''Paanch Adhyay'' (lit. five chapters) is a 2012

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romantic drama set in Kolkata. The film marks the Bengali language debut for

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actress

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. The film is written and directed by Pratim D. Gupta, the resident film critic of ''

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'' newspaper in Kolkata and produced by Kaustuv Roy. The music of the film has been scored by

Shantanu Moitra Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian score composer, musician and pianist who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films '' Parineeta'' (2005), ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' (200 ...

. Besides a successful six-week run in Bengal, ''Paanch Adhyay'' was selected as the Centerpiece Premiere at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York and in the New Voice in Indian Cinema section at the Mumbai Film Festival. ''Paanch Adhyay'' also won the Best Film Award at the prestigious Kalakar Awards.

Plot

''Paanch Adhyay'' is the story of love found and lost in the lives of a contemporary Indian couple, told in moments past and present. Plunged into passion from the moment they meet in

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, Arindam ( Priyanshu Chatterjee) and Ishita's (

) different ideologies - towards life and art - push them apart.

Cast

as Ishita Roy Chowdhury * Priyanshu Chatterjee as Arindam Roy Chowdhury *

Sampurna Lahiri Sampurna Lahiri is a Bengali film and television actress. She made her big screen debut in the 2012 film '' Goray Gondogol''. In the same year she acted in the films ''Accident'' and ''Paanch Adhyay''. Works Films As Producer *Mini ...

as Ranjabati Sen *

Anubrata Basu Anubrata Basu (born 5 October 1989 in Calcutta), is a Bengali film actor. Born in India, he started acting through local theatre performances. He received his first commercial acting break with Anjan Dutt's ''Madly Bangali'', where he played one ...

as Rajat * Anindya Bannerjee as Suri * Shibnath Dey as Kalyan * Kaushal Kumbhat as Mr Mehta * Seema Sapru as Principal *

Suman Mukhopadhyay Suman Mukhopadhyay ( bn, সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 20 November 1966) is an Indian film director.His popular films are Herbert (film), Kangal Malsat, Shesher Kobita (2014). Career Suman Mukhopadhyay is currently v ...

as Dr. Bakshi * Ritoban Das as Ad Assistant * Neel Bhattacharya as Footballer *

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as Hrishi-da

Reception

Critical reception

''Paanch Adhyay'' received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and filmmakers alike. Director Imtiaz Ali called the film "Bangla cinema's modern Charulata" and wrote "Wonderful lyrics and singing. Music strikes a quirky balance of a modern and traditional. Detailed and effective art work, thoughtful camera compositions and a rapid pace make the movie an emotional experience." Writing for '' Outlook'', Dola Mitra gave it 3 out of 4 stars and wrote in her review – "The film begins promisingly, but falters midway, picks up momentum again and ends in a crescendo of emotions.". ''

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'' gave ''Paanch Adhyay'' 3.5 stars praising the novel storytelling and the soulful music.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

, consisting of four Bengali songs written by Anindya Chatterjee & Chandril Bhattacharya, two Hindi songs written by Swanand Kirkire and one English song written by Pratim D. Gupta. ''Paanch Adhyay'' songs received high positive reviews from critics and audience and the song ''Uda jaay'' was a high critical and commercial success.

References

External links

* {{Pratim D. Gupta 2012 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films Films scored by Shantanu Moitra Films directed by Pratim D. Gupta