Movie Details:
| Original Title | পদাতিক |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Genre | Biography, Drama |
| Release date | August 15, 2024 (India) |
| Running time | 2hr 6min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Chanchal Chowdhury Monami Ghosh Jeetu Kamal Korak Samanta |
| Directed by | Srijit Mukherji |
| Written by | Srijit Mukherji |
| Produced by | Firdausul Hasan Prabal Halder |
| Cinematography by | Indranath Marik |
| Edited by | Srijit Mukherjee |
| Music by | Salil Chowdhury Rabindranath Tagore |
| Production Companies | Friends Communication, Big Screen Productions House |
Cast & Characters:
- Chanchal Chowdhury as Mrinal Sen
- Korak Samantha as young Mrinal Sen
- Jeetu Kamal as Satyajit Ray
- Monami Ghosh as Geeta Devi Wife of Mrinal Sen
- Aishani Dey as young Geeta Sen
- Samrat Chakravarthy as Mrinal and Geeta’s only son Kunal Sen
- Barun Chanda as Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
- Sujan Mukherjee as Anjan Dutt
- Akshay Kapoor as Kapoor
- Rohit Basfore
- Sajjadul Ahamed Riyad
- Tanisa Islam Mahi
Storyline:
The film is based on Mrinal Sen’s journey from his struggling early days as an idealistic filmmaker during India’s independence to his pivotal role in the Indian New Wave cinema movement in 1950s Calcutta, working alongside Satyajit Ray.
About Movie:
Padatik is a Bengali biographical drama film written, directed, and edited by Srijit Mukherji. The film stars Chanchal Chowdhury as Mrinal Sen, alongside Monami Ghosh, Jeetu Kamal, and Korak Samanta.
The film focuses on Mrinal Sen’s active lifetime and his contribution to the Bengali Cinema. Initially, Srijit Mukherji planned to make a biopic on Mrinal Sen as a web series, but he later changed his mind and decided to create a film instead.
The shooting of Padatik began on January 15, 2023, in Kolkata. The trailer was released on August 4, 2024.
Padatik was released in theaters on August 15, 2024, coinciding with India’s Independence Day.
