News on Bipasha and her Bengali film, "Shob Charitro Kalponik" aka "Afterword"

Sooooo excited for this film!! I've been waiting to hear more news about it since I first blogged about it on February 16, 2009 -- also, more stills, different ones on that post. Get to see Bips in a really good, significant role since Corporate.

I keep getting different information on the film title. Whether it's Afterword or Shob Charitro Kalponik. Regardless, all we know is that Bipasha Basu is the heroine and the star of the Bengali film-maker, Rituparno Ghosh's film!!!

Bips definitely has that natural beauty. I adore her, like you don't know already. She is independent and strong.

From Samaylive & another Samaylive & DNAIndia

“Until and unless you have not decided on what you want to do, you cannot reach your goal. Though it is not easy to follow the right track but you have to come across such people who can guide you to success.”

Bips also added that girls should be on their own feet so that they could tackle the problem or situation in their life. They are not supposed to be dependent financially to their boy friend or husband. Also, she said that nobody should rely on these relations.

Be responsible for yourself. It's tough not to get carried away when you are on your own and are in the process of making it big. Stay the way you have been brought up and do not let anyone mess with that.

Back to the Bengali film.
Guess what??????

Shob Charitro Kalponik has been selected for the Durban Film Festival!!!!

The movie, which depicts the journey of a woman into the life of her poet-husband (Prosenjit Chatterjee) after his death, will be screened in the panorama section of the festival, which runs from July 22 to August 2.

Bengali film-maker Rituparno Ghosh's new celluloid venture, 'Shob Charitro Kalponik' (All Characters Imaginary), has been selected for the 30th Durban Film Festival 2009, in South Africa. It will be the first ever premier for a Bengali film in the African continent.

The film - produced by Indian conglomerate Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)'s flagship media arm Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd (RBEL) - will be screened in the Panorama Section of the festival, alongside films by directors such as Woody Allen, the Dardenne Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Winterbottom and many other foreign film-makers.

'Our efforts to broaden international horizons for Bengali films are beginning to be successful. Rituparno's work has also been widely acclaimed globally,' BIG Pictures chief operating officer (COO) Mahesh Ramanathan said here Monday.

He said the BIG Pictures, RBEL's motion pictures brand, had secured selection for 10 of its world cinema titles in over 12 prestigious international festivals in the last six months.

Written and directed by Ghosh himself, 'Shob Charitro Kalponik' is a story of death and loss with many emotional and romantic moments staring Bipasha Basu, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupa, Pauli Dam and Sohag Sen.

The Bengali film is scheduled to be screened July 30 in the festival.

'Shob Charitro Kalponik' is the story of Radhika's (Bipasha Basu) journey into the life of her late poet husband Indraneel (Prosenjit Chatterjee) and the revelations and contradictions she learns about Indraneel as a poet and husband. -- Sify

Shob Charitro Kalponik is expected to release on 28 August in India. -- IndianTelevision

Bipasha Basu upcoming Bengali movie "Afterword"

More information on this film here!

Okay, for those who have complained that Bips is just a sexy avatar and only had Corporate which showed her acting ability, which I totally disagree (I know, me being the die-hard Bips fan). Get ready for her Bengali movie, Afterword, which originally was titled Shawb Choritro Kalponik. Not only does Bips look stunning but looks like another movie that will shut people up with her sexy image.

The story of Shawb Choritro Kalponik, penned by Ghosh himself, is about Radhika, the character Bipasha has portrayed in the film. Radhika is an ordinary Bengali housewife who has lived away from her home state for some time. She comes back to Kolkata after her husband Indranil goes missing, in search of her roots as she is basically from Kolkata. Indranil was professionally an engineer but a poet by choice. Radhika is introduced to Shekhar, a photographer, when she comes to Kolkata. Her search for her roots is also a search for little slices of her husband she did not know that she tries to discover through his poetry. The film thus, is soaked with the romance and the lyricism of poetry. The film follows Radhika on her journey that transcends the geographical boundaries of going from one city to another, to enter into an introspective journey to re-discover herself within the city she once belonged to, an emotional journey to trace the finer nuances and shades of her relationship with her husband, and an investigative journey into things about her husband she did not know about. Shawb Choritro Kalponik is more of a metaphorical journey of all these journeys put together. Prosenjit plays Indranil and Jishu Sengupta plays Shekhar. She begins to understand him through his writings, including his dream muse who does not exist except in Indranil’s imagination and his poetry and discovers him all over again. Shawb Charitro Kalpanik shows how Radhika discovers his imaginary muse from his poems who spurred him on to write poetry. Pauli Dam plays this role.

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Check out the trailer. Looks really interesting!