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Prasun Chatterjee's directorial 'dostojee' has been selected for the special screening at the prestigious 45th Göteborg Film Festival. The director has announced the happy news on his Twitter page, and the film festival will take place January 28th to February 6th in Sweden. The Bengali drama about two young friends is expected to bag a few awards on the international stage to add honors to the Indian cinema industry.

Prasun Chatterjee's critically acclaimed 'dostojee' continues to fetch accolades and the latest is the prestigious CIFEJ Prize and also the Best Director award at the International Competition section of SIFFCY 2022. The social drama was earlier screened at the 45th Göteborg Film Festival. ‘dostojee’ is a piercing, poignant tale of two 8-year-old boys in a Murshidabad village trapped in between the hostile climate of religious intolerance.

Prasun Chatterjee's 'dostojee' is set in a remote West Bengal village near the India-Bangladesh border where two little boys Palash and Safikul are neighbours and also childhood friends. Palash’s father is the Hindu priest in the village while Safikul’s father is a Muslim weaver. Their lives turned upside down after the Babri Mosque demolition, and the seething tensions between the Muslim and Hindu communities soon threaten to destroy the innocent friendship between the two boys.

It has been a long, winding road for Prasun Chatterjee. He waited for almost eight years to release his directorial debut ‘dostojee’ in theatres and since its release on November 11 the multiple international award-winning film has been getting rave reviews from critics and audience alike. ‘dostojee’, a touching story of friendship in times of bigotry, has received an overwhelming response at the box office as well with back-to-back houseful shows.

Prasun Chatterjee's critically acclaimed film 'dostojee' will release in 75 Cities of 26 States across the United States of America on March 17. With this grand release the film will be eligible for consideration in the Main Category of the 96th Academy Awards next year.

Filmmaker Prasun Chatterjee is on cloud nine and why not! Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has sent his best wishes for Prasun’s upcoming Bengali film ‘Dostaojee’ which is set to release in theatres on November 11. The acting legend took to his Twitter handle to share the trailer of the film and wrote, “T 4454 - a unique film dostojee , by a young Bengali director Prasun Chatterjee, gaining laurels all over .. all good wishes ..”

For the first time in the history of Bengali cinema, a Bengali film' teaser or trailer has been played on the Billboards of Times Square, New York City and it made 'dostojee' director Prasun Chatterjee all too emotional.

The slice-of-a-life drama, starring child artists Asik Shaikh and Arif Shaikh alongside Jayati Chakraborty and Swatilekha Kundu, captures the innocent friendship of two boys in a remote border village in West Bengal, separated from Bangladesh by river Padma. ‘dostojee’ has now won the top prize, the Golden Shika Award in the Nara International Film Festival, Japan, in the international competition.

Prasun Chatterjee’s ‘dostojee’ is making all the right noise ahead of its November release. After bagging the prestigious Golden Shika Award at the Nara International Film Festival (IFF) in Japan, the film has done it again. This time, ‘dostojee’ won the top honour at the Sharjah International Film Festival where it was the only Indian film that was in competition.

'dostojee' is set in the backdrop of a turbulent time in Indian history and tells the gentle story of a deep and comforting friendship between two eight-year-old boys. Living as neighbors in a scenic village on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, they find joy in the simple pleasures of life, remaining blissfully ignorant of the growing communal tensions around them. Their pure affection for each other remains untouched by the surrounding mistrust, and the idyllic setting of lush farmland and the nearby river Padma adds to the beauty of their tale.

Kolkata’s one of the most talented young filmmakers Prasun Chatterjee continues to win festival laurels and awards worldwide for his film ‘dostojee’, the latest being the Best Film Award at the 24th UK Asian Film Festival in the International Competition segment. The slice-of-a-life drama captures the innocent friendship of two boys in a remote border village in West Bengal, separated from Bangladesh by river Padma.

‘dostojee’ director Prasun Chatterjee’s latest Facebook post has led to speculations suggesting ace Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury might be a part of his next film. Prasun shared a picture with the Bangladeshi actor with a witty caption.

‘dostojee’—a Bengali film by Prasun Chatterjee about two boys navigating a growing religious divide after the destruction of the Babri Masjid —beat at least two Cannes winners of 2021 (‘Feathers’ and ‘Playground’) to win the top prize at Japan’s Nara International Film Festival (NIFF) this year.

Prasun Chatterjee’s critically acclaimed film ‘dostojee’ which is set to release this Friday (November 11) received a huge boost. The multiple-award winning film has received a special invitation from the 53rd International Film Festival of India 2022 (IFFI Goa). It’s no doubt welcome news for the young filmmaker ahead of his film’s big release.

After traveling to more than twenty countries and winning six international awards Prasun Chatterjee’s critically acclaimed film ‘dostojee’ is all set for its theatrical release. The film will hit the big screens on November 11 ahead of this year’s Children’s Day. The slice-of-a-life drama captures the innocent friendship of two boys in a remote border village in West Bengal.

Arif Shaikh and Asik Shaikh, the two actors, used to study in Class IV in a school in a remaote Murshidabad village Bhagiratpur when Prasun Chatterjee spotted the two back in 2018 for his recently released film which has received appreciation from all corners. There’s another child actor in the film, Hasnehana Mondal, who used to be in Class II student back then in Fatehpur village.

Prasun Chatterjee's critically acclaimed film 'dostojee' has now made it to the 17th Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, which is the largest children's film festival in Asia. The Bengali drama about two young friends earlier had a special screening at the prestigious 45th Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden.