‘Bandit Queen’ Seema Biswas returns to Tollywood after 13 years

She last acted in a Bengali film 13 years ago and it was the Dev-Srabanti Chatterjee-starrer ‘Dujone’ in 2009. And now, after all these years National Award-winning actor Seema Biswas has started shooting for a Bengali film titled ‘Mon Potongo’. The film, being directed by Rajdeep Paul and Sharmistha Maiti, is currently being shot in and around Kolkata with ‘Bandit Queen’ fame Seema Biswas playing roadside tea stall owner. The seasoned actor for whom language has never been a barrier says that she was moved by the script of ‘Mon Potongo’ and didn’t hesitate to say yes to the director duo. Although her role is brief in the film, the actor shares the narrative is a multilayered story that will make people think about our moral decay. However, Seema who gave a stellar performance as PM Basu in ‘The Family Man Season 2’ regrets that good Bengali films don’t consider her these days and she doesn’t know the reason behind this. The film also has Subhankar Mohanta, Baishakhi Roy, Amit Saha, Anindita Ghosh, Janardan Ghosh, Tribikram Ghosh, Aninda Roy and others in key roles. Joy Sengupta and Tannishtha Biswas too will be seen in important roles. Sharmistha and Rajdeep's debut Bengali film ‘Kalkokkho’ has already earned accolades in its festival rounds worldwide and is now waiting for its theatrical release. Mon Potongo narrates the story of a madly-in-love inter-faith couple who run away from the village fearing persecution and finds shelter on the open pavements of the city streets. As they get accustomed to the harsh life on the streets their minds are enchanted by a throne-like “Seat of Power” inside an exquisite furniture showroom which they want to gift to and share with each other as a token of their love. The ambitious couple doesn’t want to be like insects that crawl and get crushed on the roads. They want to climb up the social ladder so that they can attain their desired “seat of power”. Their obsession to attain that seat leads them through the tempting by-lanes of wealth, intellectuality and power while meeting a cast of colourful characters. While Rana Pratap Karforma is the DOP of the film, Avijit Kundu is composing the music for ‘Mon Potongo’.