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Uma Selected as Official Selection at New York Indian Film Festival 2018

Uma is an ingenious feature film inspired from the true story of Evan Leversage, the Canadian boy who is known as “The boy who moved Christmas”. Directed by Srijit Mukherji, Uma is about a young girl who is fighting a terminal disease, a father who is struggling to make his daughter’s dreams come true and about a director whose past haunts him. It starts off with Uma, played by Sara Sengupta, is brought up in Austria, being recognised with a terminal disease and goes on about how Himadri, her father played by Jisshu U Sengupta, takes her to Kolkata to fulfil her dream by setting up a fake Durga Puja.

Video: Srijit Mukherji on Uma

Srijit Mukherji’s upcoming Bengali film Uma has been confirmed as an official selection at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2018, followed by London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2018 and India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) 2018.

Director Srijit Mukherji said “I am happy to hear this news. It is incredible to know that the pragmatic story of Uma is being accepted so positively by the film fraternity across the world.”

Uma’s cast consists of father daughter duo Jisshu U Sengupta and Sara Sengupta. The film is scheduled to release on 8^th June 2018.