Padatik is a 2024 Indian Bengali language biographical drama film written, directed and edited by Srijit Mukherji. The film focuses on Mrinal Sen's active lifetime and his contribution in the Bengali Cinema.[1][2] The film was released theatrically on 15 August 2024, India's Independence Day.[3]
Plot
Mrinal Sen's journey from his struggling early days as an idealistic filmmaker during India's independence to his pivotal role in the Indian New Wave cinema movement in 1950s Calcutta, working alongside Satyajit Ray. Also, the great lyricist turned writer Stotrom Das had great involvement in the naxalities movement whom, the great Shubham Shill finds and arrests, which causes a civil unrest and riots throughout the Calcutta.
Cast
- Chanchal Chowdhury – as Mrinal Sen
- Korak Samantha – as young Mrinal Sen
- Monami Ghosh – as Geeta Devi Wife of Mrinal Sen
- Aishani Dey – as young Geeta Sen
- Samrat Chakravarthy - as Mrinal and Geeta's only son Kunal Sen
- Barun Chanda as Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
- Jeetu Kamal - as Satyajit Ray
- Sujan Mukherjee - as Anjan Dutt
- Akshay Kapoor – as Kapoor
- Rohit Basfore
- Sajjadul Ahamed Riyad
- Tanisa Islam Mahi
Create
Initially, Srijit decided to make a biopic on Mrinal Sen in the form of a web series, but later decided to make a film after changing his mind. The shooting of Mrinal Sen's biopic 'Padatik' began on 15 January 2023 in Kolkata.[4]
Reception
Padatik won the Best Screenplay award at the 2024 New York Indian Film Festival.[5]
References
- ^ "Mrinal Sen biopic 'Padatik' goes on floor, Chanchal Chowdhury says 'my courage and qualifications will be tested'". The Times of India. 16 February 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "মৃণাল সেনের ভূমিকায় চঞ্চল চৌধুরী, কালজয়ী পরিচালকের প্রয়াণ দিবসে 'বড় আপডেট' সৃজিতের". EI Samay (in Bengali). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "স্বাধীনতা দিবসে বক্স অফিসে জোর টক্কর; বাবলি,পদাতিক না স্ত্রী ২— শেষ হাসি কার?". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "এ তো অবিকল মৃণাল! সৃজিতের 'পদাতিক'-এর ফার্স্ট লুক প্রকাশ্যে, চঞ্চলকে চেনা দায়". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "'Padatik' wins big at New York Indian Film Festival". The Daily Star. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
