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Directed by Manas Mukul Pal Screenplay by Manas Mukul Pal Director Manas Mukul Pal Music director Indrajit Dasgupta | 6/10 IMDb Produced by Avijit Saha Initial release 23 October 2016 Screenplay Manas Mukul Pal Producer Avijit Saha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Nur IslamSamiul AlamSneha BiswasShakuntala Barua Cinematography Mrinmoy MondalShupratim Bhol Cast Shakuntala Barua, Nur Islam, Samiul Alam, Senha Biswas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sahaj Paather Gappo (Colours of Innocence) is an upcoming Bengali film directed by Manas Mukul Pal and produced by Avijit Saha. The film depicts the story of two brothers, Chhotu and Gopal from a poor family of a Bengal village. The film is based on the short story by famous writer Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.
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Synopsis
10-year-old Gopal’s carefree childhood is disrupted when his father meets with an accident. It becomes difficult for his mother to feed him and his little brother Chottu. Gopal starts devising ways to earn money. With a little assistance from Chottu he takes up odd jobs from cleaning wells to selling laboriously plucked fruits in the local village market. Emboldened by his initial success, Gopal fancies himself as the breadwinner of the family. Meanwhile a grand Janmashtami feast is being planned in the Brahmin household where the pulao will be served. Hearing this both the brothers hatch plans of their own. Gopal would like to make a quick buck by selling palmyras for the feast, while Chottu starts dreaming of this fancy dish that he has never seen or tasted. After all he has heard that the whole village will be invited.
Development
This film is the debut film of Manas Mukul Pal as director.
Filming
Shooting for the film started from August 2015. To capture the seasons of rural Bengal, the film was shot in three different seasons - post monsoon, Autumn and Spring. The locations for shooting were chosen as the interiors of Bengal villages near Bolpur in Birbhum district and Piyali in South 24 Parganas.
Accolades
This film made its entry to Mumbai Film Festival 2016 in two categories and is selected for Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India 2016. It is also one of the two movies from India that are competing in the international section of International Film Festival of India.
Director's Note
"My debut film Sahaj Paather Gappo (Colours Of Innocence) is based on ‘Taalnabami’, a short story by Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay. Between food and festivity stands economic stability which restricts the merriment offered by nature. Nature, ritual and festivity are linked in a chain but the economic factor and the socioeconomic changes put the cosmos into chaos. The magnanimity of the old feudal system degenerates to a weak feudal system which is unaccomodative to the havenots, even deceptive at certain points and the greed of money raises its head according to the value system of the post industrialized world. Chhottu is dependent on the decadent feudal system with the hope that he will enjoy the sweets made of palmyra fruit whereas Gopal looks for only some money to survive. It is a story from the world of innocence to the world of experience, an awakening to the reality of deception. The uniqueness of ‘SAHAJ PAATHER GAPPO’ lies in the continuation of dream in parallel to the hard reality. Trust may be shattered, hope may be betrayed, but the dream does not die and its spell does not disappear. The dreamy eyes of two children in the kaash field retains its existence much much above to the balancesheet of profit and loss, success and failure. ‘SAHAJ PAATHER GAPPO’ (Colours Of Innocence) remains a saga of unshattered dreams and wishfulness."