Uma is 2018 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji,[2] under the banner of SVF Entertainment Pvt Ltd, starring Jisshu Sengupta, Sara Sengupta, Anjan Dutt, Srabanti Chatterjee, Sayantika Banerjee, Anirban Bhattacharya and Rudranil Ghosh.[3] The movie was released on 1 June 2018.[4]
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Directed by | Srijit Mukherji |
Written by | Srijit Mukherjee |
Screenplay by | Srijit Mukherjee |
Produced by | Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni |
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Edited by | Pronoy Dasgupta |
Music by | Anupam Roy[1]
Score: Neel Dutt |
Production company | SVF Entertainment |
Distributed by | SVF Entertainment |
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Country | India |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ₹1.8 crore |
Box office | ₹3.6 crore |
In the film, a young girl, Uma (Sara Sengupta) living in Switzerland, is fighting for her life with a terminal disease. She wants to see Durga Puja of Kolkata, the biggest celebrated festival in Bengali culture. Himadri Sen, her father (Jisshu Sengupta) takes her to Kolkata to fulfill her dream by planning to set up a fake Durga Puja. Her father and family struggle much to make his daughter's dreams come true and find a director called Brahmananda Chakraborty (Anjan Dutt). The failed director sees this as his opportunity to create a masterpiece, by helping a dying girl. After several requests, the director agrees and makes a false set of Durga Puja. During this, they face many problems to make Uma's dream true.[4]
The plot is based on true events surrounding the life and death of Evan Leversage, who lived in St George in Ontario, Canada.[2][5]
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Released | 21 May 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2018 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 27:18 | |||
Language | Bengali | |||
Label | SVF | |||
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The music and lyrics of the film are composed by Anupam Roy.[10]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hariye Jawar Gaan[1]" | Anupam Roy | 03:49 [11] |
2. | "Aaloshyo" | Surangana Bandyopadhyay | 05:17 [12] |
3. | "Jaago Uma[13]" | Rupankar Bagchi | 05:17 [14] |
4. | "Ure Jaak" | Anupam Roy | 04:28 |
5. | "Esho Bondhu (Male)" | Sidhu (Siddhartha Ray) & Pota (Abhijit Barman)[15] | 04:10 [16] |
6. | "Esho Bondhu (Female)" | Ujjaini Mukherjee Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury | 04:12 [16] |
Total length: | 27:18 |
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