Anshuman Jha starrer Lakadbaggha, which dwells on the difficulty of unlawful animal commerce, will launch on January 13.

The Hindi movie, which additionally stars Ridhi Dogra and Milind Soman, premiered on the twenty eighth Kolkata International Film Festival on Thursday.

The solid of the movie together with its director Victor Mukherjee and music composer Simone Fransquet attended the premier on the state-run Nandan movie centre.

The movie portrays the story of a person dwelling in north Kolkata’s Haritaki Bagan. His love for stray canines led him to unearth an enormous animal commerce nexus, the director mentioned.

”Street canines are integral to any neighbourhood in India however they’re principally chased, overwhelmed up and killed at instances. Yet there are few samaritans who maintain these animals who’re extraordinarily loyal and pleasant,” Mukherjee mentioned.

”The movie seeks to place the give attention to those that take care of these canines in a neighbourhood, present them meals and shelter. The protagonist exposes a racket that offers with animal trafficking,” he mentioned.

Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless ‘Purano Sei Diner Katha’ has been re-composed and sung by Shruti Pathak for the movie.

”Revisiting ‘Purano Sei’ is a small effort as artists to make the cultural and literary genius of Tagore accessible, indirectly, to the youthful technology within the twenty first century. And Shruti Pathak has carried out magic along with her voice,” Jha mentioned.

The movie has additionally been chosen for the HBO South Asian International Film Festival in New York.

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