Hemlock Society (film)

Hemlock Society
Poster
Directed bySrijit Mukherji
Written bySrijit Mukherji
Produced byShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
Starring
CinematographySoumik Halder
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee. Saikat Sengupta
Music byAnupam Roy
Indraadip Dasgupta
Release date
  • 22 June 2012 (2012-06-22)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Box office6.5 cr(50 days)

Hemlock Society is an Indian Bengali romantic dark comedy released on 22 June 2012, directed by Srijit Mukherji, who is also the director of Autograph and Baishe Srabon. The film's cast consists of Parambrata Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, and Soumitra Chatterjee.[1] The name is inspired by the erstwhile Hemlock Society, a society which was based in Santa Monica, US. The primary missions of this society included providing information to dying persons and supporting legislation permitting physician-assisted suicide. The movie was remade in Marathi in 2015 as Welcome Zindagi.[2][3] A box-office success.

  1. ^ "Hemlock is far from a morbid film: Srijit Mukherji". The Times of India. 24 March 2012. p. 3. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Marathi remake of Koel, Parambrata starrer Hemlock Society?". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India.