Posto (film)

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Posto
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Posto film-release poster
Directed by Nandita Roy
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Written by Nandita Roy
Produced byAtanu Raychaudhuri & Windows Production
Starring Soumitra Chatterjee
Jisshu Sengupta
Lily Chakraborty
Mimi Chakraborty
Paran Bandopadhyay
Sohini Sengupta
Cinematography Gopi Bhagat
Music by Anupam Roy
Production
company
Distributed by Eros International
Release date
  • 12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) [1] [2]
CountryIndia
Language Bengali
Box office8 crore (US$1.0 million) [3] [4] ( collection worldwide )

Posto (Here, a name for the child character of film. Meaning: Poppy Seeds) is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. [5] [6] The film features Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Mimi Chakraborty. The film was released on 12 May 2017 in 100 theatres across West Bengal, India and overseas (United States, Canada, Japan, Dubai, United Kingdom, Netherlands) on the same day. The film received critical acclaim as it portrayed the relationships in a very subtle way. The film is remade in Hindi language by the same director-duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee named Shastry Virudh Shastry (2023) which is set to release on 3 November.

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Plot

Arko, affectionately called Posto (Arghya Basu Roy), is a little boy raised by his grandparents—Dinen Lahiri (Soumitra Chatterjee) and Gouri Lahiri (Lily Chakraborty)—in Santiniketan. His parents, Arnab Lahiri (Jisshu Sengupta) and Sushmita Lahiri (Mimi Chakraborty), are both settled in Kolkata. They only visit their son once on the weekend. A clash between the grandparents and parents begins when the latter want to take away the child as the father gets an offer to start a restaurant business abroad. The relationship between the parents of Posto and his grandparents, which eventually sours, drags the kid into the courtroom.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Anupam Roy, with lyrics by himself. Nachiketa Chakraborty won the Filmfare award for best playback singer (Male), 2018, for the song Keno Erom Kichu Holona. It’s a song about distance between relationships and Nachiketa’s melodious voice effectively brings forth the nuances contained in the composition.

Posto
Soundtrack album by
Released14 June 2017
Recorded2017
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length23:46
Language Bengali
Label Windows Music
Producer Windows Music
External audio
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Track list
No.TitleSingerLength
1."Posto" Anupam Roy 3:18
2."Jonaki" Anindya Chatterjee 5:38
3."Home Shanti Home"Prashmita Paul, Upal Sengupta3:41
4."Keno erokom kichhu holo na" Nachiketa Chakraborty 5:15
5."Sokatore"Sharana Sengupta, Soumita Ghosh, Palashi Ghose, Shreyan Majumdar, Utsa Biswas, Shabnam Parvin3:39
6."Daakghor" Soumitra Chatterjee 2:15
Total length:23:46

Release

The movie released on 12 May 2017. Its theatrical release created quite a buzz. Posto was later made part of the Family Welfare course organised by the State. Nandu Ahuja, Senior VP, India Theatrical, Eros International Media Ltd, said, "History repeats itself as Posto, our third film with Shiboprosad and Nandita, is well on its way to become another blockbuster after Belaseshe and Praktan. We are happy with the response the film has received in Kolkata and hope the film will similarly woo audiences across the country."

Box office

On the first day, the movie collection 2 million rupees ( 21 lakh). In the first four days, the film's earnings were 10 million (1 crore (US$130,000). [4] In 1st 2 weeks, the collection breached 35 million (3.5 crores). [7] After 17 days, the box office collection crossed 4.5 crores. [8] After the 1st 3 weeks, the movie had done a business of 5 crores. [9] At the end of 4 weeks, the movie had done a business of 5.5 crore from the state of West Bengal alone [10] and a worldwide business of 8 crores.

Remake

Shastry Virudh Shastry(Shastri vs Shastri) is the remade Bollywood film with similar story starring Paresh Rawal and marking Mimi chakraborty first Hindi debut film. The film released on 3 November 2023.

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