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Bela Shuru (2022)

Bela Shuru poster
Original title
বেলাশুরু
Directed by
Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
Genre
family
Country
India
Runtime
2h 19m
Rated
U
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An elderly couple navigates their daily life together in a Bengali town. The film focuses on their quiet routines and the deep bond between them.

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What happens

Belashuru (transl. Start of the day) is a 2022 Bengali-language family drama film directed and produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. According to the directors, this is not a prequel or sequel to their previous film Bela Seshe. Original photography of the film began on 30 November 2018 in Bolpur. The film was released on 20 May 2022 after the deaths of its lead actors, Soumitra Chatterjee (died on 15 November 2020) & Swatilekha Sengupta (died on 16 June 2021) due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. Grossing over ₹4.38 crore, it became a box-office success and emerged as one of the highest grossing Bengali films of 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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