Upcoming Bengali biopics you simply can’t afford to miss

We already know Srijit Mukherji is making a biopic on Swapna Barman, who became India's first ever heptathlete to win a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Sohini Sarkar will be seen Swapna and she will soon start her rigorous workshop to prepare for the challenging role and it looks like director Srijit has also started working on the biopic.

Recently the noted director, whose next ‘Vinci Da’ is making quite a noise, dropped a picture on social media where you can see Srijit, Sohini, the athlete Swapna and her coach Subhash Sarkar having discussion. The picture got the attention of netizens right away.

Despite having six toes on each foot and facing several obstacles throughout her sporting career, Swapna Barman, the Bengali lady made India proud in the international arena through her immense hard work and dedication, the statement read further.

Biopics have become a successful trend in Indian cinema. From freedom fighters to politicians, sports personalities to successful businessmen, over the last couple of years we have seen some spectacular biopics in Bollywood and now it seems this trend is gaining popularity in Bengali cinema as well. Scroll down to have a look at these Bengali biopics in the making.

Srijit Mukherjee will make the biopic of Bina Das, the freedom fighter who served a significant role in the Indian revolution and was best known for her brave attempt to kill governor Stanly Jackson at a young age. Rituparna Sengupta will play the brave heart of Bengal. Srijit wants to portray different stages of the Bengali freedom fighter’s life. While a young actress will be cast as a young Bina Das, Rituparna will be seen playing the iron lady in her mature stages. What’s more interesting is prosthetics will be used to show an elderly Bina Das. This news surely excites Rituparna’s fans as seeing her as an elderly woman on screen is something new. Research work is already underway and he will soon start working on the script. However, the rest of the cast hasn’t yet finalized.

She was only 23 when she lost her husband, not to any disease but unfortunately to poverty. With 4 children to look after, she literally toiled for almost 20 years as a housemaid, a manual labourer and even a vegetable-seller. Now at 70, Subhasini Mistry lives with great satisfaction as she sees the two-storied building, her only dream to make a hospital for the poor, all of these happened because she once didn’t had the money for proper medical treatment to save her husband. For her utmost dedication to do something for the society at several platforms, Subhasini was conferred India’s fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri in 2018. Now, to honour her achievements, Dev is all set to produce a biopic on the brave lady. This biopic, tentatively titled ‘Padma Shri Subhasini Mistry’ will be directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay.

‘Sahaj Paather Gappo’ director Manas Mukul Pal will don the director’s hat for this project. The biopic of freedom fighter Dinesh Gupta will begin right from his college days and follow his indomitable works and actions as Bengal’s one of the bravest freedom fighters. Not just Dinesh, the story of Binay and Badal will be there as well. The famous Writers Building attack by Binay-Badal-Dinesh will also be covered. Dinesh Gupta was born on 6^th December 1911 in Josholong of Munshiganj District, now in Bangladesh. While studying in Dhaka College, he joined Bengal Volunteers, a group founded by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1928. Soon the Bengal Volunteers turned out to be a more active revolutionary association and started liquidating infamous British police officers. Dinesh was only 19 when he was hanged for anti-government activities and murder on 7 July 1931 at Alipore Jail.

Anjan Dutt will soon begin shooting a film inspired by one of the most famous chapters in the Indian freedom fighting movement that involves the martyrdom of Benoy Krishna Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta. The film titled Operation Writers will focus on the four-hour-long battle against 150 British soldiers that these three firebrand revolutionaries fought in front of the Writers’ Building in Kolkata in 1930. Abir Chatterjee, Arjun Chakrabarty and Anirban Bhattacharya will be seen as Binoy, Badal and Dinesh respectively. Interestingly, Aniket Chattopadhyay has also shown his interest in making a film on this subject.

Srijit Mukherji is finally making a biopic on Swapna Barman, who became India's first ever heptathlete to win a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Sohini Sarkar will be seen Swapna and she will soon start her rigorous workshop to prepare for the challenging role. Despite having six toes on each foot and facing several obstacles throughout her sporting career, the Bengali lady made India proud in the international arena through her immense hard work and dedication. It will be interesting to see how Sohini pulls off such a challenging character.

If you get a chance to visit villages near the jungles of Nainital, you will definitely hear one name quite prominently. Edward James Corbett or best known as Jim Corbett after whom the coveted Corbett National Park has been named, was a hunter turned conservationist who became a blessing for the then inhabitants of Nainital and emerged as a crusader for animal rights. Many of us have read the exciting stories of Corbett in our teenage days, especially those who love hunting stories. Now, director Riingo Banerjee who has made critically acclaimed films like ‘Kranti’ and ‘Jodi Ekdin’ is keen to make a biopic on Jim Corbett and he is already working on the script after an extensive research work.