Shastri

Shastri (2024)

শাস্ত্রী

Porimol, a humble factory worker, dreams of changing his luck. After losing his job and facing mounting struggles, something mysterious happens that grants him the ability to predict the future.

Date of release
2024-10-08
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pathikrit Basu

Casting

Interesting facts

Shastri is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language fantasy action comedy film directed by Pathikrit Basu. Produced by Soham Chakraborty, Nispal Singh and Bajrang Lal Churiwala under the banners of Surinder Films, Soham's Entertainment and Creative Solutions Pvt Ltd respectively, the film is based on Debarati Mukhopadhyay's short story Dolgobindo Babur Chashmah. It stars Mithun Chakraborty in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast consisting of Soham Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Rajatava Dutta, Anirban Chakraborty, Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Sauraseni Maitra and Ayush Das in pivotal roles.

Production

During the promotion of Kachher Manush (2022), in an interview it was revealed by Pathikrit Basu that he was eager to direct Mithun Chakraborty in a film for a long time. He had previously mentioned his admiration of Chakraborty's work, noting the actor's films Mrigayaa (1976) and Tahader Katha (1992).

The film's official announcement poster was released on 16 October 2023, having Mithun Chakraborty's voice reciting some lines from Rabindranath Tagore's devotional poem Bhakti Bhajan, in which the film's title was revealed to be Shastri.

Surinder Films and Creative Solution Pvt Ltd were revealed to be the co-producers of the film in November 2023. Both Soham Chakraborty and Pathikrit Basu chose Indraadip Dasgupta as the music director of the film. Cinematographer Gopi Bhagat was included as a part of the crew members.

Prior to the commencement of the first schedule, the team constructed a set at the NT-1 Studio in Kolkata, where major portions were being planned to be predominantly shot there Test shoots for the film took place in late January 2024 at Chennai. Prominent make-up artist Somnath Kundu designed the looks and character sketches for Mithun Chakraborty.

In October 2023, Debashree Roy was revealed to be the female lead opposite Mithun Chakraborty, reuniting with him after 16 years since Tiger (2007), despite working in Shukno Lanka later where they were not observed to be a pair. That October month, Rajatava Dutta was reported to be a major part of the film, marking his 9th film with Chakraborty after Le Halua Le (2012).

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