The short film Bhubon-moy Bhanu directed by Sarmistha Chakraborty was recently screened at the 26^th Kolkata International Film Festival.

A press meet was organized that was attended by Saikat Mitra, Shaheb Chatterjee, Subhasish Mukherjee, and other eminent dignitaries.

Bhubon-moy Bhanu shows the life and works of the comedian Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Eminent film personalities from Kolkata have shared their bytes about the actor and sent them online to the director who was in Los Angeles. The documentary has been made to commemorate the birth centenary of Bhanu Bandyopadhyay.

Speaking at the event, Subhasish Mukherjee said “My greatest regret is I could not act with Bhanu Bandyopadhyay. Comedy is the toughest form of acting and he excelled in that form so well. He used to speak in the Bangal dialect and that was never ridiculed by anyone. Everyone actually loved the dialect when he spoke in that dialect”.

Shaheb Chatterjee said that Bhanu Bandyopadhyay was the actor who popularized stand-up comedy even before these terms became popular.

Saikat Mitra shared how his father Shyamal Mitra and Bhanu Bandyopadhyay became friends. “Such was their friendship that they wore the same dhoti. One day my father wore the dhoti and the next day Bhanu uncle used to wash it and wear it. Whenever he entered a place, it was ensured that he will speak the maximum and also steal the limelight with his wit and humor” said Saikat Mitra.

Subhasish Mukherjee also thanked Rituparna Sengupta who helped in the screening of the short film. The actor also mentioned Prosenjit Chatterjee who lent a hand in the making of the film.

The film is of thirty minutes duration.

Priyanka Dutta