Autograph (2010 film)
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Autograph is a 2010 Bengali film directed by debutant director Srijit Mukherji
.
The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray
and to Uttam Kumar
as it is on the lines of movie Nayak. In fact so much so the central character of the film is called Arun Chatterjee (Uttam Kumar
’s real name). Such is the influence and inspiration behind making the film. Srijit’s touches make this a different film and also the story is a significantly different from Nayak.The film makes few references to great film makers like Ingmar Bergman or films like Wild Strawberries.It also alludes to the music of R.D. Barman and The Godfather.We also get to see pictures of the Bengali film maestro Ritwik Ghatak or Chhabi Biswas in
his most memorable role in Jalshaghar on the wall of the studio.
's famous film Nayak by a debutant director and storywriter Shuvobrata (Indraneil Sengupta
) to famous actor of Bengali cine world Arun Chatterjee (Prasenjit). Arun approves Shuvobrata's proposal and also agrees to finance the project. Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Srinandita or Shrin (Nandana Sen
) to play opposite Arun. In the mean time, Arun and Shrin become close friends, and Arun tells her about some of his past in an emotionally triggered condition, the whole episode getting videotaped accidentally. Shuvobrata leaks the video to the press, without the consent of Srinandita, as a publicity stunt for promoting his new film. Srinandita leaves Shuvobrata on hearing this. Arun, furious about the leakage, stops the release of the film. Arun later learns that Shrin had no role in the leakage and asks for pardon. The movie ends in a scene in which Shrin leaves a note and a number for Arun at a roadside dhaba where they met earlier.
Film festival on the 17th of October 2010.
The movie was showcased in New York
at the MIAAC(MAHINDRA INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL) film festival, 2010 where it won a nomination for Prosenjit Chatterjee for the Best Actor award. It also was an official selection at the Glasgow International Film Festival and London Indian Film Festival in 2011. At the Kolkata box-office it went on a record breaking spree running successfully for 114 days, apart from runs in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune. Till date, Autograph has bagged a record 38 awards. It got the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Actor in a Negative Role (Indraneil Sengupta), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Screenplay and Dialogues, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye) at the Big Bangla Movie Awards. At the Zee TV Banglar Gourab Movie Awards, it bagged the Best Film, Best Director, Best Debutante Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Screenplay and Dialogues, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye) awards. At the KKN-ABP Bangla Music awards, it won the Best Album, Best Song (Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and the Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto) awards. Anupam also bagged the Best Song award for the same at the Anandalok Awards. At the Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards, it got Best Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye), Best Lyricist (Srijato for Chawl raastaye) and Best Upcoming Talent (Anupam Roy). At the 11th Telecine Awards, it bagged the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Nandana Sen), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto).
and Ranbir Kapoor
.
Srijit Mukherji
Srijit Mukherji is an erstwhile economist, actor, director, lyricist, and theatrician from the Indian movie industry of West Bengal, Kolkata.-Early life:...
.
The movie is a humble tribute to both Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
and to Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
as it is on the lines of movie Nayak. In fact so much so the central character of the film is called Arun Chatterjee (Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar is one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema.Born Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 at Ahiritola, North Calcutta he is widely known as Uttam Kumar and Mahanayak . He remains as much of a cultural icon as he had been in his lifetime...
’s real name). Such is the influence and inspiration behind making the film. Srijit’s touches make this a different film and also the story is a significantly different from Nayak.The film makes few references to great film makers like Ingmar Bergman or films like Wild Strawberries.It also alludes to the music of R.D. Barman and The Godfather.We also get to see pictures of the Bengali film maestro Ritwik Ghatak or Chhabi Biswas in
his most memorable role in Jalshaghar on the wall of the studio.
Plot
The film starts with a proposal of remaking Satyajit RaySatyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
's famous film Nayak by a debutant director and storywriter Shuvobrata (Indraneil Sengupta
Indraneil Sengupta
Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian model and actor, born in Assam and schooled and brought up in Ahmedabad. He was a finalist in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest 1999. In 2000 he moved to Mumbai to pursue modelling. He modelled for designers like Rohit Bal and also worked for choreographers like Marc...
) to famous actor of Bengali cine world Arun Chatterjee (Prasenjit). Arun approves Shuvobrata's proposal and also agrees to finance the project. Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Srinandita or Shrin (Nandana Sen
Nandana Sen
-Early life:Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature....
) to play opposite Arun. In the mean time, Arun and Shrin become close friends, and Arun tells her about some of his past in an emotionally triggered condition, the whole episode getting videotaped accidentally. Shuvobrata leaks the video to the press, without the consent of Srinandita, as a publicity stunt for promoting his new film. Srinandita leaves Shuvobrata on hearing this. Arun, furious about the leakage, stops the release of the film. Arun later learns that Shrin had no role in the leakage and asks for pardon. The movie ends in a scene in which Shrin leaves a note and a number for Arun at a roadside dhaba where they met earlier.
