By Rituparna Sengupta Basu
A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings will premiere on ZEE5 in the month of November.
The wait is over. In the occasion of 56th birth anniversary of late Rituparno Ghosh, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan unveiled the first look of A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings on his social media platform. This film deals with Article 377 and LGBTQIA community and it has become India’s first-ever feature to collaborate with United Nations Free and Equal.
The 47-minute Hindi feature marks the comeback of Bollywood star Celina Jaitly Haag post marriage and motherhood. The film also stars theatre thespian Lillette Dubey and debutant Azhar Khan in the lead. This film also marks the debut of Bollywood’s first transgender actor Shree Ghatak in a pivotal role. Filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s second venture A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings will premiere on ZEE5 in the month of November.
Aparna Acharekar, Programming Head, ZEE5 India says, “We are extremely happy to have author turned filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s Hindi feature film A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greetings premiering exclusively on ZEE5, soon. We are happy to announce the first look on the 56th birth anniversary of Rituparno Ghosh and hope every cine lover will appreciate the film. Season’s Greetings deals with human emotions, interwoven with many contemporary social aspects which one needs to address and has powerful performances by Celina Jaitly Haag and Lillette Dubey.”
Season’s Greetings produced by Aritra Das and Shailendra Kumar under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and SS1 Entertainment respectively. Set in Kolkata, the film revolves around a mother and daughter relationship. This film also marks the debut of Jaan Kumar Sanu, son of Bollywood playback singer Kumar Sanu and also features Sayani Palit.
“I am extremely delighted that our film will be premiered on ZEE5, and I would like to thank Tarun Katial and Jay Pandya who saw the potential in our content. I feel that while it’s very important to make good content, it’s equally important to get an equally good platform to showcase your work,” says director Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
Celina Jaitly Haag, the lead actor from the film says, “It is great to associate with a massive platform like ZEE5. This is a special film and it was indeed a pleasure to work with Director Ram Kamal Mukherjee and the entire cast and crew of the film. When Ram Kamal narrated me the story I immediately connected with Romita’s character because she is real. Just like any character from Rituparno Ghosh’s film. Since the last two decades I have been closely working with LGBTQIA cause this film deals with issues related to the community and abolishment of article 377. This film is about the celebration of love and freedom.”
“I am glad to be a part of Ram Kamal’s film Season’s Greetings, which will premiere on ZEE5 soon. I always wanted to work with Rituparno Ghosh, unfortunately, he left too early. I am happy to be a part of a film that pays homage to such a wonderful filmmaker,’’ added Lillette Dubey.
The film has two songs in the Maithili language composed by Rabindranath Tagore and has been shot in beautiful locations in Kolkata by cinematographer Pravatendu Mondal. The poster designed by Ekta Bhattacharjee.
