THAKUMAR JHULI TO HIT THE SILVER SCREEN SOON

Webdesk, TNI Kolkata, 5th January, 2016: 21st century kids are much absorbed into Harry Potter, Transformers and other West-born Super Heroes, Art Director Nitish Roy decides to put all the Bengal kids to Thakumar Jhuli. The Generation X and Y to some extent has witnessed the thrilling and fairy atmosphere while watching the ‘thakumar jhuli’ episodes on Sunday mornings. With growing technology and broadcast medium, somewhere “Thakumar jhuli, Nonte Phonte, Batul da” has lost their audience. Children now-a-days no longer wait for those fictitious shows to come on television, but find themselves comfortable with various mobile games and western heroes. Buddhu- Bhutum, a story based on the concept of Thakumar Jhuli developed by Nitish Roy is going to hit the silver screen soon. This will act as a comeback of Bengali animated fairy tales for the kids who have lost touch with these magical characters like Buddhu and Bhutum. This will be a much nostalgic piece of work for the grown up people. The script and dialogue penned by Kaushik Bandyopadhyaya, DOP-Mrinmoy Mondal, Art Directed by Amit Chatterjee and Music by Surajit Chatterjee. The casting includes Sujoy as Buddhu, the monkey prince; Manali as Princess Bhutum. The three queens Locket Chatterjee, Koneenica Banerjee, and Debleena Kumar respectively of the King of Viratgarh played by Kaushik Chakraborty.

Edited By: T. Deepika (TNI Siliguri)
Photo: Priyanka Ghosh Dastidar (INT – Kolkata)