After Nobel Chor in 2011 featuring stars like Mithun Chakraborty and Soumitra Chatterjee; director Suman Ghosh returns to Mumbai Film Festival 2012 with a small-budget Bengali film Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights, which is the story of an eighty year old pensioner who wants the street lights switched off during the day to save waste .
The film recently premiered at Busan International Film Festival where it was picked up by Global Film Initiative for North American distribution.
Suman Ghosh, in a conversation with Nandita Dutta, ahead of the Indian premiere of his film on October 21:
Who or what was the inspiration for the character of Shyamal Uncle?
Shyamal uncle is a real character and is played by Shyamal Bhattacharya himself. And this film is based on a real incident which was experienced by Shyamal Uncle. You see, Shyamal Uncle represents an entire generation. The generation who has seen the country...
The film recently premiered at Busan International Film Festival where it was picked up by Global Film Initiative for North American distribution.
Suman Ghosh, in a conversation with Nandita Dutta, ahead of the Indian premiere of his film on October 21:
Who or what was the inspiration for the character of Shyamal Uncle?
Shyamal uncle is a real character and is played by Shyamal Bhattacharya himself. And this film is based on a real incident which was experienced by Shyamal Uncle. You see, Shyamal Uncle represents an entire generation. The generation who has seen the country...
- 10/19/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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