‘Gotro’ Takes Rangabati Fever To Bengal

‘Gotro’ Takes Rangabati Fever To Bengal

After the success of Bengali film ‘Konttho’, Akshay Kumar Parija is coming up with another out of the box story with his upcoming Bengali film ‘Gotro’. Directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, the film will release on August 23, around the time of Janmashtami.

What’s more? Popular Sambalpuri folk song ‘Rangabati’ has been re-rendered in Bengali by Surajit Chatterjee and Iman Chakraborty for this film. This is the second time Parija has used the song. Prior to this, another version of the song was used in the film ‘Kaun Kitne Pani Mein’ which was co-produced by him.

This song from ‘Gotro’ has been released on the official Youtube Channel of ‘Windows Production House’ and crossed 166,354 views in a day. The makers have given due credit to the original lyricist Mitrabhanu Gauntia and composer Prabhudatta Pradhan.

While the original singers of this cult song are Jitendriya Haripal and Krishna Patel, Surojit Chatterjee and Iman Chakraborty have lent their voice for this new song. The Bengali lyrics have been penned and Music rearranged by Surojit Chatterjee. Devlina Kumar and Om Prakash Sahani have special appearance in the song.

Talking about the recreated Odia version, Parija said, “Rangabati is the pride of Odisha.This song touched many hearts all over the world. We recreated this song as the official song of our film ‘Gotra’ maintaining the aesthetic value of the song. We have also given credit to the original music composer in the song itself. Many parts of the movie have been shot in Odisha, we have showcased the Mosque at Kaipadar, where both Hindus and Muslims go. And the most important thing is Hindus used to cook food there. I want to show that religious harmony to the world.”

“We have showcased tourist places, art and culture of Odisha in this film to carry our rich culture to the equally rich culture of Bengal.” he added.

As per the makers, ‘Gotro’ is a story of faith, love, and belief revolving around Mukti Debi, an educated woman who lives alone as her son is settled abroad with his family. Her home, Gobinda Dham, is her pride where she offers her daily prayers to her Radha Gobindo. While her own son stays afar, she finds happiness in taking care of Jhuma whom she treats like her own daughter. Suddenly one day a new guest, Tariq Ali arrives at her place. Does she like Tariq? Is she going to accept him as she did others? The film revolves around these questions.