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Basicolan ( SBS College alumnus ) ’s 2020

Kaym ( KM College alumnus )

BSc Gen 1962 KM Padma Vibhushan 2015 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2019 Honorary Citizenship French town Deauville 2003 Kaym of the Millennium Award 2000 Alexandria International Festival Egypt Award 2015 Asian Film Award 2010 International Culture Honours UK, France, South Africa …

Basicolan ( SBS College alumnus ) Shoojit Sircar

BA 1987 SBS

Film Director Producer and Filmmaker Madras Café 2013 Johny Walker 2014 2015, Pink 2016 Best Film Director Life OK Screen Award Piku 2014 National Film Award 2013 Filmfare Best Director Award Piku 2016

This is not how Shoojit Sircar imagined it. His film Gulabo Sitabo was supposed to release in theatres on April 17. 2020 ; however, it was directly streamed to homes from 12 June 2020 .

Amazon gave him “a big release” in 200 countries . His film had 15 dubbed versions and subtitles in several languages such as Indonesian, Hebrew and Polish. “We are going directly to the audience,” he says. “It’s not going to take away from what the film is all about .”

The city, says Sircar, is one of the many characters in the film. “The film is soaked in the old ” he adds. It is shot in actual locations, Hazratganj and Chowk areas. A devout fan of , Shoojit stayed at Hotel Clarion, the same place the great auteur had stayed in when shooting Shatranj Ke Khiladi. “It is always great to be inspired by him,” he says .

Like Ray, he also has a close-knit group of people he likes to work with. Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar have been his producing partners, produced the score to many of his , while Kamaljeet Negi and Avik Mukhopadhyay have been his preferred lensmen. Chaturvedi, too, has worked on most of his films ...

Another person who has become familiar with Sircar’s worldview is Kaym ( K M College alumnus ) Amitabh Bachchan. “Somehow our relationship is such that we don’t speak much,” he says. “He looks at me and gauges if I am happy or not with the take. He’ll say, ‘Avik, roll again. He’s pissed off, so let’s try again’.”

15.06.2020 Today adapted