Set to take movie buffs on a roller-coaster ride, National Award-winning director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s untitled next went on floors yesterday and it promises to be high on content. Starring actors Pankaj Tripathi, Sanjana Sanghi and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles, the film is an investigative drama with a heartwarming story of a dysfunctional family coming together.

Chowdhury, who has earlier helmed films such as Pink (2016), says, “I am happy to do this film that has an intriguingly layered story.” The first shooting schedule started in Mumbai and the team will move to Kolkata for the second schedule.

Producer Viraf Sarkari of Wiz Films is elated with their first feature film production. “We are delighted to begin this journey with a socially relevant film being put together by a multi-award-winning and talented team of actors and music director Shantanu Moitra,” he says.

National Award-winning producer Mahesh Ramanathan, CEO, HT Content Studio, says, “Aniruddha builds on his forte of exploring socially relevant themes with honesty and promises to deliver another impactful film that would entertain audiences while the message hits home. Coming from a team that has won over 12 National Film Awards and delivered box-office successes, audiences can expect a film that stays with them.”

Producer Venkat K Narayana from KVN Productions says, “We are very happy that our first Hindi feature film will be featuring one of India’s finest actors — Pankaj Tripathi.”

The cast, too, is excited to embark on this journey. Tripathi tells us, “I have read a lot of scripts lately and this was the most amazing one.”

Sanghi, who plays Tripathi’s daughter in the film, says, “It was that rare moment every artiste craves for, to hear a story that you resonate with. I can’t wait to bring our pure, yet complex tale to audiences.”

Thiruvothu calls this project a “massive opportunity” to “dismantle and unlearn”. She explains, “I’ll be working with Aniruddha sir and Pankaj sir. That’s always an amazing and scary process.”

The film, co-produced by Shyam Sunder and Indrani Mukherjee, is slated to release next year.