Hemanta (film)

Hemanta
Hemanta
	Film poster
Directed by	Anjan Dutt
Based on	William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Produced by	Shyam Sundar Dey, Pankaj Ludia
Starring	Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar,
Edited by	Arghyakamal Mitra
Music by	Neel Dutt
Production; companies	GreenTouch Entertainment, Lundia Group
Release date	12 August 2016;
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Hemanta is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Anjan Dutt.^[1] It stars Parambrata Chatterjee in the role of the titular protagonist, with Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar, Gargi Roychowdhury, Saswata Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee in other pivotal roles. The film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, from a West Bengal production house.^[2]

Plot synopsis

Set amidst the backdrop of the entertainment world of Bengali cinema production, the film is about Hemanta Sen who goes off to the United States at a young age to study film. Trained as a filmmaker, he comes back to learn that his father had died three years ago and also about his mother's relationship with his uncle.

Cast

Actor	Role	Based on
Parambrata Chatterjee	Hemanta Sen^[3]	Prince Hamlet
Payel Sarkar	Olipriya	Ophelia
Jisshu Sengupta	Hirak	Horatio (Hamlet)
Gargi Roychowdhury	Gayatri Sen	Gertrude
Saswata Chatterjee	Kalyan Sen	Claudius
Shantilal Mukherjee
Souptik Chakraborty		Polonius
Subhra Sourav Das	Yuri
Sagnik Chatterjee	Raju	Rosencrantz
Vivaan Ghosh		Guildenstern

Critical reception

Shamayita Chakraborty of The Times of India gave 3 stars and praised the performances of Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee and Sagnik Chatterjee while criticized the absence of the Ghost (Hamlet) in the story.^[4]

References

^ "Hemanta: After Vishal Bhardwaj, Anjan Dutta too reinvents Hamlet". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ "Hemanta's cast speak about their characters". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "I think content is the king". Millenniumpost. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Hemanta Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[1] "Hemanta: After Vishal Bhardwaj, Anjan Dutta too reinvents Hamlet". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[2] "Hemanta's cast speak about their characters". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[3] "I think content is the king". Millenniumpost. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[4] "Hemanta Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

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