Chatrak (Mushrooms) bengali movie starring Paoli Dam needs no more description. The movie name is already in the hype because of Paoli Dam's skinny scene. The movie is directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara of Sri Lanka, who is known for his offbeat movies like Thibiri Dela (short)-1996, Land Of silence(short)-2002, Empty for Love(short)-2003, The Forsaken Land-2005 & Between Two Worlds-2009 etc.
Production : EastWest Flimdistribution
Indian Producer : Vinod Lahoti (Vandana Trading Company)
Director, Screenplay & Script : Vimukthi Jayasundara
Cast : Paoli Dam, Sudip Mukherjee, Sumeet Thakur, Tomas Lemarquis, Anubrata Basu
Producer : Vinod Lahoti
Sound : Dana Farzanehpour, Franck Desmoulins, Roman Dymny
Design : Arup Ghosh
Edit : Julie Beziau
Music : Roman Dymny
Story in brief : Rahul, a Bengali architect, who had gone to build a career in Dubai, returns to Kolkata to start a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who had long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Together, they try to find Rahul's brother, who is said to have gone mad, living in the forest and sleeping under the trees. Despite appearances, the two brothers might have a lot of characteristics in common.
Awards won : The film has already acclaimed fame worldwide, like in Stockholm Int'l Film Festival (Nov 09 - 20) where it competed for the Director's Award, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Nov 3 - 24), Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (Oct 18 - Nov 08), Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 13 - 20) for the Audience Award, Asiatica Film Mediale (Oct 12 - 22), Valdivia Int'l Film Festival (Oct 11 - 16), Festival do Rio - Rio de Janeiro IFF (Oct 06 - 18), Warsaw Film Festival (Oct 07 - 16), Toronto IFF (Sept 10 - 17), Film Forum Zadar - Best Cinematography (Aug 23 - 30), Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival - Movie College Award (Aug 17 - 23) & Cannes 2011 - Directors' Fortnight (May 11th - 22nd) etc.
The film is expected to release in India in 2012.
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