‘Chander Pahar’ promises adventure shots not seen before

Shot in South Africa, ‘Chander Pahar’, based on Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay`s 1909-era eponymous novel, promises to pack adventures and thrills never seen in Bengali films

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First Indian film to be extensively shot in South Africa, its hero Deb said that he and other members of the movie unit spent 45 days shooting scenes like an encounter with a lion and climbing steep mountains with shots of horse riding thrown in good measure.

"During my shoot with the lion, I went closer than what director Kamaleswar Mukhopadhyay had wanted. And he reprimanded me on this count. Once I also fell from a horse and wounded myself," Deb said.

He said that Shankar, the protagonist, was an athlete and a boxer. He never flinches from any challenge or danger. Be it fighting the African lion or duelling on the cliff, and that too without a body double.

Kamaleswar on his part said that Deb, an established star in Bengali films, was an automatic choice for him, though he was typecast in the commercial genre.

‘Chander Pahar’ will be released on 20^th December, 2013.

Directed by: Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Produced by: Mahendra Soni, Shrikant Mohta
Based on: Chander Pahar by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Starring: Dev, Gérard Rudolf, Martin Cito Otto
Music by: Indraadip Das Gupta
Cinematography: Soumik Haldar
Editing by: Raviranjan Maitra
Distributed by: Shree Venkatesh Films
Release dates: December 20, 2013 (Kolkata)
Language: Bengali
Budget: INR150 million (US$2.3 million)

Bengali Movie Entertainment Movies 12/09/2013 10:29:00 pm