Sanak fame Rukmini Maitra to play the titular role in Ram Kamal Mukherjee's 'Nati Binodini'

Bengali theater legend 'Binodini Dasi' is coming to the audience in the upcoming Bengali film 'Nati Binodini', a narrative biography produced by 'Dev Entertainment Venture' and produced by Shailendra Kumar, Sooraj Sharma and Prateek Chakraborty - Jyothi Venkatesh

On the auspicious occasion of Teacher's Day, director Ram Kamal Mukherjee announced the lead cast of his much-hyped biopic 'Binodini Ekti Nateer Upakhyan'. Bengal's famous actress Rukmini Maitra is going to play this popular role.

The makers unveiled the teaser poster of the film. On that poster, Rukmini Maitra is seen in the role of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Binodini Dasi portrayed the character of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on stage.

Rukmini Maitra is unrecognizable in her Sri Chaitanya avatar. The minute details with which this character is portrayed is impressive to all. The motion poster is designed by Ekta Bhattacharya and music is composed by Neelayan Chatterjee.

Produced by Mumbai-based production houses Pramod Films, SS One Entertainment and PK Entertainment and in association with Assorted Motion Pictures, the film's story, screenplay and dialogues are written by Priyanka Poddar.

"I always wanted to tell the touching story of Binodini Dasi for the Bengali audience. I had to struggle for almost two years to get the budget I expected for such a musical film. The only person who believed in me and stood by me throughout this journey was Rukmini Maitra.

He had seen my work in 'Seasons Greetings' and 'Ek Dua' and that is why Maitra believed in me that I could handle the pains and journey of a megastar in Bengali theatre.

I am happy that Rukmini will be my Binodini,” says noted Bollywood filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee.

Rukmini has been working on this film for the past two years. For this role, she studied everything from classical dance practice to even reading books that commented on the social status of women during that time.

"My dream came true. From the moment Ram Kamal said he wanted to make Binodini, I knew he would have a different take on the matter. I trusted him completely without asking any questions.

The film would have happened two years ago, but for Corona. Pandemic has changed the whole situation. Our entertainment industry has been affected a lot.

With such renowned banners, producers and most importantly Dev coming with us as presenters, this film is definitely going to be a grand production," says Rukmini Maitra.

Prateek Chakraborty, grandson of renowned filmmaker Pramod Chakraborty of Mumbai-based Pramod Films, says, "I was totally blown away by his narration and the teaser poster.

I knew this could be a game changer for Bengali cinema. The dedication with which Rukmini Maitra worked to bring the character to life for the teaser shoot." Yes, it says a lot about the performance of the entire unit.

As we have completed 60 glorious years as producers in Indian cinema, we thought of teaming up with them for a picture that would be creatively satisfying and commercially promising as well."

The makers are yet to finalize the rest of the cast and technicians. However, Girish Ghosh, Amritlal, Jyotindrinarath, Ramakrishna, Kumar Bahadur and Ranga Babu are the main actors.