Showing posts with label Tope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tope. Show all posts
Chandan Roy Sanyal's Tope to have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
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Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 1, 2016)
Buddhadeb Dasgupta's
bilingual, Bait in English and Tope in Bengali, will also have its world
premiere at The Toronto International Film Festival. Chandan Roy Sanyal
who plays the lead in this film shot in Purulia in West Bengal last
year, recalls that he was in Venice when he got a call from the
director's daughter requesting a narration on Skype. “Since the film is
about human evolution, I'm mostly on a tree befriending monkeys,“ he
laughs.
Shooting with animals isn't easy and Chandan ended up spending long hours on the tree. If the monkeys shifted from their mark, it was a retake. "You cant control animals beyond a point,“ he reasons.
The effort has paid off. After the premiere at Toronto, Bait will travel to the Busan film fest and then BFI London International Film Festival: “It gave me the opportunity to work with a director who's a respected poet and activist. This is the seventh time his film is being screened at TIFF,“ adds the actor
Shooting with animals isn't easy and Chandan ended up spending long hours on the tree. If the monkeys shifted from their mark, it was a retake. "You cant control animals beyond a point,“ he reasons.
The effort has paid off. After the premiere at Toronto, Bait will travel to the Busan film fest and then BFI London International Film Festival: “It gave me the opportunity to work with a director who's a respected poet and activist. This is the seventh time his film is being screened at TIFF,“ adds the actor
Check out Chandan Roy Sanyal's monkey business in Purulia, Bengal on the sets of Tope
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Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 17, 2015)
Chandan Roy Sanyal is set to wrap up the shooting of Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Tope in a record 10 days in Purulia, Bengal. "These guys are really fast. I've been giving one-take shots. I haven't bathed for 10 days and my hair is so rough," the actor sighs. He plays a postman in the film, who takes all the letters from the post office and seeks refuge in a tree, refusing to come down. "I've shot most of the film in the tree with some monkeys," he reveals.
Chandan is elated to work with the National Award winning director. "He is 71, walks with a stick and is a true genius. His approach is completely different from the others," he says.
Chandan Roy Sanyal to play postman in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Tope
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Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 21, 2015)
A week ago, Chandan Roy
Sanyal, who was at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of his
film, Island City, was informed that filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta wanted to make a
Bengali film with him titled Tope. “We did a Skype chat. I absolutely
loved the narration. It's about a 35-year-old postman in a small village
in Bengal, Purulia. It's a great script, something very different from
what I do in Mumbai and working with Buddhadeb sir too is a big
incentive,“ says Chandan.
His favourite Dasgupta film is Tahader Katha, which bagged his idol, Mithun Chakraborty, a National Award. Tope kicks off on October 7 with a 20-day schedule. “I am reading up on Indian news services and the postmen in particular as a part of my prep,“ says Chandan. It took him back to the letters he wrote to his uncle in Bahrain as a child. “All of us from the family would write in the same letter,“ he adds. Adding on his role as a postman, he says, “I loved Rajesh Khanna's role as a postman in Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein; the uniform, bicycle, bagful of letters, cap and all.“
Chandan has directed a short film after the critically acclaimed Hiroshima, titled 35 mm. It's a 25 minute film with five minutes of dialogue. “It's a love story between a director and an actress. We are into post-production now,“ he smiles.
His favourite Dasgupta film is Tahader Katha, which bagged his idol, Mithun Chakraborty, a National Award. Tope kicks off on October 7 with a 20-day schedule. “I am reading up on Indian news services and the postmen in particular as a part of my prep,“ says Chandan. It took him back to the letters he wrote to his uncle in Bahrain as a child. “All of us from the family would write in the same letter,“ he adds. Adding on his role as a postman, he says, “I loved Rajesh Khanna's role as a postman in Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein; the uniform, bicycle, bagful of letters, cap and all.“
Chandan has directed a short film after the critically acclaimed Hiroshima, titled 35 mm. It's a 25 minute film with five minutes of dialogue. “It's a love story between a director and an actress. We are into post-production now,“ he smiles.
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