WISHBERRY FILMS & FOR FILMS PRESENTS

IN ASSOCIATION WITH CATHERINE DUSSART PRODUCTIONS & DUOFILM AS

once upon

a time in

calcutta

mayanagar

140 mins Bengali Color Dolby Digital 2.39:1

Just when the people of an expanding Calcutta feel their dreams might be fulfilled, they hear the sound of things falling.

Inspired by true events.

Sreelekha Mitra
Satrajit Sarkar
Sayak Roy
Arindam Ghosh
Bratya Basu
Anirban Chakrabarty
Reetika Nandini Shimu

Written and Directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Produced by Priyanka Agarwal, Anshulika Dubey, Shashwat Singh,
For Films Producers Aditya Vikram Sengupta, Jonaki Bhattacharya, Priyankar Patra and Vikram Mohanta
Co-Produced by Catherine Dussart, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægreid, Linda Bolstad Strønen
Cinematography by Gokhan Tiryaki
Edited by Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Production Design by Jonaki Bhattacharya
Sound Design by Hindole Chakraborty
Sound Mix by Sukrit Sen
Color Grading by Debojyoti Ghosh

Production Company

For Films

Distribution Company

SVF Distribution

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
Feature Narrative Competition - NETPAC Special Mention

Film Fest DC, USA
Circle Award

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), USA
Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature

New York Indian Film Festival, USA
Best Director Award
Best Actress Award

DC South Asian Film Festival Summerfest, USA
Best Director Feature Film
Best Story Feature Film 

New Zealand Film Festival, New Zealand
Belfast International Film Festival, UK
Five Flavours Asian Film Festival, Poland
Festival des 3 Continents, France
Film from the South, Norway
Luxembourg City Film FestivalF, Luxembourg
MOOOV, Belgium 
London Indian Filmfest, UK
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan
International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto, Canada
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, Australia
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
Silk Road International Film Festival, China
Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, India
Dharamshala International Film Festival, India
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

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“once upon a time in calcutta is a triumph

it meshes the intimate with the epic with glorious felicity.”

- NDTV

“deep sense of humanity shows us a world which seems cruel but not
without hope.”

- The Quint

“the glorious last shot suggests that even in a fairy tale as heartbreaking as this, perhaps there is a happily ever after”

- Anupama Chopra, Film Companion

once upon a time in calcutta is a reflection on the changes in his home city as captured through the experiences of a diverse group of characters who, like many people on this planet, are tied to each other through money, desire, blood, marriage and basic need.

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