Prosenjit’s next to woo audience this Pujo

SVF and Srijit Mukherji are all set for their Pujo 2019 release – Kakababur Protyaborton, starring the exemplary actor Prosenjit Chatterjee who returns to don the role of audience’s favourite ‘Kakababu’, aka Raja Roy Chowdhury. Also returning to revive the character of Santu will be actor Aryaan Bhowmick.

Besides these notable artists, Anirban Chakrabarti, (famous for essaying the role of Eken Babu), will also be seen in the film. The plot of the film will be adapted from ‘Jangoler Moddhe Ek Hotel’ from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s famous ‘Kakababu’ series.

The film will be shot extensively in the forests of Kenya and South Africa and is scheduled to go on floors soon.

Prosenjit, who is playing lead in the film said, “I am very happy and excited to be shooting in the jungles. Also, Kakababu will come back on the pujo again.”

On prepping for the shoot of the film, director Srijit Mukherji said: “The Kakababu films have always broken records at the box office and I’m sure Kakababur Protyaborton will be no less. It is my next Pujo gift to the Bengali audience”.

Talking about the retur of ‘Kakababu’, Shrikant Mohta, Co-founder and Director, SVF said: “Kakababu is a character that is close to our heart and it’s always a pleasure working with Bumbada. After the immense success of ‘Mishwar Rahosya’ and ‘Yeti Obhijaan’, I’m sure the next installment of adventure will be loved by all.” Produced by SVF and directed by Srijit Mukherji – ‘Kakababur Protyaborton’ is slated for a Pujo 2019 release.

SVF is Eastern India’s largest entertainment company, having business interests in film production, television content production, film distribution, digital cinema, music, new media and cinemas. The company till date has successfully produced over 120 films including national award winning ‘Chokher Bali’, ‘Raincoat’, ‘Memories in March’, ‘Chitrangada’ and ‘Chotoder Chobi’; blockbusters like ‘Challenge 2’, ‘Chander Pahar’, ‘Zulfiqar’, ‘Yeti Obhijaan’, ‘Amazon Obhijaan’, ‘Guptodhoner Sondhane’, ‘Ek Je Chhilo Raja’, ‘Byomkesh Gowtro’ and critically acclaimed ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’, ‘Cinemawala’, ‘Dhananjoy’, ‘Asche Abar Shabor’, ‘Aami Ashbo Phirey’, ‘Uma’, ‘Generation Aami’ to name a few.