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Swapna Barman’s life story to come alive on celluloid

Feb 26, 2019

Kolkata, 26th February 2019 – SVF & Srijit Mukherji are glad to announce a never seen before biopic on Swapna Barman, the heptathlete who went on to make India proud by winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Swapna Barman became the first woman, not only from Bengal but also from India, to win the gold medal at the prestigious 2018 Asian Games at the tender age of 21. Inspite of being impaired with six toes on each foot and overcoming several obstacles throughout her sporting career, Swapna made India proud on International grounds through her immense hard-work and dedication.

The challenging role of the gifted sportsperson would be essayed by critically acclaimed actor Sohini Sarkar. The actor will be soon beginning her rigorous workshop to prepare for the inspirational role.

Directed by National Award-Winning director Srijit Mukherji, the lifetime Bengali rights of the film have been acquired by SVF.

Euphoric to announce the biopic, director Srijit Mukherji says: “Swapna is not only the pride of Bengal but has also made the nation proud with her achievement at such a young age after enduring so much. The film will focus on her life, her struggles and her achievements”

ABOUT SVF:

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.

SVF 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’, ‘Byomkesh Gowtro’, ‘Ek Je Chhilo Raja’ and critically acclaimed ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’, ‘Cinemawala’, ‘Dhananjoy’, ‘Asche Abar Shabor’, ‘Aami Ashbo Phirey’, ‘Uma’, ‘Generation Aami’ to name a few.

SVF’s newest venture is hoichoi, a one-stop online destination for Bengali entertainment – an on-demand video streaming Website and App with over 500 Movies and Original Web Series, Original Films, Original Shorts and soon, Documentaries. Hoichoi also added audio streaming section from April 2018. (The Hoichoi App is available for download on iTunes – http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload and Android – http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload)