Hemanta (film)

2016 film by Anjan Dutt

For other uses, see Hemanta (disambiguation).

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 (2016-08-12)

Running time

| 146 minutes
Country| India
Language| Bengali

Hemanta is a 2016 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, amidst a massive Bengal production house.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Plot synopsis
* 2 Cast
* 3 Critical reception
* 4 References

## Plot synopsis[edit]

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 has died three years ago and also about his mother's relationship with his uncle.

## Cast[edit]

Actor  | Role  | Based on

|
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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[edit]

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[edit]

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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Anjan Dutt

Films directed|

| The Bongs|

* The Bong Connection
* The Bongs Again

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Byomkesh|

* Byomkesh Bakshi
* Abar Byomkesh
* Byomkesh Phire Elo
* Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)
* Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana (2016)

* Badadin
* Bow Barracks Forever
* Chalo Let's Go
* Madly Bangalee
* Chowrasta: Crossroads of Love
* Ranjana Ami Ar Asbona
* Dutta Vs Dutta
* Ganesh Talkies
* Hemanta (2016)
* Aami Ashbo Phirey (2018)
* Finally Bhalobasha (2019)

* v
* t
* e

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Characters|

* Hamlet
* Claudius
* Gertrude
* Ghost
* Polonius
* Laertes
* Ophelia
* Horatio
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
* Fortinbras
* The Gravediggers
* Yorick

Soliloquies|

* "To be, or not to be"
* "Mortal coil"
* "What a piece of work is a man"
* "Speak the speech"

Words and phrases|

* "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
* "Thy name is"

Terminology|

* Dumbshow
* Induction
* Quiddity
* Substitution

* Sources
* Criticism

* Legend of Hamlet
* The Spanish Tragedy
* Ur-Hamlet
* Critical approaches
* Bibliographies
* Saxo Grammaticus
* House of Gonzaga
* Damon and Pythias

Influence|

* Common phrases from Hamlet
* Cultural references to Hamlet
* Cultural references to Ophelia
* Language of flowers
* Human skull symbolism

Performances|

* Moscow Art Theatre (1911–1912)
* Richard Burton (1964)

On screen|

* 1900
* 1907
* 1908
* 1912
* 1913
* 1917
* 1921
* 1935
* 1948
* 1954
* 1961
* 1964
* 1969
* 1974
* 1990
* 1996
* 2000
* 2011

Adaptations|

| Films|

* The Rest Is Silence (1959)
* The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
* Ophelia (1963)
* Johnny Hamlet (1968)
* One Hamlet Less (1973)
* The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977)
* Strange Brew (1983)
* Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
* The Banquet (2006)
* Doubt (2009)
* Karmayogi (2012)
* Haider (2014)
* Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)
* Hemanta (2016)
* Ophelia (2018)
* The Northman (2022)

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Novels|

* Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940)
* Too, Too Solid Flesh (1989)
* Gertrude and Claudius (2000)
* Dating Hamlet (2002)
* The Dead Fathers Club (2006)
* Something Rotten (2007)
* Hamlet's Father (2008)
* The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)

Plays|

* Hamletmachine (1977)
* Dogg's Hamlet (1979)
* Fortinbras (1991)

Musicals|

* Rockabye Hamlet (1973)

Television|

* Hamlet (Australian TV, 1959)
* Hamlet at Elsinore (BBC, 1964)
* Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (BBC, 1980)
* Hamlet (BBC 2, animated, 1992)
* Hamlet (BBC 2, 2009)

Parodies|

* 15-Minute Hamlet
* The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
* I, Hamlet
* The Klingon Hamlet
* "Lyle the Kindly Viking"
* To Be or Not to Be: That is the Adventure
* "Tales from the Public Domain"
* The Skinhead Hamlet

Songs|

* "My Robin is to the greenwood gone" (16th century)
* "Pull Me Under" (1992)
* "Song for Athene" (1997)

Opera/classical|

* Hamlet (Thomas)
* Amleto (Faccio)
* Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
* Tristia (Berlioz)
* Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)
* Hamlet (Dean)

In popular culture|

| Films|

* To Be or Not to Be (1942)
* A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1973)
* To Be or Not to Be (1983)
* Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
* Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
* Last Action Hero (1993)
* Renaissance Man (1994)
* In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
* War (2002)
* Hamlet 2 (2008)
* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)
* Three Days (2012)

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Plays|

* Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966)
* Stage Blood (1974)
* I Hate Hamlet (1991)
* To Be or Not to Be (2008)

Novels|

* Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
* Theatre of War (1994)
* "The Undiscovered" (1997)
* The Shakespeare Stealer (1998)
* Interred with Their Bones (2007)

Television|

* "The Producer" (1966)
* "The Conscience of the King" (1966)
* "Born to Be King" (1983)
* "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow" (2001)
* Slings & Arrows (2003)

Video games|

* Last Action Hero (1993)
* Hamlet (2010)
* Elsinore (2019)

Books|

* Asterix and the Great Crossing
* The Seagull
* Sharpe's Havoc

Art|

* Ophelia
* Affe mit Schädel

Related|

* Hamlet and Oedipus
* Hamlet and His Problems
* Hebenon
* Hamlet Q1
* Ostalo je ćutanje
* The Chronicles of Amber
* "Symphony No. 65" (Haydn)
* The Hobart Shakespeareans
* Gertrude – The Cry
* Poor Murderer
* Something Rotten!
* Sons of Anarchy

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