National Award-winning filmmaker Aparna Sen long-standing dream has finally been realised. The director had long wanted to adapt William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on the big screen. On Wednesday evening, the trailer of her new Bengali film, Arshinagar, based on Romeo and Juliet , was launched on the social networking site.
The musical stars actor Dev and Ritika in titular roles. Legendary Bollywood actor Waheeda Rahman plays Dadijaan in the film. Other actors include Jisshu Sengupta, Kaushik Sen, Roopa Ganguly, Jaya Seal Ghosh and others.
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Arshinagar is a fictional town, which is terrorised by two rival gangs -- Khans and the Mitras. The trailer shows Dev (Ronojoy, Biswanath Mitra’s son) sporting a pony. He loves music and has a garage band too. He falls in love with Sabir Khan’s daughter Zulekha or Julie (Ritika). Jisshu Sengupta looks devilish in an all black ensemble and kohled eyes. He plays Julie’s brother.
Watch the trailer of Aparna Sen’s new film Arshinagar here:
{{/usCountry}}Watch the trailer of Aparna Sen’s new film Arshinagar here:
{{/usCountry}}This is the first time Dev is acting in Aparna Sen’s film. On Wednesday evening, Dev took to Twitter to share his feelings. “Most difficult film of my life #Arshinagar Thanx @senaparna fr casting me in thz Epic,” he posted.
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Debojyoti Mishra has composed the music of the film. Reportedly the film will have 10 songs.
Arshinagar will hit the theatres on Christmas (also Dev’s birthday).