Ritwick Chakraborty is happy about Puja debut with ‘Eken’ movie

Whether or not it’s ‘Phera’, ‘Winkle Twinkle’ or ‘The Eken: Kerala-e-Kurukshetra’, Ritwick Chakraborty has proved his versatility by taking over vastly completely different roles. Now, in his first movie within the ‘Eken Babu’ franchise, he performs an antagonist. What units Ritwick, one of the crucial gifted actors within the Bengali movie business in the present day, aside is the benefit and conviction with which he brings every character to life. And he has accomplished all of it in a single 12 months. “It’s an enormously in style franchise. I needed to watch for a number of years to get an opportunity to behave in an ‘Eken Babu’ movie,” he mentioned.

Curiously, Ritwick is equally enthusiastic about his teenage son’s enthusiasm for the franchise. An enormous ‘Eken Babu’ fan, his son is aware of the movies inside out. “He not solely is aware of the dialogues but in addition each movie poster. His technology is obsessive about Eken,” mentioned the ‘Mayar Jonjal’ actor.

Whereas Ritwick loved taking part in the villain within the newest ‘Eken’ movie, he’s additionally celebrating one other milestone: ‘The Eken: Kerala-e-Kurukshetra’ is his first-ever Durga Puja launch. “Sure, I’m making my Durga Puja debut and I had a good time taking pictures for the movie,” he mentioned.

After almost 20 years within the business, Ritwick admits that the traits of various characters have sometimes overlapped. Nonetheless, he continues to hunt distinct roles and refuses to take up tasks merely for the cash.

His filmography displays this vary. From a maniacal stalker in ‘Bhitu’ and a foley artist in ‘Shabdo’ to a bizarre however sharp-minded lawyer in ‘Advocate Achinta Aich’ and a corrupt, abusive circus supervisor in ‘Nadharer Bhela’, he has explored a large spectrum of characters. This versatility informs his views on the altering star system. “‘Eken’ is among the brightest examples of this. The star system is present process a change. There will probably be several types of stars,” he mentioned.

In accordance with Ritwick, audiences in the present day look past star energy. “The film wants to stick with them. It isn’t simply concerning the star; it’s about many different issues. Up to now, folks used to observe motion pictures twice only for the star. Now, when folks watch a film twice, it’s proof that the content material has labored,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, Pradipta Bhattacharya’s ‘Nadharer Bhela’ is an instance of impartial cinema discovering audiences by means of different distribution. The movie adopted a distinct method to promotion and screening, with promising outcomes. “We’re in search of an alternate approach to channel distribution. Ours is an indie distribution community. However the ecosystem doesn’t assist an indie filmmaker. By the tip of the 12 months, we would have 100 exhibits of ‘Nadharer Bhela’, together with screenings overseas,” Ritwick mentioned.