ZEE5 TO PREMIERE RAM KAMAL'S HINDI FILM SEASON'S GREETINGS
by Shrutee K/DNS
Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee's second venture A
Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season's Greetings will premiere on ZEE5
post Diwali.
After the success of Cakewalk, author turned director Ram
Kamal Mukherjee's second feature. A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season's
Greetings will premiere on ZEE5, India's fastest growing OTT platform. The 47-minute
Hindi feature marks the comeback of Bollywood star Celina Jaitly Haag post
marriage and motherhood. The film also stars theatre thespian Lillette Dubey
and debutant Azhar Khan in the lead. This film also marks the debut of
Bollywood's first transgender actor Shree Ghatak in a pivotal role.
The film has become India's first ever feature to
collaborate with United Nations Free and Equal. The film deals with Article 377
and LGBTQIA community. "Since Rituda was very vocal about the cause, this
comes up as a vital issue in the film. It's weaved in subtly and that's
probably the beauty of the tale," says director Ram Kamal. The film has two songs in Maithli language
composed by Rabindranath Tagore and has been shot in beautiful locales in
Kolkata by cinematographer Pravatendu Mondal.
"I am extremely delighted that our film will be
premiered on ZEE5, and I would like to thank Tarun Katial and Jay Pandya who
saw the potential in our content. I feel that while it's very important to make
good content, it's equally important to get an equally good platform to
showcase your work," says director
Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
Celina Jaitly
Haag, the
lead actor from the film says, "It is great to associate with a massive
platform like ZEE5. This is a special film and it was indeed a pleasure to work
with Director Ram Kamal Mukherjee and the entire cast and crew of the film. When
Ram Kamal narrated the story to me, I immediately connected with Romita's
character because she is real, just
like any character from Rituparno Ghosh's film. Since the last two decades I
have been closely working with LGBTQIA cause and this film deals with issues
related with the community and abolishment of article 377. This film is about
celebration of love and freedom.”
Lillette
Dubey said,
"I am glad to be a part of Ram Kamal's film Season's Greetings, which will premiere on ZEE5 soon. I always
wanted to work with Rituparno Ghosh, unfortunately he left too early. I am
happy to be a part of a film that pays homage to such a wonderful filmmaker.”
Aritra
Das from Assorted Motion Pictures feels honoured to be associated with one of India's leading
digital platforms. "We couldn't have asked for anything better than ZEE5.
This film was an ambitious project for all of us and we waited for the best
platform. I think it's all about the right content,"
Set in Kolkata, the film
revolves around a mother and daughter relationship. The first look of the film
was revealed by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan on 56th birth anniversary of
late Rituparno Ghosh on August 31st. In a special video message to director Ram
Kamal Mukherjee, he expressed, "Ram Kamal worked as a journalist for more
than 20 years and has written five books which fetched him many accolades. Now,
Season's Greetings is his second
Hindi film and I wish him and entire team all the best for this wonderful
tribute to Rituparno Ghosh,one of Bengal's most celebrated filmmakers."
Producer and music director Shailendra Kumar feels that this
unique step will help the film in reaching out to larger number of people.
"Being a Kishore Kumar fan, I grew up watching Amit ji films. I know
almost all his blockbuster songs by heart. When Ram Kamal da mentioned
that Amitji would unveil the poster of our film, I just
couldn't believe. In fact for a while I thought he was pulling a prank on
me," says Shailendra Kumar from SS1 Entertainment.
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