Tagore’s poem ‘Hatath Dekha’ being turned into film

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Kolkata, Sept 6 (PTI) Nobel laureate RabindranathTagore’s immortal poem "Hatath Dekha" will soon be made into afilm under an Indo-Bangladesh joint production, with a castdrawn from the two countries. The film’s director, Reshmi Mitra, said that shootingwould be done extensively in Bangladesh and Birbhum districtin West Bengal. "The dialogues retain the resonance of the poem and wehave recreated the period look of 1938," she told PTI. Boasting a formidable cast, including Debasree Roy,Shankar Chakraborty, Tulika Basu and Ilias Kanchan (India) andMunia Yusuf Mimi, Azhar J S Himi (Bangladesh), the narrativerequires the characters to speak in verses. "We have sought to incorporate several important issuesof the bygone times including female education and the generalcondition of women in the feudal set-up and the women who cameout of this," Reshmi said. She said that the storyline involves two characterswho meet in a train compartment after many years of theirfirst encounter. The film, produced by known Bangladeshi production houseImpress Telefilm Ltd and two Indian producers, has been shotin Chittagong, Mymansingh, Dhaka, Rangamati in Bangladeshand in several parts of rural West Bengal including Birbhumdistrict where Tagore was primarily based. The film has Rabindrasangeet and Baul songs rendered bypopular Bangladeshi Rabindrasangeet exponent Rejwana ChowdhuryBanya, Anupam Roy and Kartik Das Baul. "Music plays an important part in the movie since thereare shots of vast expanse of rivers, a typical sight acrossthe borders," the director, who had previously made two films,said. PTI SUS MDPSH

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