The lead cast of Anshuman Jha, Ridhi Dogra along with Director Victor Mukherjee and the film’s Music Composer Simone Fransquet attended the premiere of the film Lakadbaggha in Kolkata.

The film is set in the backdrop of Kolkata. It is the story of a courier boy living in Hartaki Bagan, who is a ‘Krav-Maga’ (Israeli Martial Arts Form) teacher & his love for Indian dogs led him to unearth a huge animal trade nexus.

Rabindranath Tagore’s Purano Sei has been re-composed by Fransquet and sung by Shruti Pathak for the said film.

Anshuman said, “Where the mind is without fear & the head is held high’ these words of Tagore have inspired me since childhood and helped me in selecting the scripts”.

The film is also officially Selected to Open the HBO South Asian International Film Festival in New York, in 2022.

It has the action by the stunt team behind Ong-Bak (Kecha Khamphakdee) & Force Square. And has a hyena (Lakadbaggha) in the middle of the narrative about Indian Street dogs.

Produced by First Ray Films, whose last release was the LGBTQ+ themed ‘Hum Bhi Akele, Tum Bhi Akele’, the film is set to hit the big screens in 2023.

Priyanka Dutta