Anusandhan (film)

Anusandhan (transl. The Search) is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language psychological thriller film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee produced by Big Screen Productions.^{[citation needed]} Starring Saswata Chatterjee, Churni Ganguly and Joydeep Mukherjee, the film is an adaptation of a play directed by Kamaleswar himself.^[1][2] The movie is an adaptation of the 1956 novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt which has earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971), in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Hindi as Chehre (2021).^[3][4] The film was released theatrically on 3 December 2021.^[5]

Anusandhan
Official poster
Directed by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Written by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Produced by	Ashok Dhanuka Himanshu Dhanuka
Starring	Saswata Chatterjee Payel Sarkar Churni Ganguly Joydip Mukherjee Riddhi Sen
Cinematography	Tuban
Edited by	Rabiranjan Maitra
Music by	Debasish Shome
Production company	Big Screen Productions
Distributed by	Eskay Movies
Release date	3 December 2021 (2021-12-03)
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Cast

• Saswata Chatterjee as Indra^[6]
• Payel Sarkar as Papiya
• Churni Ganguly as Judge
• Joydip Mukherjee
• Riddhi Sen as prosecutor^[1]
• Priyanka Sarkar as lawyer^[7]
• Kamaleswar Mukherjee as Indra’s ex-boss
• Joy Bhowmik as Aritra Mukherjee
• Dipanshu Kant
• Seher Bhowmik

Production

The production crew and cast of the film flew to London on 13 September 2020 for London schedule of filming.^[6] The filming post COVID-19 pandemic resumed in various locations around London on 16 September 2020.^[8] The schedule was wrapped up in September end.^[9]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack is composed by Anupam Roy on his own lyrics. The single track was released on 20 November 2021.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Anek Durer Manush"	Anupam Roy	4:22
Total length:			4:22

References

1. Sankha Ghosh (29 October 2020). "Riddhi feels lucky to work with Kamaleswar in 'Anusandhan'". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
2. "Trailer of Saswata Chatterjee, Ridhhi Sen's upcoming Bengali thriller released Anusandhan". Firstpost. 24 March 2021.
3. Ramnath, Nandini (27 August 2021). "'Chehre' movie review: One actor steals the show (it's not who you think)". Scroll.in.
4. Roy, Priyanka (27 August 2021). "Amitabh Bachchan's new film Chehre attempts to be a slow-burn thriller". Telegraph India. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
5. Upam Buzarbaruah (6 December 2021). "Anusandhan Movie Review: A familiar dark tale with a fresh twist". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
6. Ruman Ganguly (2 September 2020). "Paayel and Saswata set to fly to London for Kamaleswar's film shoot". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
7. Sharmistha Ghosal (11 September 2020). "Priyanka Sarkar plays Saswata Chatterjee's wife in Kamaleswar Mukherjee's Anusandhan". Indulge Express. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
8. Priyanka Dasgupta (20 September 2020). "Post pandemic, Bengali thriller is 1st Indian film to start England shoot". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
9. Sankha Ghosh (1 October 2020). "Priyanka Sarkar shares her London shoot experience amid corona panic". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
10. "Anusandhan – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 20 November 2021.

External links

• Anusandhan at IMDb

External videos
Official trailer of the film at YouTube