Bibar

Bibar

Poster for the film Bibar
Directed by Subrata Sen
Produced by R D Bansal
Written by Subrata Sen
Starring Subrata Dutta
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Payel Sarkar
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Music by Debojyoti Mishra
Cinematography Shirsha Roy
Edited by Raviranjan Maitra
Release dates
 6 June 2006
Running time
 113 minutes
Language Bengali

Bibar (Bengali: বিবর pronounced [ˈbibar]) is a 2006 Bengali (Indian) film directed by Subrata Sen starring Subrata Datta, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Kunal Mitra, Shiladitya Patranabis, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Anuradha Ray, Kanchan Mullick, Rajesh Sharma, Dulal Lahiri, Biswajit Chakraborty, Oindrilla Khan, and Rita Bhimani.[1] Based on Samaresh Basu's 1965 controversial novel Calcutta, Unabashed, Bibar deals with the angst of city youth in Calcutta, who are caught between the lures of a new, liberalized society and fast-fading traditional values.

Plot

The poster for Bibar

Biresh (Subrata Dutta), an investigating officer in a finance company, is at heart a bohemian with no rigid values in life. In love, he is caught in a psycho-sexual relationship with high-society call girl Nita (Tannishtha Chatterjee).

In his office, his position becomes bleak as he refuses a loan to an influential person. He starts drinking heavily and starts visiting Sonagachi, the infamous red-light area of Calcutta with his painter friend Hiren (Shiladitya Patranobish). He gets attracted towards a model, Iti (Payel Sarkar). Biresh, in a bout of self-destruction, vents his anger and frustration by strangling Nita and stages his alibi through Iti. The police start investigating but are unable to establish any motive behind the killing.

Cast

Crew

Promotion

After looking around for the main cast (Raima Sen and Nandana Deb Sen were considered for the leads), Subrata Sen formed a star cast with Payel Sarkar, Subrata Dutta (Rising) and Tannistha Chatterjee. Subrata Sen said, "I saw Payel's photo and interview in Calcutta Times and decided to cast her. Tannistha has worked German director Florian Gallenberger and I have worked with Subrata Dutta before in Swapner Ferriwallah and know his potential well. Bibar might be a difficult novel to translate onto screen but Sen has worked hard on the script."[2]

Tannistha Chatterjee was recommended for Bibar by Nandana Deb Sen. "I am playing an upper class call girl who is straight forward and knows how she can get what she wants," says the actress, shooting in a Ballygunge house.[3]

"This has been my most difficult film. Even veteran directors haven't had the courage to adopt Bibar. Hope people like my treatment." — Subrata Sen, The Times of India, 13 December 2006

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "bibar". www.rdborganization.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. ↑ The Times of India, 15 October 2005.
  3. ↑ The Telegraph, 23 October 2006
  4. ↑ "Bibar(2006) Movie Awards – Awards won by Bibar". www.gomolo.in. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  5. ↑ "OSIAN-CINEFAN Festival of Asian Cinema Awards 2006 : Alternative Film Guide". www.altfg.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

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