Dhuusar (Grey)

Dhuusar (Grey) is a 2019 Hindi & Bengali-language drama film directed by Soumi Saha & Snehashish Mondal[1]. It premiered at the 20th Lucania Film Festival, Italy on 8 August, 2019[2][3] where it won the Best Screenplay and Best Actor[4] award for Saha who is the writer, co-director, co-producer, production designer, costume designer, actor and editor of the film[5]. It had its Indian premier in Mumbai on 29 September, 2019 at the 10th Jagran Film Festival[6][7] before travelling to several international film festivals including Winchester Film Festival, UK[8], South Europe International Film Festival, Spain[9], Queen Palm International Film Festival, USA[10] amongst others.

Dhuusar
Official Poster
Directed bySnehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha
Produced bySnehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha, Rahul Singh
Written bySoumi Saha
Music byAnjo John
CinematographyArkodeb Mukherjee
Edited bySoumi Saha
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi, Bengali

Dhuusar is inspired by a real life incident of Sajal Barui, who was a convicted criminal of Kolkata, India for the murder of his family at the age of 16.[11] The film is also a semi-autobiographical account of Saha's childhood and adolescence, depicting her relationship with a former lover and her mother.[12][13]

Plot

Dhuusar chronicles three distinct phases of Shila's life as he finds himself in the whirlwind of unfavourable situations and an obsession to escape from them. A mother, a jailer, a lover and his relationship with them as he journeys in search of the perfect liberation.[14]

Cast
  • Vinay Pathak – Supt. Avinash Gautam
  • Subrat Dutta – Prashanta Guha
  • Ritwik Bhowmik – Shiladitya Guha
  • Senjuti Mukherjee – Paromita Guha
  • Arpita Banerjee – Shuto
  • Soumi Saha – Purva Sharma
  • Doab Mukherjee – Teen Shila
  • Arya Mallick – Kid Shila
  • Yashraj Jadhav - Kaka
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References
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  2. Lucania2013. "Selezione Ufficiale / Official selection 2019". 21th Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. Lucania2013. "Programma / Program". 21th Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  4. Lucania2013. "WINNERS 2019". 21th Lucania Film Festival · Pisticci · Matera 2019· Southern Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  5. "Soumi Saha". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  6. "DHUUSAR - GREY". Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  7. "Sir by Rohena Gera premieres in India at the 10th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai this September, finally. Are you going?". filmtribe.in. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  8. "Official Selection 2019". 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  9. Stephen. "29. Best Foreign Language Feature Film". Fusion International Film Festivals. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  10. "2020 GOLD Winners Main Category". Queen Palm Film Fest. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  11. January 15, RUBEN BANERJEE; January 15, 1994 ISSUE DATE; July 2, 1994UPDATED; Ist, 2013 17:38. "Five teenagers enact a most grisly murder scene in Calcutta". India Today. Retrieved 2020-05-27.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "What drives juvenile delinquency? This is the question at the heart of the film, Dhuusar- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  13. "Dhuusar - An Epic Biographical Journey Of A Juvenile Convict Brings Out The Best Of Humanity". VoxSpace. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  14. Dhuusar (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-05-27

Dhuusar on IMDb

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