''Maacher Jhol'' is an Indian language Bengali film produced by Sony Pictures Networks and Mojo Productions directed by

Pratim D. Gupta Pratim D. Gupta is an Indian journalist, film critic, screenwriter and film director. He reviewed films for ''The Telegraph (Kolkata), The Telegraph'' newspaper and later for online platform Film Companion. His first film as writer-director is ' ...

, starring

Ritwick Chakraborty Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian actor who works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagol Premi in 2007. He plays different roles in different sorts of movies, so he is a versatile actor in Bengali Film Industry. Career Chakraborty wa ...

Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

and

Mamata Shankar Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In ...

in the lead roles. It is the first Bengali food film that revolves around a Paris-based chef who comes back to Kolkata after 13 years to attend to his ailing mother.

Plot

Dev D (Devdatto) is a renowned chef who quit his job as an engineer in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

and moved to France train at

Le Cordon Bleu Le Cordon Bleu (French for " The Blue Ribbon") is an international network of hospitality and culinary schools teaching French ''haute cuisine''. Its educational focuses are hospitality management, culinary arts, and gastronomy. The instituti ...

in Paris. In doing so, he left behind his wife Sreela and his parents. When his mother falls ill, he returns to Kolkata after 13, he must come to terms with his past.

Cast

as Dev D aka Devdatto *

as Maa *

as Sreela *

Arjun Chakrabarty Arjun Chakrabarty is an Indian television actor mainly working in the Bengali-language television industry based in Kolkata. He came to prominence playing the male protagonist "Gora" in the television serial '' Gaaner Oparey''. and is now known ...

as Palash * Kaya Blocksage *

Sauraseni Maitra Sauraseni Maitra is an Indian model and actress. Maitra started her career when she was 9 years old. Career Sauraseni Maitra started her modelling career at an early age. She is an Indian actress who started off with the 2012 action drama fil ...

* Sumanta Mukherjee

Production

Development

revealed that the idea of the film came during his trip to Italy where he was surprised to find local restaurants serving the recipes of mothers and grandmothers. He also said that it was his eagerness to work with

again after ''

Shaheb Bibi Golaam ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' is an Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Pratim D. Gupta and stars Anjan Dutt, Swastika Mukherjee and Ritwick Chakraborty in the lead roles. The film depicts the story of a contract killer, a housewife and a taxi d ...

'' resulted in conceiving a character for him - Chef Dev D.

Casting

While Pratim and Ritwick have worked together in ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'', the film marks the first collaboration between the director and

. Mamata Shankar, known to be choosy about her roles, agreed to do the film immediately after reading the script.

Filming

Shooting for the film started from March 2017.

Music

The music for ''Maacher Jhol'' is composed by

Anupam Roy Anupam Roy (born 29 March 1982) is an Indian singer, singer-songwriter, music director, composer, songwriter, guitarist, playback singer from Kolkata, West Bengal. He made his debut with ''Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao'' & ''Benche Thakar Gaan'', ...

and the lyrics have been penned by Anupam himself. One of the songs has been written by Rabindranath Tagore with a French section written and sung by Anupam. The music rights have been acquired by

Zee Music Company Zee Music Co. (ZMC) is an Indian music company, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. It carries its business activities mainly from New Delhi. The company has captured a major chunk of market share in Bollywood music in a short ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6903200, Maacher Jhol Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2017 films Films about fish Sony Pictures films Columbia Pictures films Sony Pictures Networks India films