Mithun at his best in Shukno Lanka

Shukno Lanka is a story of forgotten dreams, of fears and reconciliation, and finally of living the magic called life. Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Joy Sundar Sen and young European actress Isabella meet in Berlin, and gradually develop a bond of mutual respect and understanding. At a bookstore in Berlin, they chance upon an anthology of short stories by Indian filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. As Joy Sundar flips through the book, one of the stories – "Paraspathar" (The Philosopher's Stone) – begins to resonate in his mind. Faced with his own morality, brought more sharply into relief by the youth of Isabella, he makes up his mind that Paraspathar will be his next film.

Chinu Nandy is a junior artiste who has been playing bit parts in films for several decades. Over the years, he has come to accept his fate, hoping that one day he would add as much flavour to movies as dry red chillies do to a curry. But when Joy Sundar decides to cast Chinu in the lead role in Paraspathar, the middle-aged junior artiste is bewildered and frightened to imagine the strange path that destiny seems to unbar for him.

To be released officially on Friday, 2 July, Shukno Lanka had a special screening on 30 June and garnered praise for the exceptional performance of its lead actors Mithun Chakraborty and Sabyasachi Chakraborty.


Credits:

Producer: Mumbai Mantra Media Ltd.
Co-producer: Moxie Media Pvt. Ltd.
Writer & director: Gaurav Pandey
Camera: Mahesh Aney
Cast: Mithun Chakraborty (Chinu Nandy), Sabyasachi Chakraborty (Joy Sundar Sen), Debashree Roy (Jhilik), Emma Garnett Brown (Isabella)


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