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Who wants love? Is love the last word? Or will passion overtake it to meet the desired needs of heart? That’s all there in this tale of desire, passion, love, lust, hate, betrayal and unstimulated enigma. Director Bappaditya Bandopadhyay (WBRi Exclusive Interview) brings alive a heart rending story by novelist Sirshendu Mukhapodhyay that will make you think about life in a different light altogether. Kagojer Bou (Paper Wife) - a screen adaptation of Mukhopadhyay’s best selling novel of the same name - is more than just a story of love overturned by wild desire.

With an attractive cast of the hot and sultry Paoli Dam & Rimjhim Gupta, the sensitive and mature Joy Sengupta, and the most desired pair of Tollywood, Rahul and Priyanka, Kajoger Bou is a captivating tale of love, passion and its aftermaths. Shot at exotic locales in Kolkata and in the serene beaches of Mandarmoni, the film is a complete engrossing affair that will keep you hooked this the last minute.

Directed by one of the most talented filmmakers Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Kagojer Bou has just wrapped up its shooting and is eying a release at the earliest. Bandopadhyay has taken extreme care to turn Mukhopadhya’s novel into a film that explores life and its different colours.

With a strong star cast, Kagojer Bou holds immense potential to make a story look like a never told affair. Paoli Dam reinvents herself with a career defining performance. Joy, as always, comes up with a strong performance and once again gives his critics a chance to analyze his worth as an actor of substance. The ‘today’s couple’ Rahul and Priyanka light up the screen as usual with an electrifying performance that give them a fan following all across the state.

Mr. Vinod Lahoti the producer of the film takes extreme pleasure to announce the successful completion of their dream project Kagojer Bou. “On this occasion we are also proud and happy to announce the launch of our new film to be directed by Srilankan Director Vimukhti Jayasundara, the winner of Camera d’or at Cannes Film Festival” says Mr. Lahoti.

A press meet to promote the film and to inform Vimukhti's latest venture was held at teh Big Boss, Kolkata on Aug 16, 2010 in the presence of Vimukhti and the director of 'Kagojer Bou' Bappaditya Bandopadhay and members of his cast.

About Vimukhti Jayasundara:

Vimukthi Jayasundara was born in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle. Vimukthi began his cinematic career as a journalist, film critic and screenwriter. He attended the Institute for Film and Television in Pune, India.

After making The Land Of Silence, a documentary in black and white about the victims of civil war, which was selected by several festivals including Marseilles, Rotterdam and Berlin, The film made with cinematographic equipment from the 1960s and interspersed with occasional dialogues deliberately not translated but relayed by a background commentary, the film transforms images of the present into ghostly archives. It refuses to intensify the horror by making it appear close at hand, and denounces the alliance between technological virtuosity and fascination with war. Rather, it has faith in “history as a source of knowledge” to counteract silence.’Vimukthi Jayasundara enrolled as a post-graduate at Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts. Following his time at Fresnoy, he directed a short film Empty for Love –was shot in France and Sri Lanka. the film was Produced by Lefresnoy. this film was officially selected to the Cannes film festival in 2003 and it won the Best Director Award at the Novo Mesto International Short Film festival – Slovenia in 2003 at the same year he became a resident at theCinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2005 he directed his first feature, The Forsaken Land-Sulanga Enu Pinisa. It won the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or.[1] He was the first Sri Lankan to win the prestigious award. The film is minimalist, constructed with sparse dialogue and a haunting tableaux of an isolated desolate rural landscape. The film is considered by many international critics to be one of the most important cinematic statements to emerge from Asia in the last ten years.[citation needed] this film won the Jury Prize at the New Delhi Osian’s-Cinefan international Film Festival in India, 2005 and also won Golden Harvest for the Best Film at the Bangkok world Film festival in Thailand, 2006. The Forsaken Land was released in United State by New Yorker and now its available on DVD. the film got released in France as la terre abandonnée and DVD was released by MK2.

Between Two Worlds, his second feature film, was produced by Le Films Hatari Unlimited, and co-produced by Arte France Cinéma. The cast includes Chinese actress Lou Hong, Steve de La Zilwa, Thusitha Laknath and Kaushalya Fernando. Cinematography was by Channa Deshapriya, and original music was by Lakshman Joseph de Saram. This film was officially selected for the Competition at the 66 Venice International film festival in 2009 and was nominated for the prestigious Golden Lion. also it got nominated for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific screen Awards -Australia in 2009 . at the Barcelona Asian film festival in Spain, 2010 this film won the Best Asian Film Award. few months ago Memento international -world sales Company based in Paris announced that, as well as Between Two Worlds, there Label Artscope is now representing Vimukthi Jayasundara’s debut feature The Forsaken Land along with his two renowned shorts The Land Of Silence (2001) and Empty For Love (2003).