“Dev Surprises You In Every Scene And Acting Opposite Him Was Challenging”-Koneenica
“Dev is a surprise as an actor. You will never know what he does in the next scene. He is different in every scene that he acts in. He is a surprise package. I was scared of acting opposite him. I play his elder sister in the film. However, it has been a great experience acting in the film” said Koneenica Banerjee at the first poster launch of Projapoti.
Also gracing the occasion were Dev, Mamata Shankar, Sweta Bhattacharya, Biswanath Basu, Atanu Raychaudhuri, director Avijit Sen and others.
The film showcases the bond between a father and his son. His son works independently. The father begins a quest for finding a match for his son and this leads to interesting situations.
Mithun Chakraborty and Dev will be seen in the role of the father and the son.
“I worked with Mithun Chakraborty after 46 years. Our last film was Mrigaya. It has been a pleasure working with him. I am thankful to the director who actually thought of casting me in this role. We had a great time acting in the film” said Mamata Shankar.
Anupam Roy, Surojit Chatterjee, and Prosen composed the songs for the film.
The script and dialogues are by Subhadip Das.
“This is my second film with Dev after Tonic. We received a great response from the audience and they loved the film immensely. It is due to this love that the film has been selected by Indian panorama at 53rd IFFI 2022 in the mainstream category. We hope that the audience will shower the same amount of love for Projapoti” said the director.
Dev who had worked with Mithun Chakraborty in the 2015 film Herogiri said that it was a pleasure to share screen space with the actor. He also praised the cast members for the amazing work that they have done in the film.
Sweta Bhattacharya who is making her debut in Bengali films with Projapoti mentioned that she could not have asked for a better film for making her debut. The actress revealed that it has been a great learning experience as she got to act opposite so many talented actors.
The film will release in December 2022.
Video link of the event- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g58Mz6_8Gg
Priyanka Dutta