Filmmaker Anjan Dutta hails ‘Shabdo’

One cannot ignore the role of a foley artiste,who reproduces everyday sounds in a movie during post-production work and without his work a movie will look very much unreal,Dutta adds.

Anjan,who had got the special jury award for “Ranjana Ami Ar Asbo Na” in the 59th National film awards last year,said that Kaushik was a young director and made some good films.

“Shabdo is in no way a film on silence. It resonates with sound throughout,but it is not film music. There is sound,but no music,” Kaushik,whose “Arekti Premer Galpo” (Just Another Love Story) had won the IFFI silver peacock in 2011,said.

Talking about foley artistes,he said that they formed an integral part of the film. “Strip the movies of their sound effects and they would look half-complete. We need to give them recognition.”

Kaushik was effusive about the performance of Ritwik Chakraborty,the protagonist in the movie,who had earlier wowed audiences with performances in “Cross Connections” and “Chalo Let’s Go”.

“Like Karno in Mahabharata,who remains the most important character for me,Ritwik’s character represents the man whose story has been untold so far,whose name has never been the topic of discussion,” Kaushik said.

Raima Sen,who portrays the character of the foley artiste’s wife in the movie,candidly said that she did not know much about a foley artiste before and described the subject as unique and fresh.

Asked if she considered Ritwik as one of the most underrated actors of Bengali film industry,Raima said,”This role will catapult him to a new place after the release of the film.”

Ritwik on his part said he would like to term the film as “sound of silence” and added he drew references of his character from a foley artiste in the Tollygunje industry.

“Shabdo”,hits theatres today and has an ensemble cast of Victor Banerjee,filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee and Churni Ganguly.