With 'Hemlock Society' attracting houseful audiences and 'Bhooter Bhobisyat' managing to draw crowds even after 75 days, new age filmmakers feel that though the going has never been so good, the formula to make an arthouse movie click was still elusive.
"I am a regular guy and not a film buff. But I feel happy with the turn of events in the Bengali entertainment sector at present," 'Bhooter Bhabisyat' director Anik Dutta said at a Young Leaders Forum meet of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Speaking on the topic of 'Resurgence of Bengal's Entertainment Industry', Anik said his formula was that while working on the script of a film he asks himself was whether it would be a film he would personally like to see and whether could move him.
He felt that though this was a resurgent phase for the middle of the road or arthouse Bengali movies, the exact model for success was still to be worked out. "With film it is difficult to find a formula, or a business model that will work for each and every film," Anik, who had made many acclaimed ad films previously, said.
Director Srijit Mukherjee, whose third film 'Hemlock Society' has won audiences after the success of 'Autograph' and 'Baishe Srabon', agreed. "Our definition of love, friendship and camaraderie is something that the audience can relate to," Srijit said, adding that viewers were becoming more receptive to the new language of cinema....
11:54 AM, Jun 27, 2012
Kolkata: With a star-studded turnout, comprising the whose-who of Tollywood, ace director Srijit Mukherji's new film 'Hemlock Society', having a theme of suicide workshop but in effect celebrating life over death, was premiered at a city plex tonight. "I had seen both the rushes and the movie after the editor's cut and I knew how it will mark a new phase in the annals of contemporary Bengali films," Tollywood superstar... 
Kolkata: Srijit Mukherjee, whose 'Autograph' and 'Baishe Shraban' brought audience back to Bengali screens, says his next film which deals with the subject of assisted suicide is a rediscovery of supremacy of life over death. 'Hemlock Society', his upcoming movie, tells the unique story of a man who runs a workshop where lessons are given on how to commit suicide successfully. The school has on its roll professors who demonstrate... 
