Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited
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Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited ( "Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited") (2008) is a Bengali film
directed by Subhrajit Mitra
. The story is by Kaberi Chatterjee. The title is in French, Bengali and English. The language is Bengali but the derived culture it presents is global.
Amit is Rajarshi (Saheb Chatterjee
), an internationally celebrated film director who is about to make a film called Mon Amour, to be produced by a French production house, a relocation of Tagore’s novel to contemporary Kolkata. He comes to Kolkata from London on a brief sabbatical. Lavanya has two identities in this film. She is called Brishti (Rituparna Sengupta
), who teaches literature in high school in her real persona, and Tilottama in Rajarshi’s imaginary world of dreams, nightmares and memories. Shovanlal is called Indrajeet (Tota Roychoudhury), an industrialist who Brishti married on the rebound when she felt Rajarshi had ditched her to go to London to study filmmaking. The three meet in Rajarshi’s rented apartment in Kolkata, where he has come purportedly to scout for his new film but, in reality, to rediscover his past with Brishti, his present with Tilottama, and his friendship with Indrajeet.
Bengali cinema
Bengali cinema refers to the Bengali language filmmaking industries in the Bengal region of South Asia. There are two major film-making hubs in the region: one in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the other in Dhaka, Bangladesh .The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s, when the first...
directed by Subhrajit Mitra
Subhrajit Mitra
Subhrajit Mitra is a Bengali film documentary director of India.-Career:He started his career at the age of 18 as a documentary director for Doordarshan. At the same time he has completed his post graduate diploma in Computer science and engineering and a part time two years diploma course in...
. The story is by Kaberi Chatterjee. The title is in French, Bengali and English. The language is Bengali but the derived culture it presents is global.
Plot
Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited is an imaginary take-off of a ordinary love triangle with a touch of Shesher Kobita]].Amit is Rajarshi (Saheb Chatterjee
Saheb Chatterjee
Saheb Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Tollywood Bangla and Bengali TV Media.-Actor:*Hitlist 2009*Abar Brishti Elo 2008*Megh Brishtir Khela 2008*Tumi Jodi Aamar Hote 2008...
), an internationally celebrated film director who is about to make a film called Mon Amour, to be produced by a French production house, a relocation of Tagore’s novel to contemporary Kolkata. He comes to Kolkata from London on a brief sabbatical. Lavanya has two identities in this film. She is called Brishti (Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in critically acclaimed Hindi Cinema.- Early life and education :...
), who teaches literature in high school in her real persona, and Tilottama in Rajarshi’s imaginary world of dreams, nightmares and memories. Shovanlal is called Indrajeet (Tota Roychoudhury), an industrialist who Brishti married on the rebound when she felt Rajarshi had ditched her to go to London to study filmmaking. The three meet in Rajarshi’s rented apartment in Kolkata, where he has come purportedly to scout for his new film but, in reality, to rediscover his past with Brishti, his present with Tilottama, and his friendship with Indrajeet.
Crew
- Starring: Rituparna SenguptaRituparna SenguptaRituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in critically acclaimed Hindi Cinema.- Early life and education :...
, Tota Roychoudhury, Saheb ChatterjeeSaheb ChatterjeeSaheb Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Tollywood Bangla and Bengali TV Media.-Actor:*Hitlist 2009*Abar Brishti Elo 2008*Megh Brishtir Khela 2008*Tumi Jodi Aamar Hote 2008... - Directed: Subhrajit MitraSubhrajit MitraSubhrajit Mitra is a Bengali film documentary director of India.-Career:He started his career at the age of 18 as a documentary director for Doordarshan. At the same time he has completed his post graduate diploma in Computer science and engineering and a part time two years diploma course in...
- Story: Kaberi Chatterjee
- Screenplay: Subhrajit MitraSubhrajit MitraSubhrajit Mitra is a Bengali film documentary director of India.-Career:He started his career at the age of 18 as a documentary director for Doordarshan. At the same time he has completed his post graduate diploma in Computer science and engineering and a part time two years diploma course in...
, Kaberi Chatterjee - Cinematography: Rakesh KumarRakesh KumarRakesh Kumar is an India Hindi film director, writer and actor. He is best known for directing the films Yaarana, Mr. Natwarlal and Khoon Pasina. He has also produced one film.- Filmography :As actor*Desh Videsh, 1978*Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, 2000...
- Music: Kalyan Sen Barat
- Lyrics: Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
- Editing: Atish De Sarkar
- Playback: Sreekanta Acharya, Shubhomita, Saheb ChatterjeeSaheb ChatterjeeSaheb Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and singer of Tollywood Bangla and Bengali TV Media.-Actor:*Hitlist 2009*Abar Brishti Elo 2008*Megh Brishtir Khela 2008*Tumi Jodi Aamar Hote 2008...
, Swagatalakshmi DasguptaSwagatalakshmi DasguptaSwagatalakshmi Dasgupta is an inevitable name in the divine world of Rabindra Sangeet since the 90's. She is an M.A. from, Rabindra Bharati University took her lesson in classical music from her father Shri Pabitra Dasgupta and Rabindra Sangeet from Smt. Maya Sen. She is an 'A' grade artist of...
, Pandit Ajay Chakraborty, Soumitra ChatterjeeSoumitra ChatterjeeSoumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.-Background:Soumitra graduated from... - Art Direction: Satyen Roy
- Audiography: Tirthankar Majumdar
- Production Company: Men At Work