Dostojee

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Directed byPrasun Chatterjee
Written byPrasun Chatterjee
StarringArif Shaikh
Asik Shaikh
Jayati Chakraborty
CinematographyTuhin Biswas
Dostojee
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দোস্তজি
Directed byPrasun Chatterjee
Written byPrasun Chatterjee
StarringArif Shaikh
Asik Shaikh
Jayati Chakraborty
CinematographyTuhin Biswas
Production
company
Kathak Talkies
Release dates
  • 12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) (UK)
  • 11 November 2022 (2022-11-11) (India)
Running time
111 min
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Dostojee[1] is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Prasun Chatterjee[2] and produced by Kathak Talkies.[3]

The film won the top prize, the Golden Shika Award, at the Nara International Film Festival for 2022.[4][5][6]

  • Arif Shaikh as Safiqul
  • Asik Shaikh as Palash
  • Jayati Chakraborty
  • Anujoy Chattopadhyay
  • Swatilekha Kundu

Production

Chatterjee stayed in the village of Murshidabad District for a year in 2013 and wrote the script.[7] The script for Dostojee was initially rejected by several producers.[8]

Release

In June 2020, Dostojee was one of the five films selected by NFDC to go to Cannes.[9]

The film had its world premiere at the 65th BFI London Film Festival in London. The film had its Bangladeshi premiere at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival.[9] The film was subsequently screened at film festivals across the globe, including the Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden, the Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea,[10] and the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, the Dharamshala International Film Festival,[11] and the International Film Festival of Kerala in India.[12][13] The film screened in the United Arab Emirates at the Sharjah International Film Festival and had its American premieres in international competition at the 39th Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Dostojee was shown at the Nara International Film Festival in Japan later that year, where it was honoured with Golden Sikha Award, and with that the director received the opportunity to make a film in Japan fully financed and produced by Nara IFF as a part of the award.[14][15]

It was released on 11 November 2022 in Kolkata.[5]

Reception

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, " The film posits friendship and humankind's capacity for empathy as a bulwark against bigotry but does not lose sight of the harsh reality that surrounds us."[16]

Accolades

Award[a] Year of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Olympia International Film Festival 2021 Best Child Actor Arif Shaikh Won [17][18]
Jaffna International Cinema Festival 2022 Best Debut Film Dostojee Won [19]
Malaysian Golden Globe Awards Best Film Dostojee Nominated [20][21][22]
Best Director Prasun Chatterjee Nominated
Best Actor Arif Shaikh and Asik Shaikh Won
Best Supporting Actress Jayati Chakraborty Nominated
Best Cinematography Tuhin Biswas Nominated
Best Screenplay Prasun Chatterjee Nominated
Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth CIFEJ Prize Dostojee Won [23]
Best Director Prasun Chatterjee Won
UK Asian Film Festival Best Film Dostojee Won [24]
Nara International Film Festival Golden Shika Award Won [14]
Sharjah International Film Festival Best Feature Film Won
6th Filmfare Awards Bangla 2023 Best Film Dostojee Won [25]
Critics Award for Best Film Nominated
Best Director Prasun Chatterjee Won
Best Debut Director Nominated
Best Original Story Nominated
Best Screenplay Won
Best Cinematography Tuhin Biswas Won
Best Supporting Actress Jayati Chakraborty Nominated
Best Sound Design Prasun Chatterjee and Rohit Sengupta Nominated
Best Editing Sujay Datta Ray and Santanu Mukherjee Nominated

Notes

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