Grasaan director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar wins big at Dada Saheb Phalke Festival
, the internationally acclaimed director, continues his award-winning streak, securing his seventh Best Director – Jury Award from the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival for his latest Bengali feature film, "
Grasaan
."
This unique Bengali-Italian collaboration, which also features Sarkar as the male protagonist, was screened at the festival in New Delhi on May 1st. "Grasaan" is a complex relationship drama centered on a troubled but successful middle-aged Bengali painter and the significant women in his life.
The film is a joint venture between Rita Jhawar , who also plays an art connoisseur and restaurant owner, and Italian director-producer Roger A. Fratter. The cast includes Italian actor Paola Bonacina as the female protagonist (the painter's girlfriend) and Debashree Naru as the mother. The narrative intensifies when the daughter of the painter's Italian ex-girlfriend arrives in Kolkata, leading to an affair that complicates his relationships with his wife and art financier, all while being influenced by the persistent memory of his deceased mother. Currently being showcased at festivals, "Grasaan" is scheduled for release by the end of 2025.
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