The premiere of the Bengali film Buddhu Bhutum: The Monkey Prince took place in the presence of director Nitish Roy, Kaushik Chakraborty, Koneenica Banerjee, Surajit Chatterjee, Devlina Kumar, Manali Dey and others.

Buddhu Bhutum is adaptation of the musical series Kalabati Rajkanya from the famous Bengali fable Thakurmar Jhuli written by Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar. The story is about how the brother-sister duo of Buddhu and Bhutum save their kingdom from the hostilities of the dragons.

The script and dialogues have been transcribed by Kaushik Bandopadhyay and Mrinmoy Mondal is the DOP of the movie.

The shooting of the film began in 2015 and the film is releasing after a span of over three years.

The music of the film has been composed by Surajit Chatterjee.

Kasuhik Chakraborty (King of Biratgarh), Sankar Chakraborty (Minister of Biratgarh), Gautam Halder (General of Biratgarh), Locket Chatterjee (1^st Queen), Koneenica Banerjee (2^nd Queen), Devlina Kumar (3^rd Queen), Manali Dey (Princess Bhutum) and others will be seen in pivotal roles in the film.

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy and other eminent personalities graced the premiere.

The film is running at different multiplexes and single screens in Kolkata.

Priyanka Dutta