''Guldasta'' is a 2020 Indian
Bengali-language
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drama film
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directed by
Arjunn Dutta
Arjunn Dutta is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. His first feature film ''Abyakto'' (2018) was a critical success and earned laurels in film festivals.
Early life
Dutta was born in Kolkata in ...
,
starring
Arpita Chatterjee
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She made her film debut in 1999 with the film ''Tumi Ele Tai'', directed by ...
,
Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay.
Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...
, Debjani Chattopadhyay and Anubhav Kanjilal. The film was released on 21 October 2020, in theaters coinciding with
Puja holiday.
Plot
Guldasta
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is a women-centric film, and interweaves tales of three lead female characters. Srirupa, Renu and Dolly constitute the trio whose journey of life is depicted in Guldasta. The backbone of the story stands strong with the realities of life faced by these three women who has a surprisingly unique world of make-believe emotions of their own. Be prepared to let the story touch your soul.
as Tukai, Renu's Son
* Anuradha Mukherjee as Riya
* Ishaan Mazumder as Arnab Sengupta, Srirupa's Husband
* Chhanda Karanji Chattopadhyay as Renu's Mother In Law
* Mayukh Ray as Rohit
* Abhijit Guha – Special appearance as Renu's Husband
Guldasta received mediocre ratings from critics.
Shantanu Ray Chaudhury, reviewing ''Guldasta'', noted that despite its shortcomings, the film manages to appeal to the audience's emotion because of the director's "feel for the minutiae of life".