''Shunyo E Buke'' (English: Empty canvas) is a 2005 Bengali film directed by

Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly (born 4 August 2012) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. Multiple National Award winner Actor-Director, Kaushik Ganguly is known for making films that explore various aspects sexuality, like ' ...

. The film deals with the psyche of men and women and their physical relationship. After making ''

Waarish ''Waarish'' ( bn, ওয়ারিশ) is a 2004 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. It stars Debashree Roy, Mamata Shankar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Churni Ganguly and Aniket in the leading roles. The film marked Kaushik Ganguly's direct ...

'' Ganguly made this second feature film and this film did well in

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and was appreciated in few film festivals.

Plot

Saumitra, a brilliant painter and sculptor, visits

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to draw inspiration and meets Teesta there through a common friend, Anjit who is an artiste too. Love blossoms between them in Kolkata and though their family and economic standards are poles apart, they decide to marry. Teesta breaks away from her rich, blue blood family. On the marriage night Kaushik, to his shock, discovers that Teesta is flat-chested. The shock develops into sense of being cheated, anger and finally hatred. Teesta goes and seeks solution from Sharmistha di, her boss. When Soumitra arrives he is turned away. Soumitra draws a diagram one day and shows the shortcoming of Teesta's body to Joydeep who in turns tells it to Sujoy, Sujoy to Anjit. Teesta hears about this from Anjit. She asks Soumitro not to make a mockery of her any more and asks for a divorce. A few years later Soumitro again comes across Anjit and Teesta with their daughter at the back. Anijit and Teesta stayed in touch and found solace in each other and were married. Teesta tells Soumitro that her husband is quite happy with her as well as her daughter in spite of her physical shortcoming and they have a very happy married life. Soumitra regrets the offences that he had committed a few years back and he feels guilty and ashamed.

Cast

Churni Ganguly Churni Ganguly (née Banerjee) is a Bengali actress and director. After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the Jadavpur University. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as a ...

as Teesta *

Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perfor ...

as Saumitra *

Kharaj Mukherjee Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian actor. He completed his early education from St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata He made his debut in Bengali film with the film ''Hulusthul'' in 1980. In the last 32 years, ...

as Joydeep *

Tota Roy Choudhury Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor and martial artist based in Kolkata. He predominantly appears in Bengali and Hindi cinema. His notable roles include Feluda in the web TV series Feluda Pherot based on Satyajit Ray's Feluda series. He made ...

as Arijit *

Biswajit Chakraborty Biswajit Chakraborty, (born 29 October 1948) is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was '' Sunya Theke Suru'' directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more ...

* Rajesh Sharma *Sudip Mitra ;Guest appearance *

Roopa Ganguly Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series ''Mahabharat''. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she ...

as Sharmisthadi *

Soma Dey Soma Dey ( bn, সোমা দে ; born 1947) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is best known for her role as Chintamani in Govinda Ray's ''Bilwamangal'' (1976). Soma Dey made her big screen debut with ' ...

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

Crew

*Direction, story, screenplay:

*Chief assistant directors: Abhijit Chowdhury, Amitava Chakraborty *Assistant directors: Tarun Chakraborty, Joydeep Mukherjee *Production: Forthright media and entertainment *Executive producer: Shaswati Guha Thakurta *Art direction: Samir Kundu *Make up: Sekhar Banerjee *Camera: Adinath Das *Editing: Subrata Roy *Background music: Chiradeep Dasgupta *Music direction: Goutam Banerjee *Sound recording: Nanda Kishore Ghosh *Re-recording: Nataraj Manna *Playback singer: Kharaj Mukherjee *Stills: Samir Sikdar, Shibhnath Karmakar *Costume planning:

*Calligraphy: Goutam Barat

References

External links

* {{Kaushik Ganguly 2005 films Bengali-language Indian films Films directed by Kaushik Ganguly 2000s Bengali-language films