Paanch Adhyay (2012) is a Bengali romantic drama set in Kolkata. The film marks the Bengali language debut for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza. The film is written and directed by Pratim D. Gupta, the resident film critic of The Telegraph newspaper in Kolkata and produced by Kaustuv Roy. The music of the film has been scored by Shantanu Moitra. Besides a successful six-week run in Bengal, Paanch Adhyay was selected as the Centerpiece Premiere at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York and in the New Voice in Indian Cinema section at the Mumbai Film Festival. Paanch Adhyay also won the Best Film Award at the prestigious Kalakar Awards.
Plot
Paanch Adhyay is the story of love found and lost in the lives of a contemporary Indian couple, told in moments past and present. Plunged into passion from the moment they meet in Kolkata, Arindam (Priyanshu Chatterjee) and Ishita’s (Dia Mirza) different ideologies – towards life and art – push them apart.
Cast
Dia Mirza as Ishita Roy Chowdhury
Priyanshu Chatterjee as Arindam Roy Chowdhury
Sampurna Lahiri as Ranjabati Sen
Anubrata Basu as Rajat
Anindya Bannerjee as Suri
Shibnath Dey as Kalyan
Kaushal Kumbhat as Mr Mehta
Seema Sapru as Principal
Suman Mukhopadhyay as Dr. Bakshi
Ritoban Das as Ad Assistant
Abhijit Bahattachrya as Footballer
Soumitra Chatterjee as Hrishi-da
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