Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on his official social media account wished popular Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury, who is to play the role of legendary Indian director Mrinal Sen in Srijit Mukherji's “Padatik.” The film is a biopic about the late legendary director Mrinal Sen and the title of the film pays tribute to one of his iconic works in 1973.
Srijit Mukherjee on his Instagram revealed the poster of the film along with the news of Chanchal Chowdhury playing the character of the maverick storyteller. Legendary director Mrinal Sen was one of the pioneers of the New Cinema Movement. The great director and his contemporaries Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak together brought a huge paradigm shift in Indian film industry.
Bollywood “Big B” Amitabh Bachchan shared the poster of the film with good wishes in caption right after the poster was revealed. Excitement of the netizens skyrocketed after the Bollywood legend wished well for “Padatik” and team.
Srijit Mukherjee's “Padatik” will star Chanchal Chowdhury and Monami Ghosh. The shooting for the biopic is expected to start from this month.