Jaatishwar | |
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Directed by | Srijit Mukherji |
Written by | Srijit Mukherji |
Produced by | Reliance Entertainment and Rana Sarkar[1] |
Starring | Prosenjit Chatterjee Jisshu Sengupta Swastika Mukherjee Abir Chatterjee Rahul Banerjee Ananya Chatterjee Kharaj Mukherjee Mamata Shankar Riya Sen Srijit Mukherji Biswajit Chakraborty Bharat Kaul |
Cinematography | Soumik Haldar |
Edited by | Bodhaditya Banerjee Pronoy Dasgupta |
Music by | Kabir Suman |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ₹4.0 crore (US$480,000)[2] |
Jaatishwar is a 2014 Indian Bengali musical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee. The main focus of the plot revolves around the life and notable works of Anthony Firingee (Hensman Anthony), a 19th-century Bengali language folk poet of Portuguese origin, along with other supporting characters. The time frame of the storyline jumps between two different periods—19th century and the present day (2013).[1] The music of Jaatiswar is composed by Kabir Suman.
The film has been recognized as the most awarded film in the 61st National Film Awards with 4 awards in the following categories -Best Music Direction, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Costume Design and Best Make-up Artist.