Puratawn is a tribute to ma: Rituparna Sengupta

Puratawn by Sumon Ghosh, which stars Rituparna Sengupta, Sharmila Tagore and Indraneil Sengupta in lead roles, is an effort to capture the past while holding on to the present.

- ASHOK CHATTERJEE

The urge to hold on to nostalgia and the sense of belonging for the past is a truth of life, which finds its contradiction when it is in conflict with the present. The film explores life as an interplay of the past and the present.

Puratawn is special to Rituparna for a lot of things...the film explores the relationship between the mother and daughter. It is also a comeback to Bengali cinema for the veteran actor Sharmila Tagore after more than a decade. The film, produced by Rituparna's production house Bhavna Aaj O Kal, is special to the producer as it comes at a time when she lost her mother a few months back and says that she lived through every emotion which she portrayed on-screen.

"This wasn't a planned thing as the film was in the making when my mother passed away suddenly. We had already completed the shoot and were on the verge of release. We had to postpone the release because of her demise. I was completely shattered with the biggest debacle of my life," says Rituparna. The film is a tribute to her mother.