Mumbai May 29 (IANS) On late Rituparno Ghosh s fifth death anniversary on Wednesday author-filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee will launch the first teaser poster of his new short film "Season s Greetings" which is his ode to the acclaimed Bengali filmmaker.
Mukherjee who earlier helmed Esha Deol Takhtani-starrer "Cakewalk" is directing the mother-daughter story along with Abhra Chakraborty.
The short film is being made under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and S S 1 Entertainments. It is based on a story penned by Ranjib Mazumdar with screenplay and dialogues by Chandrodoy Pal.
Producer Aritra Das from Assorted Motion Pictures said in a statement: "It s an honour to give tribute to someone who single-handedly revived the dying film industry in Kolkata.
"He got sensible audience back to the theatres. Rituda is a legend and I know that people will have a lot of expectation from us after Cakewalk . I think Ram Kamal and Abhra make a lovely team and we are really looking forward to start the film at the earliest."
The project is not a biopic but will reflect the "sense and sensibility" of the multiple National Award winner who was known for his simple yet socially relevant content.
Mukherjee said: "I have interacted with Rituda on several occasions in Kolkata and in Mumbai. Later we worked closely on his bilingual film Naukadubi. As a journalist I shared a love and hate relationship with him but whenever we met we connected immediately purely on cinema.
"His sense of humour and eye for detailing would inspire me. I always wanted to tell a story on screen and after Cakewalk I decided to make a film that would reflect Rituda s sense and sensibility."
The film will be shot across various parts of Kolkata.
Chakraborty said: "Rituda is an enigma. He was no less than a star. He was so inspired by Satyajit Ray that he would just follow his way of storytelling. When we decided to work on this project after Cakewalk I was very excited and nervous at the same time simply because people will have huge expectation the moment you call it a tribute."
Summing it up Mukherjee said: "This film will be a tribute to Rituda not in terms of his body of work but the soul of his entire repertoire."

--IANS rb/nn/bg