Not remaking Satyajit Ray's films: Madhur Bhandarkar
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar on Saturday addressed the confusion surrounding his upcoming Bengali production, Avijatrik, which is said to carry forward the story of ‘Apu’ — the iconic lead character played by Soumitra Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy.
He added, “In Avijatrik, the Bengali filmmaker Subhrajit Mitra is taking the story forward from where Ray sir left it and the reason I decided to get associated with the project is the script and the passion of the filmmaker with which he intends to make the film. We are not touching the films made by Satyajit Ray. I am a big fan of the legendary filmmaker who helped Indian cinema reach global audiences. We are in no way tampering with the classics he made. He is and will always be an inspiration to filmmakers not only in India but across the world.”
Avijatrik will be shot in black-and-white across several parts of India to recreate the 1940s-setting of the story. The plot is expected to take off from where The Apu Trilogy ended, and focus on the wanderlust of the main protagonist and his six-year-old son Kajol. Several characters from the original books and films — including Apu’s sister Durga, his wife Aparna, Ranu Di and Lila — will be reprised in the upcoming continuation.
Subhrajit Mitra made his feature film debut with the 2008 Bengali film Mon Amour: Sesher Kobita Revisited, starring Rituparna Sengupta and Saheb Chatterjee. The filmmaker has directed six films so far, including the 2016 suspense thriller Chorabali.
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