patron of art, culture and cinema. But that he singled out this film gave us an added confidence..
The screening was held Wednesday evening at Rashtrapati Bhavan Art Theater Basement.
Prosenjit had met Mukherjee at an awards function in Chennai and got talking about his film "Jaatishwar", based on "Antony Firingee", a cult Bengali film released in 1967 with the then superstar Uttam Kumar and Tanuja in the lead.
This made Mukherjee excited about "Jaatishwar", a musical drama.
"Pranab Babu showed keen interest to watch 'Jaatishwar'. He has always been a great patron of art, culture and cinema. But that he singled out this film gave us an added confidence..
- 1/17/2014
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Jan 15: Bengali cinema superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee's "Jaatishwar" was screened in the capital Wednesday and he says that the language won't be a barrier for moviegoers.
To be released by Reliance Entertainment, the Srijit Mukerji directed film would hit theatres in Mumbai, Guwahati, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai Friday.
There will be sub-titles for non-Bengalis and Prosenjit believes the subject is such that it will get a good response.
"The movie deals with an international subject," said the 51-year-old at the screening of the film here.
"It's about a Portugal man, who wants to.
To be released by Reliance Entertainment, the Srijit Mukerji directed film would hit theatres in Mumbai, Guwahati, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai Friday.
There will be sub-titles for non-Bengalis and Prosenjit believes the subject is such that it will get a good response.
"The movie deals with an international subject," said the 51-year-old at the screening of the film here.
"It's about a Portugal man, who wants to.
- 1/15/2014
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
New Delhi, Jan 15: Bengali cinema superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee, whose latest film "Jaatishwar" will get a countrywide release Friday, says Bengali films can prosper if Bangladesh opens its market for them.
The 51-year-old, who has featured in over 300 films, including "Chokher Bali" and "Dosar", considers Bangladesh a good market to sell Bengali films made in India.
"But there are political and social commitments. And due to piracy of our films there we are not able to do good business. If that market opens up we won't be less than Southern film industry," Prosenjit said here at the screening of "Jaatishwar".
Another.
The 51-year-old, who has featured in over 300 films, including "Chokher Bali" and "Dosar", considers Bangladesh a good market to sell Bengali films made in India.
"But there are political and social commitments. And due to piracy of our films there we are not able to do good business. If that market opens up we won't be less than Southern film industry," Prosenjit said here at the screening of "Jaatishwar".
Another.
- 1/15/2014
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
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