The trailer launch event of Pradipto Bhattacharya’s film Rajlokkhi O Srikanto took place at Triguna Sen auditorium of Jadavpur University. The cast of the film graced the occasion.

The film is inspired by the first volume of eminent Bengali writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Srikanta.

The film’s story revolves around Srikanta, an unmarried man in his mid-thirties, who works in a private nursing home in Kolkata. He has a history of quitting jobs. He wants to live independently and wants to throw away the rules that dictate ordinary life. He meets an old college friend Hukumchand who is now an influential business tycoon. He invites him on a picnic to a hilly province far from Kolkata. Srikanta, eagerly accepts Hukum’s offer.

Srikanta also had a love interest named Rajlokkhi, a destitute refugee from Bangladesh. However the relationship falls apart because of Srikanta’s own mistakes. Her father seizes the opportunity and sells her off to a pimp, who in turn brings her to the city and sells her again to a brothel. What happens next?

The cast of the film consists of Ritwick Chakraborty (Srikanta), Jyotika Jyoti (Rajlakshmi). Bangladeshi actress Jyotika Jyoti will be making her debut with this movie in the Bengali film industry.

The film is eyeing for release on 20^th September.

Priyanka Dutta