Continuing the tradition of adopting classical gems of English literature in arthouse flicks, a new age director-duo now recants a Robert Browning poetic piece starring Priyangshu Chatterjee.
"Ei Raat Tomar Amar' has been inspired by Robert Browning's 'Porphyria's Lover' with the theme of a famous painter's intense passion for his childhood crush having been re-adapted in Bengali milieu," the duo Soumyo-Supriya said.
"If you talk about English classics largely influencing a particular genre of films I would attribute that to the literary-mindedness of the middle-class Bengali audiences whom we all try to wean back to the theatres in past few years," the duo said.
'Iti Mrinalini' and 'Moner Manush' actor Priyangshu, in the lead role of a brooding artist, said he was intrigued by the psyche of the painter's character and the intensity and their relative inexperience in the domain of film making didnot matter so long the script and the story line excited an actor.
Actor Meghna Halder essayed the muse - Porphyria - in the multi-layered film having a galazy of heavyweight singers - Shaan, Kumar Shanu, Mahalaxmi Ayer, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan and the directors said the songs only aid in carrying forward the plot and are not merely situational.
"The songs are in sync with our aim to explore and not restrict to a particular genre," the directors, having filmed the sequel of classic Sare Chuattor earlier, said.
