The premiere of the Bengali film Sitara took place recently in the presence of the cast and crew of the film.

Sitara is based on the fiction novel Bhorer Proshuti written by eminent author Abul Basher.

The story revolves around Sitara, who is a poor Bangladeshi housewife who crosses border to enter India illegally with her husband Jiban Sheikh. Her husband sells her to smuggler Kabir. Even her father and brother supported Jiban for his actions. She developed deep hatred for them. With her beauty and charm, she became the queen. But that came at a cost. She became ill. Her husband divorced her. What happens next?

The cast of the film consists of M. Nassar (Kabir Majahan), Raima Sen (Sitara), Subrat Dutta (Manab Sarkar), Meghna Naidu (Laxmana) and others.

The film is directed by Ashis Roy and produced by Siva Prasad Pradhan.

The music of the film is by Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya and Emon Saha. Brishti Lekha Nandini, Rishi and others have lent their voices to the songs in the film. There are four songs in the film.

Amrita Chattopadhyay, Gautam Sushmit was spotted at the premiere. Speaking at the event, Amrita said “I am not a part of the film but I came here to attend the screening on Subrat da’s invite. I have done quite a few works with him and I had even read the script of this film. So I was excited to see how the film turned out to be on the big screen”.

The film is eyeing for release soon.

Priyanka Dutta