Bansuri: The Flute Explained

Bansuri: The Flute
Director:Hari Viswanath
Producer:Mou Roychowdhury
Starring:Anurag Kashyap
Rituparna Sengupta
Upendra Limaye
Music:Debojyoti Mishra
Cinematography:Grzegorz Hartfiel
Editing:Sreekar Prasad
Studio:Vision 3 Global Pvt Ltd
HarryToonz Studio
Released:[1]
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Bansuri: The Flute is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Hari Viswanath. Produced by Mou Roychowdhury, the film stars Anurag Kashyap, Rituparna Sengupta and Upendra Limaye in major roles.[2]

The film began principal photography on 25 May 2019 and the first look poster was launched by Kashyap on his Instagram page.[3] The film was released theatrically on 16 April 2021 in India.[1]

Summary

The film is based on a boy, who discovers what is running in his blood, after playing a violin, gets inspired and tries to excel like his father.[2]

Cast

Production

After the award-winning fllm Radiopetti,[2] [5] [6] [7] director Hari Viswanath decided to make his second feature film after he had several casual talk with few members who were a part of 2015 Indian Panorama section of IFFI, Goa. Rituparna Sengupta[8] [9] was chosen to play the protagonist, a single mother. A meeting with Anurag Kashyap led to his casting as the leading man along with National award-winning actor Upendra Limaye. Actors Masood Akhtar and Danish Hussain were also signed to play other important roles.[2] [10]

Official filming started by the end of May 2019 and continued till end of June 2019. The film was shot entirely in dooars area of West Bengal like Aibheel, Chalsa, Jalpaiguri and Mateli with support from Goodricke tea estate. Veteran Sreekar Prasad and Tapas Nayak joined the film as editor and sound designer respectively. Debojyoti Mishra[11] composed two songs for the lyrics written by Anupam Banerjee. While Papon was a singer for one, Anweshaa sung the second song. Production designing was taken care by Jayashree lakshminarayan and Polish cinematographer Grzegorz Hartfiel was signed as the cameraman of the film.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Bansuri' trailer: Anurag Kashyap leads film about flute playing and dreams of success. Scroll Staff. Scroll.in. April 2021 .
  2. News: Sen . Zinia . Rituparna to play Anurag Kashyap's wife in Hindi film . 13 May 2020 . . 6 January 2019.
  3. News: Bhanja . Sandipta . অনুরাগ কাশ্যপের বিপরীতে ঋতুপর্ণা, লকডাউনের মাঝেই প্রকাশ্যে 'বাঁশুরি' ছবির প্রথম ঝলক . bn. 13 May 2020 . . 9 May 2020.
  4. News: Rituparna Sengupta's South Connect . 13 May 2020 . . 25 July 2019.
  5. News: Radio Petti: the first Tamil film to win at Busan. 16 January 2017. The Times of India. M. Suganth. 2020-05-12.
  6. Web site: 'Radio Petti' Goes To Busan Film Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816173723/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Radio-Petti-Goes-To-Busan-Film-Festival/2015/09/26/article3047430.ece. dead. 16 August 2016. New Indian Express. 2020-05-12.
  7. Web site: Busan: Tamil-language 'Radio Set' a First for Festival. Variety. 2015-10-02. 2020-05-12.
  8. News: Sen . Zinia . Rituparna Sengupta, Anurag Kashyap to keep a date with Mccluskieganj in Feb . 13 May 2020 . . 12 January 2019.
  9. News: Mukherjee . Shreya . Anurag's world of cinema is fascinating, always wanted to work with him: Rituparna Sengupta . 13 May 2020 . PressReader. HTCity . 24 June 2019.
  10. News: অনস্ক্রিন জুটি বাঁধছেন অনুরাগ-ঋতুপর্ণা . bn. 13 May 2020 . . 12 February 2019.
  11. News: বাঁশির সুরে দেবজ্যোতি, সঙ্গে শ্রেয়া . 13 May 2020 . . bn . 19 June 2019.