Hemanta is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Anjan Dutt. It stars Parambrata Chatterjee in the role of the titular protagonist, with Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar, Gargi Roychowdhury, Saswata Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee in other pivotal roles. The film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, from a West Bengal production house.
Synopsis Set amidst the backdrop of the entertainment world of Bengali cinema production, the film is about Hemanta Sen who goes off to the United States at a young age to study film. Trained as a filmmaker, he comes back to learn that his father had died three years ago and also about his mother's relationship with his uncle.
Cast ActorRoleBased on Parambrata Chatterjee Hemanta SenPrince Hamlet Payel Sarkar Olipriya Ophelia Jisshu Sengupta HirakHoratio (Hamlet) Gargi Roychowdhury Gayatri Sen Gertrude Saswata Chatterjee Kalyan Sen Claudius Shantilal Mukherjee Souptik Chakraborty Polonius Subhra Sourav Das Yuri Sagnik Chatterjee Raju Rosencrantz Vivaan Ghosh Guildenstern
Critical reception Shamayita Chakraborty of The Times of India gave 3 stars and praised the performances of Parambrata Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee and Sagnik Chatterjee while criticized the absence of the Ghost (Hamlet) in the story.
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