Paanch Adhyay

Paanch Adhyay
Paanch Adhyay poster featuring Dia Mirza
Film poster
Directed byPratim D. Gupta
Written byPratim D. Gupta
Produced byKaustuv Roy
StarringPriyanshu Chatterjee
Dia Mirza
Soumitra Chatterjee
CinematographyAnanda Chakravarti
Edited byArghyakamal Mitra
Music byShantanu Moitra
Release date
  • 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) (Kolkata)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Paanch Adhyay (lit. five chapters) is a 2012 Bengali romantic drama set in Kolkata. The film marks the Bengali language debut for Bollywood actress Dia Mirza.[1][2] The film is written and directed by Pratim D. Gupta, the resident film critic of The Telegraph newspaper in Kolkata and produced by Kaustuv Roy. The music of the film has been scored by Shantanu Moitra. Besides a successful six-week run in Bengal, Paanch Adhyay was selected as the Centerpiece Premiere at the South Asian International Film Festival in New York and in the New Voice in Indian Cinema section at the Mumbai Film Festival.[3] Paanch Adhyay also won the Best Film Award at the prestigious Kalakar Awards.[4]

  1. ^ "Dia Mirza debuts in Bengali films with 'Paanch Adhyay'". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Dia Mirza debuts in Bengali films". India Today. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Dia Mirza's Paanch Adhyay selected for Mumbai Film Fest". Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Paanch Adhyay wins Best Film at Kalakar Awards". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.