Cast
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Arun Chatterjee
- Nandana SenNandana Sen-Early life:Sen was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to a Bengali Hindu family. She is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri winner Nabanita Dev Sen, one of the most prominent authors in the contemporary Bengali literature....
as Srinandita - Indraneil SenguptaIndraneil SenguptaIndraneil Sengupta is an Indian model and actor, born in Assam and schooled and brought up in Ahmedabad. He was a finalist in the Gladrags Manhunt Contest 1999. In 2000 he moved to Mumbai to pursue modelling. He modelled for designers like Rohit Bal and also worked for choreographers like Marc...
as Shuvobrata Mitra - Rudraprasad SenguptaRudraprasad SenguptaRudraprasad Sengupta is a Bengali Indian actor, director and cultural critic.- Biography :He was born in East Bengal , the son of Anant Sengupta and Usha Prabha Sengupta. He studied at the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta where he earned his B.A. and M.A degrees in English...
- Biswajeet Chakraborty
- Pijush Ganguly
- Dwijen Banerjee
- Sohini PalSohini PalSohini Pal , born in Kolkata, India, is a Bengali Film actress. She is a daughter of Tapas Pal.-Career:When she was in Class XII student of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy in 2004, makes her debut in the Anjan Dutta directed English film Bow Barracks Forever. Here her role was a wild, erudite...
- Dhruv Mookerji
- Dilip Roy
Soundtrack
- Jodi kerey nitey boley by Rupam IslamRupam IslamRupam Islam is a playback singer, song writer, composer and the lead singer of the band Fossils. He is a recipient of National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the award in 2010, for his work in the film Mahanagar @ Kolkata...
- Uthche Jege Sokalgulo by Shreya Ghoshal
- Chal rastay sajI tram-line (female) by Shreya Ghoshal
- Bhage Jaana Hai Kahan by Shankar MahadevanShankar MahadevanShankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
- Fandey poriya boga by Anandee Basu
- Amake amar moto thakte dao by Anupam RoyAnupam RoyAnupam Roy is an Indian, Bengali lyricist, composer and singer who is best known for his song Amake amar moto thakte dao from Autograph . Anupam has written and composed more than 150 Bengali songs.-Early life:Born and brought up in Calcutta, Anupam completed his schooling from St...
- Jodi kerey nitey boley by Saptarshi Mukherjee
- Chal rastay (male) by Priyam Mukherjee
Recognition
The film internationally premiered at the Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
Film festival on the 17th of October 2010.
The movie was showcased in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
at the MIAAC(MAHINDRA INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL) film festival, 2010 where it won a nomination for Prosenjit Chatterjee for the Best Actor award. It also was an official selection at the Glasgow International Film Festival and London Indian Film Festival in 2011. At the Kolkata box-office it went on a record breaking spree running successfully for 114 days, apart from runs in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune. Till date, Autograph has bagged a record 38 awards. It got the Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Actor in a Negative Role (Indraneil Sengupta), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Screenplay and Dialogues, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye) at the Big Bangla Movie Awards. At the Zee TV Banglar Gourab Movie Awards, it bagged the Best Film, Best Director, Best Debutante Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Screenplay and Dialogues, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye) awards. At the KKN-ABP Bangla Music awards, it won the Best Album, Best Song (Amake amar moto), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and the Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto) awards. Anupam also bagged the Best Song award for the same at the Anandalok Awards. At the Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards, it got Best Director, Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Female Playback (Shreya Ghoshal for Chawl raastaye), Best Lyricist (Srijato for Chawl raastaye) and Best Upcoming Talent (Anupam Roy). At the 11th Telecine Awards, it bagged the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Nandana Sen), Best Male Playback (Rupam Islam for Bneche thakar gaan) and Best Lyricist (Anupam Roy for Amake amar moto).
Reviews
Review website CalcuttaTube.com stated it as "A must watch film that would touch your heart and soul." It also said that the movie "offers insightful bytes into filmmaking/film-acting as choreographed on film, through carefully choreographed mise-en-scene, through imaginatively lit production design where the entire backdrop, plus the music and the sound motifs form a part of the cast and, through metaphorical music, matter-of-fact, no-nonsense dialogue with elaborately designed pauses and eloquent silences."Remake
This movie was supposed to be remade in Hindi starring Shahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
and Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
.
External links
- Autograph songs' lyrics
- Autograph review at CalcuttaTube.com
- Autograph: a review at ilovekolkata.in