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Dhuusar

1hr 46min  |  Bengali, Hindi  |  Biography, Drama

Dhuusar chronicles three distinct phases of Shila's life as he finds himself in the whirlwind of unfavourable situations and his obsession to escape from them. A mother, a jailer, a lover and his relationship with them as he journeys in search of his perfect liberation. Inspired by the life of Sajal Barui, a juvenile criminal of Kolkata, who murdered his family at the age of 16.
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Synopsis

Dhuusar chronicles three distinct phases of Shila's life as he finds himself in the whirlwind of unfavourable situations and his obsession to escape from them. A mother, a jailer, a lover and his relationship with them as he journeys in search of his perfect liberation. Inspired by the life of Sajal Barui, a juvenile criminal of Kolkata, who murdered his family at the age of 16.

Filmmaker Bio

Soumi Saha

Soumi Saha

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Production Designer, Editor

She has been involved in various theatre productions while being a part of SRT (Singapore Repertory Theatre). Soumi continued to write, direct and act in several plays in Mumbai before writing and directing her first feature film, Dhuusar.

Credits

director: Snehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha

writer: Soumi Saha

producer: Snehashish Mondal, Soumi Saha

cast: Arpita Banerjee, Ritwik Bhowmik, Subrat Dutta, Arya Mallick, Doab Mukherjee, Senjuti Mukherjee, Vinay Pathak, Soumi Saha

Executive Producer: Santosh Kadam, Vikrant Varma

Co-Producer: Rahul Singh

Composer: Anjo John

Cinematographer: Arkodeb Mukherjee

Editor: Soumi Saha

Production Designer: Soumi Saha

Costume Designer: Soumi Saha

Production Manager: Jiten Bamania

Asst. Director: Avinash Gautam

1st Asst. Director: Keith Keny

Chief Asst. Director: Shivangi Mittal

Chief Asst. Art Director: Mayur Pawar

Additional Sound Mixer: Kartik Pangare

Asst. Camera: Dhiraj Sharma

Colorist: Bhusam Kiran

Special Thanks: Anand Gandhi