A piece of good news in the midst of this pandemic!! Hoichoi recently released the poster of Churni Ganguly’s National Award-winning film Tarikh on their social media. They also announced that the World Premiere of Tarikh will happen exclusively on the streaming service, from 8^th May onwards.

Tarikh is about the circle of life that looks into the lives and beliefs of three friends – an idealist, a realist, and a conformist. Directed and written by National Award-winning director Churni Ganguly, the film’s cast consist of Saswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Ritwick Chakraborty, and Kaushik Ganguly, and others.

The film won the Best Dialogue at the 66th National Film Award and the Jury Special Mention Award at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival. It also won the Best Narrative Feature, Best Song, Best Indie Feature of 2019 at the Los Angeles Film Awards 2019. Tarikh also bagged the Best Editor, Best Actor (Female), Best Screenplay award at the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival 2019. Moreover, Tarikh was also the official selection at the BRICS Film Festival 2019, Brazil.

Last year 40% of Hoichoi’s overall subscription revenue came from international contribution, where people are most likely to consume Bengali Classics and New World Premieres.

Hoichoi has an exciting line-up for our user base in the coming months too.

Priyanka Dutta