Casting superstar-turned MP Dev as Amal was a consensusal decision in 'Buno Haansh' as popular writer Samaresh Majumder concurred with the director Aniruddha Roychoudhury that the 'masala' hero could be his perfect choice.
The national award winner for Antoheen told PTI, "Samareshda, me and the script writer Shyamal Sengupta could only think about Dev as the screen avatar of Amal. It was a journey of Amal through trials and tribulations with the drug angle thrown in between."
"Only a personality like Dev could portray so many emotions," Aniruddha said.
"If you describe the film as a journey, yes it is. But it is more of a bumpy ride where he can see life's rougher sides, seamier sides, becomes part of it but yet retains the impishness and innocence. It is his film, the story rests on him and I found him like a sponge more eager to adapt to the intricacies of this school of acting. Dev has never been properly assessed in this way perhaps beforehand," he said.
The adman-turned-director, having journeyed from modest Baranagar residence in north suburbs to South City, from a joint household in the 70s to the sky-kissing apartment in an upscale neighbiurhood, feels in many way his journey and the grey-hued celluloid character's journey mirrored each other.
"Buno Haansh is inspired by Samareshda. But as the story board progressed it drew on references to my own life's struggle in more than one way. Every human being fights his own battle of life. And all the tales look similar at the end," the Aparajito Tumi director said.
"It's like the 'Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli' or Kishoreda's Zindagi Kaisa Safar. Your route has many twists and turns. Buno Haansh is the first Road Movie in Bengali."
Casting Dev, the hero popular among the masses across Bengal, and a national award winner like Aniruddha Roychoudhury in Buno Hans was part of Reliance Entertainment effort to continue the tradition of funding quality projects by national awardees, Mahesh Ramanathan, COO, said when contacted.
