Natoker Moto is a tribute to the life and works of Keya Chakroborty : Debesh
Describing Natoker Moto as a tribute to the memory of Keya, the Nandikar livewire, Debesh, however, asserts the film can in no way be dubbed as a biopic of the actress' life and career.
Yet, Debesh again says he did not choose Keya as subject but it was the actress' life and career which engaged his attention and the abrupt ending of her life.
The film dwells on three spaces - Kheya's (as the character is known) personal life, her career and outside life and a space where past and present merge and the real and imaginary, says actor Sujan Neel Mukherjee, playing Kheya's Bengali teacher in the film, says.
Actor-turned-politician Rupa Ganguly, essaying the role of Kheya's mother (the character etched out by Paoli Dam) says more than the biopic factor, the film dwells on the eternal crisis of women achievers in the patriarchy-driven world.
Keya, a prominent group theatre actor in the 70s, had also acted in Tollywood films like Jiban Je Rakam, Pranoypasha and Je Jekhane Danriye.
Actor-minister Bratya Basu says the film is a collage of the rich theatre movement of the 70s having live-on stage recording of parts of plays from Brechtian 'Bhalo Manush' to Pirandello's 'Six Characters in search of an Author'.
Produced by Friends' Communication, Natoker Moto premier witnessed a turnaround of stars of Tollywood, including actor Saswata Chatterjee, who says his character named Prasad is not based on a living theatre legend of Bengal.
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