The teaser of director Debaloy Bhattacharya’s upcoming film Dracula Sir was released recently. The much awaited experimental genre-based drama deals with the popular Westernised concept of Vampires and Dracula. This is the first time a film based on the concept of Vampires has been conceptualised with a flavour of Bangaliana for the Bengali audience.

The teaser starts off with Anirban Bhattacharya voicing the famous lines written by renowned revolutionary writer Nabarun Bhattacharya:

“Ei Mrityu Upattaka Amar Desh Noye” (This valley of death is not mine)

Ei Bistirno Shoshan Amar Desh Noye (This wide graveyard is not mine)

This is followed by a man, a schoolteacher by his appearance (Anirban Bhattacharya) who enters a classroom in the present day, to be greeted with a blackboard that is inscribed with the words Dracula Sir, thereby introducing us to the protagonist of the film Raktim (Anirban Bhattacharya), a simpleton with a protruding pair of canine teeth, bullied for his vampire appearance.

But he has a story to tell from 1971 that makes his journey a tale of finding love and seeking revenge. The teaser then shows us a glimpse of the past with Manjari (played by Mimi Chakraborty) telling Amal (Anirban Bhattacharya) that their fight is for freedom and finally the teaser ends with Amal screaming in pain after his canines get brutally pulled out while he is being tortured inside a prison…

Excited about his new experimental venture and bringing the tale of vampires for the first time to the audience, director Debaloy Bhattacharya said that the story is about a primary school teacher who has a protruding pair of canine teeth and earns his nickname Dracula Sir. His destiny pushes him towards becoming the vampire he has always been referred to. This is the director’s search for the Bengali Dracula without the castle, who is out to create his own myth.

Actor turned Member of Parliament, Mimi Chakraborty said that her character of Manjari is very different from all the characters that she had played over the years. This is also her first film with Debaloy and second film with Anirban and she was looking forward to the release of the film.

The film also stars Rudranil Ghosh, Bidipta Chakraborty, Kanchan Mullick and Samuel Alam in pivotal roles. The film is scheduled to release on 1^st May 2020.